Brescia and Genoa fans eagerly anticipate Serie B clash at Stadio Mario Rigamonti

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 18.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Mario Rigamonti (16743 seats)

Straining Brescia are keen to pull off a surprise victory when they welcome hard-driving Genoa in the next league match. It’s 20th vs 2nd and the home regulars will have not-so-high confidence.

Insights:
  • Brescia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Genoa have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Serie B

Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's look for an enthusiastic game!

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Brescia form and stats

4-5-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Brescia so far this season. Brescia are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadio Mario Rigamonti with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts.

An away draw last time out for Brescia, facing Venezia in a game that ended 1-1. Looi (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.84/10. Looi scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Cagliari.

Not much happening? Looking at this club's last 20 league games, 17 have contained two goals or less.

Brescia aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Mario Rigamonti in the league, with only {13 goals} from 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 17 goals have been conceded.

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Genoa form and stats

The visitors are W7-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B. Visiting Genoa has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

395 minutes! That's how long the Genoa goalkeeper Josep Martinez Riera and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

The followers enjoyed Genoa's previous fixture versus Ternana (placed 13th), a 1-0 win played at home. Badelj got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, top player of the team. Badelj scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 45 successful passes (of 50 total).

That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Cosenza.

Highlight this: 13 of the latest 16 league fixtures involving this side have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

Genoa have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. Genoa are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 13 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Genoa have avoided a loss in the last 7 fixtures (4-3-0) against Brescia.

The latest reported meeting featuring both these participants is the Genoa - Brescia 1-1 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

GenoaM. Coda
M. Coda
8 goals
GenoaA. Gudmundsson
A. Gudmundsson
6 goals
BresciaF. Aye
F. Aye
5 goals

Brescia missing players

Genoa missing players

Brescia Genoa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 15 4 Played P 5 14 29
6 4 1 Won W 4 7 15
10 5 0 Drew D 0 3 9
13 6 3 Lost L 1 4 5
23 13 3 Scored S 8 16 36
41 17 7 Conceded C 4 13 19
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 83%
72% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 64% 55%
28% 13% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 34%
14% 7% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 10%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
45% 47% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 34%
21% 20% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 29% 52%
41% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 36% 31%
 
4.4 4.9 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.8 5.2 6
4.6 4.7 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 3.9 3.3
2.5 2.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.4
5 3 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
11.5 10.8 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 15 12.6 13.8
3.6 3.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.4 4.9
22% 22% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 26% 25%
 
12.3 13.3 14.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9 10.1 9.2
4.2 4.3 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.6 3.5 2.8
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Brescia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Genoa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Genoa have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Serie B

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Frosinone 29 19 5 5 48 18 14 11 2 1 27 7 15 8 3 4 21 11 30 62
2 Genoa 29 15 9 5 36 19 15 8 6 1 20 6 14 7 3 4 16 13 17 53
3 Bari 1908 29 13 11 5 45 27 15 5 7 3 24 16 14 8 4 2 21 11 18 50
4 Südtirol 29 12 12 5 32 28 15 5 8 2 18 16 14 7 4 3 14 12 4 48
5 Pisa 29 10 12 7 40 29 14 6 4 4 22 14 15 4 8 3 18 15 11 42
6 Reggina 28 13 3 12 39 31 14 7 2 5 23 15 14 6 1 7 16 16 8 42
7 Cagliari 29 10 12 7 34 29 15 9 4 2 23 14 14 1 8 5 11 15 5 42
8 Parma 29 11 8 10 35 31 15 7 2 6 18 13 14 4 6 4 17 18 4 41
9 Palermo 29 9 12 8 33 35 14 6 5 3 15 11 15 3 7 5 18 24 -2 39
10 Modena 29 11 5 13 39 38 14 6 4 4 22 15 15 5 1 9 17 23 1 38
11 Como 29 8 12 9 33 36 14 6 4 4 19 15 15 2 8 5 14 21 -3 36
12 Ascoli 29 9 9 11 30 35 14 3 5 6 12 16 15 6 4 5 18 19 -5 36
13 Ternana 29 9 9 11 28 36 14 6 5 3 15 12 15 3 4 8 13 24 -8 36
14 Cittadella 29 8 11 10 28 37 14 4 7 3 16 17 15 4 4 7 12 20 -9 35
15 Perugia 28 8 6 14 30 34 13 5 4 4 17 14 15 3 2 10 13 20 -4 30
16 Venezia 29 7 9 13 30 39 15 3 5 7 15 21 14 4 4 6 15 18 -9 30
17 Benevento 29 6 11 12 23 31 15 3 4 8 10 18 14 3 7 4 13 13 -8 29
18 Cosenza 29 7 8 14 24 47 15 6 5 4 17 15 14 1 3 10 7 32 -23 29
19 SPAL 29 6 10 13 31 40 15 4 4 7 21 22 14 2 6 6 10 18 -9 28
20 Brescia 29 6 10 13 23 41 15 4 5 6 13 17 14 2 5 7 10 24 -18 28

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Read more about Serie B

Serie B is the second highest division in Italian football. It usually has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other. The two top teams of the league table are automatically promoted, with a third following depending on standings and/or a playoff. Matches are usually played on Saturdays.