Serie A duel: Close contest expected between Venezia and Genoa

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 20.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo (10500 seats)

Keep working on their own game or make adjustments according to the opposition? Both Venezia and Genoa should try something different than earlier. Learn more!

Insights:
  • Venezia have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Genoa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Serie A

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Venezia form and stats

With 2 Serie A wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Venezia are certainly not brimming with confidence. Venezia are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Roma match.

A good away victory last time out for Venezia, who won 2-1 against Torino (placed 10th). Midfielder Črnigoj was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.11 (out of ten) in that game. Črnigoj scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match, Venezia lost 0-2 at home to Napoli.

This is expected to be a close game, with Venezia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Venezia as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Venezia has won six of these, drawn four and lost two.

The Venezia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 12 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Venezia have conceded 23 from these games.

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Genoa form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Genoa so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 1-6-6 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Genoa, who have now gone 22 games without a victory. The Cagliari game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

There were no winners in Genoa's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Salernitana (placed 20th). Badelj got a match rating of 7.33 in that game, top player of the team. Badelj hit four key passes and had 43 successful passes (of 48 total).

Before that, Genoa travelled to Roma and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Genoa in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Genoa, two draws and two defeats.

The attacking power of Genoa when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 13 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Genoa have conceded 27 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides face each other this season, as the results database show this recent game: Genoa - Venezia 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

GenoaM. Destro
M. Destro
9 goals
VeneziaM. Aramu
M. Aramu
5 goals
VeneziaD. Okereke
D. Okereke
5 goals

Venezia missing players

Genoa missing players

Venezia Genoa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 2 Played P 4 13 25
5 2 0 Won W 1 1 1
6 3 0 Drew D 2 6 12
13 7 2 Lost L 1 6 12
22 13 2 Scored S 4 12 21
43 23 4 Conceded C 4 27 46
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 80%
88% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 77% 72%
50% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 54% 52%
21% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 54% 40%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 23% 16%
58% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 52%
12% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 15% 20%
33% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 46% 48%
 
2.8 3.1 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.2 4.2
6.6 6.7 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.4 5.2
2.8 2.4 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.7 2.6
6 5 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9 9.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 12 9.2 10.3
3.3 3.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.8 3.1
28% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 27%
 
17 16.6 16 Shots against (avg) S A 12 16.9 15.4
6 5.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 5.5 5.2
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Genoa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Genoa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Genoa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Serie A
  • Genoa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Venezia have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Venezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 25 17 4 4 50 26 13 8 2 3 21 11 12 9 2 1 29 15 24 55
2 Inter 24 16 6 2 55 20 12 9 2 1 30 10 12 7 4 1 25 10 35 54
3 Napoli 25 16 5 4 46 17 13 8 2 3 23 9 12 8 3 1 23 8 29 53
4 Juventus 25 13 7 5 37 22 12 7 2 3 16 8 13 6 5 2 21 14 15 46
5 Atalanta 24 12 8 4 46 29 12 3 5 4 20 18 12 9 3 0 26 11 17 44
6 Lazio 25 12 6 7 52 39 12 7 4 1 31 16 13 5 2 6 21 23 13 42
7 Roma 25 12 4 9 42 32 13 7 3 3 17 12 12 5 1 6 25 20 10 40
8 Fiorentina 24 12 3 9 43 34 11 7 1 3 29 15 13 5 2 6 14 19 9 39
9 Hellas Verona 25 10 6 9 47 40 13 7 2 4 27 17 12 3 4 5 20 23 7 36
10 Torino 24 9 5 10 31 25 13 7 3 3 25 13 11 2 2 7 6 12 6 32
11 Empoli 25 8 7 10 38 48 13 3 2 8 20 34 12 5 5 2 18 14 -10 31
12 Sassuolo 25 7 9 9 41 44 13 3 5 5 17 21 12 4 4 4 24 23 -3 30
13 Bologna 24 8 4 12 29 40 12 5 2 5 16 16 12 3 2 7 13 24 -11 28
14 Spezia 25 7 5 13 27 46 12 3 3 6 13 16 13 4 2 7 14 30 -19 26
15 Udinese 23 5 9 9 30 40 11 3 5 3 15 18 12 2 4 6 15 22 -10 24
16 Sampdoria 25 6 5 14 33 42 13 3 3 7 20 25 12 3 2 7 13 17 -9 23
17 Cagliari 25 4 9 12 25 46 12 2 5 5 15 21 13 2 4 7 10 25 -21 21
18 Venezia 24 5 6 13 22 43 12 2 3 7 13 23 12 3 3 6 9 20 -21 21
19 Genoa 25 1 12 12 21 46 12 0 6 6 9 19 13 1 6 6 12 27 -25 15
20 Salernitana 23 3 4 16 17 53 11 1 2 8 7 26 12 2 2 8 10 27 -36 12

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.