Genoa hold off Lecce 2-1 at Via Del Mare behind Messias

Genoa beat Lecce 2-1 at Via Del Mare, building a two-goal lead in the first half and holding on after Lecce pulled one back. Junior Messias was the player of the game with a goal and an assist, and a Chirp Rating of 7.9.

Genoa struck first in the 11th minute. Messias set up Milutin Osmajic, who shot right footed from the centre of the box into the middle of the goal. It was 1-0. Messias added his own in the 28th. Stephan El Shaarawy assisted, and Messias sent a left footed shot from the left side of the box into the bottom left corner. That made it 2-0.

Lecce answered in the 40th minute. Youssef Maleh curled a left footed free kick into the bottom left corner to make it 2-1. Neither side scored after the break, and the half-time scoreline held.

Genoa moved to 4-1-5. Lecce fell to 3-0-7. Chirp's Sim gave Genoa only a 36% chance before the game, and it called the winner.