Lecce 1–2 Genoa: Genoa's first away win of the season and their third in a row
Genoa beat Lecce 2–1 in Serie A and won away for the first time this season. It was their third win in a row.
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Two Genoa goals before the 40th minute
Milutin Osmajic opened the scoring in the 11th minute after an assist from Junior Messias. In the 28th minute Messias made it 2–0 from a pass by Stephan El Shaarawy: he got past Lecce goalkeeper Falcone and put the ball into the empty net from close range. In the 40th minute Youssef Maleh scored for Lecce, and at half-time the hosts trailed 1–2.
Lecce had more shots and more of the ball
The match statistics favoured the hosts. Lecce had 53% possession to Genoa's 47% and took 18 shots to 13. There were seven shots on target to three, and six corners to three. Even so, Genoa took the three points.
Genoa move up, Lecce slip in the table
Genoa claimed their third win in a row and, at the same time, their first away win this season. The team have 13 points and moved up from 13th to 11th place. Lecce made their situation worse and are in 14th place with nine points.
Genoa scorers' tallies
After this match Osmajic has four league goals this season. Messias has scored two goals in the league.