Crotone vs Genoa match preview: Even contest expected at Stadio Ezio Scida

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 31.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ezio Scida (16108 seats)

Crotone are welcoming Genoa for another important game after their 1-2 result against 12th-placed Fiorentina.

Insights:
  • Crotone has the most conceded goals (43) in Serie A
  • Genoa has the fewest scored goals (5) away in Serie A

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

It's quite the trip for Genoa when visiting Crotone as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

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Crotone form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Crotone, who have the most conceded goals (43) in Serie A, have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 5 defeats from 9 games.

Crotone are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Fiorentina. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Benevento in a game that was won 4-1.

Crotone has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Crotone defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Genoa form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Genoa, who have the fewest scored goals (5) away in Serie A, so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-4 (win-draw-lose).

The Genoa goalkeeper Mattia Perin is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 277 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Genoa are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Serie A against Cagliari (placed 18th). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Atalanta.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Genoa as they have only managed to score 5 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Genoa have conceded 14 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Genoa - Crotone 4-1. Crotone-Genoa H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Crotone zero wins, Genoa six wins, two draws. four of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CrotoneS. Tochukwu Nwankwo
S. Tochukwu Nwankwo
7 goals
GenoaM. Destro
M. Destro
7 goals
CrotoneJ. Messias
J. Messias
6 goals

Crotone missing players

Genoa missing players

Crotone Genoa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 2 9 19
3 3 2 Won W 1 1 4
3 1 0 Drew D 0 4 6
13 5 0 Lost L 1 4 9
22 13 6 Scored S 2 5 19
43 17 2 Conceded C 2 14 30
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 89%
84% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 79%
68% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 47%
47% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 26%
32% 22% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
68% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 58%
11% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 21%
32% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 56% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.3 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.7 2.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
9.5 9.1 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.7 8.7
3.3 3.4 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.6 3.2
35% 42% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 22% 32%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Crotone's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Crotone has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Serie A
  • Crotone has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie A
  • Crotone has the most conceded goals (43) in Serie A
  • Crotone has the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Serie A
  • Crotone have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Crotone have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Genoa have scored away.
  • Crotone haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Genoa has the fewest scored goals (5) away in Serie A
  • Genoa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

  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 19 13 4 2 39 22 10 5 3 2 20 15 9 8 1 0 19 7 17 43
2 Inter 19 12 5 2 45 23 9 7 1 1 25 13 10 5 4 1 20 10 22 41
3 Roma 19 11 4 4 41 32 10 7 3 0 25 12 9 4 1 4 16 20 9 37
4 Atalanta 19 10 6 3 44 23 9 5 2 2 22 10 10 5 4 1 22 13 21 36
5 Juventus 18 10 6 2 37 18 9 6 2 1 18 8 9 4 4 1 19 10 19 36
6 Napoli 18 11 1 6 41 19 9 5 1 3 25 10 9 6 0 3 16 9 22 34
7 Lazio 19 10 4 5 32 26 10 5 2 3 16 14 9 5 2 2 16 12 6 34
8 Hellas Verona 19 8 6 5 25 18 10 5 2 3 15 10 9 3 4 2 10 8 7 30
9 Sassuolo 19 8 6 5 32 29 9 3 4 2 13 12 10 5 2 3 19 17 3 30
10 Sampdoria 19 8 2 9 30 29 9 4 1 4 17 14 10 4 1 5 13 15 1 26
11 Benevento 19 6 4 9 23 36 10 2 3 5 11 20 9 4 1 4 12 16 -13 22
12 Fiorentina 19 5 6 8 20 30 10 4 4 2 11 9 9 1 2 6 9 21 -10 21
13 Bologna 19 5 5 9 24 33 9 4 2 3 17 17 10 1 3 6 7 16 -9 20
14 Udinese 19 4 6 9 20 28 10 2 3 5 7 12 9 2 3 4 13 16 -8 18
15 Spezia 19 4 6 9 26 36 9 1 3 5 10 18 10 3 3 4 16 18 -10 18
16 Genoa 19 4 6 9 19 30 10 3 2 5 14 16 9 1 4 4 5 14 -11 18
17 Torino 19 2 8 9 28 37 9 0 5 4 13 18 10 2 3 5 15 19 -9 14
18 Cagliari 19 3 5 11 23 37 9 2 2 5 12 18 10 1 3 6 11 19 -14 14
19 Parma 19 2 7 10 14 36 10 1 4 5 3 15 9 1 3 5 11 21 -22 13
20 Crotone 19 3 3 13 22 43 9 3 1 5 13 17 10 0 2 8 9 26 -21 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.