Serie A | Genoa 2-0 Juventus: Sluggish Old Lady collapse at Marassi

Genoa scored with two early counter-attacks and sent Juventus plunging back into crisis mode, as Kingsley Ehizibue and Tommaso Baldanzi punished the sluggish Old Lady.

The injury crisis at Juve showed no signs of calming down, with Kenan Yildiz, Khephren Thuram, Manuel Locatelli, Nico Gonzalez, Zeki Celik, Francisco Conceicao, Jeff Ekhator and Kamil Grabara still out of action. After two games in a row with two centre-forwards, Nick Woltemade dropped to the bench to bring in Kerim Alajbegovic.

Genoa won their last two home fixtures against Fiorentina and Venezia. Samuel Wiafe and Kingsley Ehizibue shook off muscular issues, leaving only Lorenzo Venturino, Cody Drameh and Elias Havel on the treatment table.

Federico Gatti’s back-pass nearly caused big problems for Guglielmo Vicario, then Tommaso Baldanzi’s shot was deflected for a corner after a counter-attack.

Genoa had a series of corners and took the lead when Baldanzi pulled back from the left by-line, it went past everyone to find Kingsley Ehizibue at the back post, who scored despite the ill-advised Andrea Cambiaso attempted clearance.

Milutin Osmajic ran onto a long Justin Bijlow goal kick to go clear, but under pressure from Pierre Kalulu he could only hit the side-netting.

Juve did not heed that warning and conceded on a very similar move. This time Kalulu’s clumsy attempted clearance saw Vitinha sharper to steal the ball and set up Baldanzi for Genoa’s second goal.

It could’ve been 3-0 had the Morten Frendrup roll across on another counter-attack been closer to Osmajic at the back post.

Genoa were forced into a change, as Mikael Ellertsson caught his studs in the turf and felt too much pain, replaced by Mario Mitaj.

Juventus should’ve pulled one back on the stroke of half-time, but Kalulu turned wide with the inside of the boot from 12 yards on a Weston McKennie assist.

Nick Woltemade and Edon Zhegrova came on for the restart, but a heavy Kolo Muani first touch on the McKennie through ball saw his opportunity fall apart.

Instead, Vitinha blasted over after Zhegrova gave the ball away for a counter-attack, while Gleison Bremer’s glancing header flashed over from a corner kick at the other end.

Zhegrova rode a tackle and his strike from the edge of the area took a deflection to force a tricky Bijlow save, but Juventus rarely really looked like getting back into this game.

Only in added time did a touched-on free kick for Teun Koopmeiners take a deflection off Johan Vasquez to smash against the underside of the bar, but it did not cross the line.

Genoa 2-0 Juventus

Ehizibue 12 (G), Baldanzi 29 (G)

28-10-2026 19:45

MatchDay 9

Genoa

Juventus

Player statistic

1st half

2nd half

Match statistic

37 Possession % 63

14 Total shots 17

2 Shots on target 4

7 Shots off target 7

5 Blocked shots 6

6 Corners 9

2 Offsides 2

5 Fouls 8

Genoa

Juventus

Starting lineups

1 Justin Bijlow Goalkeeper

27 Alessandro Marcandalli Defender

22 Johan Vásquez Defender

3 Kingsley Ehizibue Defender

5 Leo Östigard Defender

4 Amorim Midfielder 82'

32 Morten Frendrup Midfielder

8 Tommaso Baldanzi Midfielder 69'

77 Mikael Egill Ellertsson Attacker 41'

18 Milutin Osmajic Attacker 82'

9 Vitinha Attacker 69'

25 Guglielmo Vicario Goalkeeper

20 Andrea Cambiaso Defender 59'

3 Bremer Defender

4 Federico Gatti Defender 46'

26 Jhon Lucumí Defender

15 Pierre Kalulu Defender

12 Douglas Luiz Midfielder 77'

29 Pape Matar Sarr Midfielder 59'

22 Weston McKennie Midfielder

17 Kerim Alajbegović Attacker 46'

9 Randal Kolo Muani Attacker

Substitutes

92 Stephan El Shaarawy Attacker

20 Stefano Sabelli Defender

25 Hamed Traorè Midfielder

39 Daniele Sommariva Goalkeeper

97 Djibril Sow Midfielder

99 Franz Stolz Goalkeeper

34 Sebastian Otoa Defender

14 Lukas Klisys Defender

31 David Puczka Defender

2 Mario Mitaj Defender 41'

10 Junior Messias Attacker 69'

11 Franz-Ethan Meichtry Midfielder 69'

29 Lorenzo Colombo Attacker 82'

71 Samuel Wiafe Midfielder 82'

23 Carlo Pinsoglio Goalkeeper

24 Daniele Rugani Defender

33 Neto Goalkeeper

41 Augusto Owusu Midfielder

43 Filippo Pagnucco Midfielder

6 Lloyd Kelly Defender

47 Arman Durmiši Attacker

11 Edon Zhegrova Attacker 46'

27 Nick Woltemade Attacker 46'

13 Jeremie Boga Attacker 59'

32 Juan Cabal Defender 59'

8 Teun Koopmeiners Midfielder 77'