Genoa should be favourites to win this home game vs Venezia, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or could we be in for a surprise?
- Genoa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Venezia have the most points from losing position (10) in Serie B
These are full days for the team playing at home, as they were in action only four days ago in the Coppa Italia. That game was an away game at Roma, so at least Genoa are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Genoa form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie B, Genoa have managed 3 wins, 5 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 9 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris.
The fans are hoping that Genoa will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Coppa Italia fixture against Roma. Defender Vogliacco got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.4/10. Vogliacco won 4 of 5 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Bari 1908 and winning 2-1.From these home matches, Genoa have conceded only 6 goals.
Venezia form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie B matches, Venezia have produced an overall stat of 3-3-3 so far.
There were no winners in Venezia's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Parma (placed 6th). Venezia's last match (vs Parma) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 82nd minute equalizer by Pierini. The draw against Parma came from a losing position. The Venezia manager Vanoli brought on Pierini as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Pohjanpalo, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.02. Pohjanpalo scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Prior to that match, the Venezia manager Vanoli faced defeat when travelling to Perugia and losing 1-2.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Venezia playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 2 away wins, 2 draws and 2 home wins.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Venezia have scored 12 goals in 9 league games away. As opposed to that, Venezia have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Venezia - Genoa 1-2 was the output when these participants previously met, earlier this season. Last three meetings with these sides: Genoa won one, Venezia were winners in zero and we saw two draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Pohjanpalo 7 goals |   M. Coda 6 goals |  A. Gudmundsson 3 goals |
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| Genoa | Venezia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 21 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 23 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 28 |
| 84% | 78% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 53% | 44% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 78% | 89% |
| 32% | 11% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 44% | 53% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 5% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 68% |
| 42% | 56% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 32% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 5.6 | 6.1 | 8.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.7 | 5.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.2 | 13.6 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.3 | 12.7 |
| 5.3 | 5.1 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 21% | 20% | 5% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 28% |
| 9.4 | 8.9 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.7 | 14.8 |
| 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
- Genoa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Venezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Serie B
- Venezia have the most points from losing position (10) in Serie B
- Venezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 39 |
| 2 | Reggina | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 36 |
| 3 | Genoa | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 33 |
| 4 | Bari 1908 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 | Pisa | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 29 |
| 6 | Parma | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Sudtirol | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 26 |
| 8 | Ternana | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -4 | 26 |
| 9 | Ascoli | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 | Modena | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Cagliari | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 25 |
| 12 | Brescia | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 25 |
| 13 | Palermo | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 24 |
| 14 | Benevento | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | -3 | 22 |
| 15 | Como | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 22 |
| 16 | SPAL | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 20 |
| 17 | Venezia | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 18 | Perugia | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 19 |
| 19 | Cittadella | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -11 | 19 |
| 20 | Cosenza | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -15 | 17 |
