Juventus beat Genoa 2-0 as Di Gregorio saves penalty on return

Juventus closed to within a point of Como in fourth place with a 2-0 victory over Genoa, as Gleison Bremer and Weston McKennie scored, substitute Michele Di Gregorio saving a penalty.

Read Football Italia Ad-Free and get access to Exclusive News and Content – Free Trial – Click Here The Bianconeri were feeling the pressure after a 1-1 draw with Sassuolo left them in joint fifth place, although Como’s draw in Udine gave them the opportunity to close the gap on fourth. While they finally had a full squad to choose from, Dusan Vlahovic and Arek Milik were only ready for the bench. Genoa missed Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Maxwel Cornet and Benjamin Siegrist after a run of three wins in four games was ended by a home defeat to Udinese. It was a touchline reunion for Luciano Spalletti and his former Roma player Daniele De Rossi.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

TURIN, ITALY – APRIL 06: Luciano Spalletti, Head Coach of Juventus, reacts during the Serie A match between Juventus FC and Genoa CFC at Allianz Stadium on April 06, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images) It took just four minutes to break the deadlock, as after the first Gleison Bremer header was charged down, Khephren Thuram and Lloyd Kelly knocked it back into the box for another Bremer header, this one wrong-footing Justin Bijlow with a deflection off Johan Vasquez.

Thuram flashed just wide and Ruslan Malinovskyi’s powerful free kick was deflected for a corner, but Juventus added a second with a well-worked move.

Weston McKennie started it in the centre-circle sending Francisco Conceicao down the right, continued his run and was ready to sweep home the return pass from 12 yards off the inside of the right boot.

However, McKennie was booked soon after for a clumsy sliding tackle on Vasquez and will be suspended for the big match with Atalanta.

TURIN, ITALY – APRIL 06: Junior Messias of Genoa is challenged by Khephren Thuram of Juventus during the Serie A match between Juventus FC and Genoa CFC at Allianz Stadium on April 06, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images) Kenan Yildiz had a couple of weak efforts straight at Bijlow, but McKennie wasted an astonishing chance on the stroke of half-time.

Conceicao’s cross to the far post was acrobatically knocked back at the by-line by Kenan Yildiz, but McKennie somehow turned over from point-blank range.

Moments later, Conceicao went for goal himself, an angled drive flashing across the face of goal to skim the back stick.

Michele Di Gregorio came on for the second half, as Mattia Perin sustained a slight calf issue.

Juve continued to pour forward, as first McKennie was sliding in unable to fully meet the Thuram knockdown in a free kick routine, then moments later Jonathan David’s screamer from the edge of the area thumped the inside of the far post.

TURIN, ITALY – APRIL 06: Lorenzo Colombo of Genoa battles for possession with Bremer of Juventus during the Serie A match between Juventus FC and Genoa CFC at Allianz Stadium on April 06, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images) Tommaso Baldanzi fired straight at Di Gregorio, while the Vasquez strike was charged down, along with a Vitinha volley from a corner.

Vlahovic was getting ready to come on when he felt a calf twinge in the warm-up, so Milik was introduced instead.

Bremer brought down Aaron Martin for a yellow card, but VAR confirmed the contact was on the line, which is part of the penalty area. Martin stepped up, but Di Gregorio marked his unexpected return with a huge double save, first on the Martin spot-kick, then the follow-up volley too. It means Genoa have failed to convert four of their eight Serie A penalties this season, with four different players missing.

Baldanzi made a big difference since coming on for Genoa and was brought down by Thuram this time inches outside the box.

Arkadiusz Milik spotted Bijlow off his line and attempted an audacious lob from the centre-circle, which the Genoa goalkeeper scrambled back to claw away.

Juventus 2-0 Genoa Bremer 4 (J), McKennie 17 (J)

Saved penalty: Martin 75 (G)

06-04-2026 17:00

MatchDay 31

Juventus Stadium (Allianz Stadium)

Juventus

Genoa

2 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

Bremer (Assist: Lloyd Kelly)

4'

Manuel Locatelli

15'

Weston McKennie (Assist: Francisco Conceição)

17'

Weston McKennie

26'

2nd half

51'

Morten Frendrup

Bremer

72'

75'

Aarón Martín

Khéphren Thuram

78'

Match statistic

62

Possession %

38

16

Total shots

12

5

Shots on target

3

8

Shots off target

2

3

Blocked shots

7

5

Corners

5

0

Offsides

0

10

Fouls

8

Juventus

Genoa

Starting lineups

1

Mattia Perin Goalkeeper

46'

27

Andrea Cambiaso Defender

84'

3

Bremer Defender

6

Lloyd Kelly Defender

15

Pierre Kalulu Defender

19

Khéphren Thuram Midfielder

5

Manuel Locatelli Midfielder

22

Weston McKennie Midfielder

7

Francisco Conceição Attacker

83'

30

Jonathan David Attacker

67'

10

Kenan Yıldız Attacker

90'

16

Justin Bijlow Goalkeeper

3

Aarón Martín Defender

27

Alessandro Marcandalli Defender

22

Johan Vásquez Defender

5

Leo Östigard Defender

32

Morten Frendrup Midfielder

83'

17

Ruslan Malinovskyi Midfielder

66'

10

Junior Messias Attacker

52'

29

Lorenzo Colombo Attacker

66'

77

Mikael Egill Ellertsson Attacker

9

Vitinha Attacker

Substitutes

9

Dusan Vlahovic Attacker

23

Carlo Pinsoglio Goalkeeper

8

Teun Koopmeiners Midfielder

4

Federico Gatti Defender

20

Loïs Openda Attacker

18

Filip Kostic Midfielder

11

Edon Zhegrova Attacker

32

Juan Cabal Defender

16

Michele Di Gregorio Goalkeeper

46'

14

Arkadiusz Milik Attacker

67'

21

Fabio Miretti Midfielder

83'

2

Emil Holm Defender

84'

13

Jeremie Boga Attacker

90'

20

Stefano Sabelli Defender

39

Daniele Sommariva Goalkeeper

1

Nicola Leali Goalkeeper

13

Nils Zätterström Defender

34

Sebastian Otoa Defender

4

Amorim Midfielder

98

Jacopo Grossi Midfielder

99

Latif Ouedraogo Defender

8

Tommaso Baldanzi Midfielder

52'

18

Caleb Ekuban Attacker

66'

73

Patrizio Masini Midfielder

66'

21

Jeff Ekhator Attacker

83'