Serie A match preview: Genoa believed to be the weaker party when Atalanta pays a visit

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Tue 21.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris (36599 seats)

Genoa come from a 1-3 result vs Lazio last game, a match to remember. The next job is this fit Atalanta side.

Insights:
  • Genoa have the fewest points (3) at home in Serie A
  • Atalanta have the most points from losing position (14) in Serie A

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Genoa and Atalanta.

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Genoa form and stats

Genoa's struggle is real here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris with only 3 points collected from 8 Serie A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-3-5. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 15 attempts.

Genoa are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Lazio. Midfielder Hernani was the best player on the team with a rating of 6.94 (out of ten) in that game.

Before that, Genoa had a Coppa Italia home game versus Salernitana which ended with a victory 1-0.

Genoa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 8 games. Genoa are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (17 from 8 played). When Genoa hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Cagliari, Sampdoria, Venezia, Spezia, Udinese and Salernitana), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Atalanta form and stats

Atalanta have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 25 points collected from 9 Serie A games. 8 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Torino game have they lost an away game, meaning Atalanta has taken points from nine away matches in a row.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie A home defeat versus Roma with 1-4 on the scoreboard. Malinovskyi got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, top player of the team. Malinovskyi hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 30 successful passes (of 37 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hellas Verona at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Atalanta have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 20 goals from 9 away matches. Atalanta have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Genoa-Atalanta H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Genoa one win, Atalanta seven wins, two draws. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AtalantaD. Zapata Banguera
D. Zapata Banguera
9 goals
GenoaM. Destro
M. Destro
7 goals
AtalantaM. Pašalić
M. Pašalić
7 goals

Genoa missing players

Atalanta missing players

Genoa Atalanta
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 3 9 18
1 0 0 Won W 3 8 11
7 3 0 Drew D 0 1 4
10 5 3 Lost L 0 0 3
19 8 1 Scored S 6 20 38
37 17 7 Conceded C 2 9 24
89% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
83% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 83%
67% 75% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 78% 78%
50% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 44% 50%
17% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 28%
61% 62% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 78% 78%
11% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 22%
39% 38% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
4 4.8 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 5.2 5.7
5.1 4.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.8 4.1
2.7 2.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.9 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 11.5 6.7 Shots (avg) S ( 15 15 15.6
3.4 3.5 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.1 5.3
31% 29% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 43% 40%
 
14.7 14.5 17 Shots against (avg) S A 8.7 13.8 10.9
5.1 5.2 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.7 3.7 3.6
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Atalanta have not yet lost a game away.
  • Atalanta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Atalanta have scored at least twice as many goals away as Genoa have scored home.
  • Atalanta have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Atalanta have the most points (25) away in Serie A
  • Atalanta have the most points from losing position (14) in Serie A
  • Atalanta haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Genoa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Genoa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Genoa have the fewest points (3) at home in Serie A
  • Genoa have yet to win a 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 Inter 18 13 4 1 48 15 8 6 2 0 24 6 10 7 2 1 24 9 33 43
2 Milan 17 12 3 2 36 19 8 6 1 1 16 7 9 6 2 1 20 12 17 39
3 Atalanta 18 11 4 3 38 24 9 3 3 3 18 15 9 8 1 0 20 9 14 37
4 Napoli 17 11 3 3 34 13 9 6 1 2 17 6 8 5 2 1 17 7 21 36
5 Roma 18 10 1 7 30 20 9 6 1 2 12 7 9 4 0 5 18 13 10 31
6 Juventus 18 9 4 5 25 17 8 4 1 3 9 7 10 5 3 2 16 10 8 31
7 Fiorentina 17 10 0 7 31 22 8 6 0 2 21 10 9 4 0 5 10 12 9 30
8 Lazio 18 8 4 6 36 33 9 6 2 1 25 13 9 2 2 5 11 20 3 28
9 Empoli 17 8 2 7 27 29 9 3 1 5 14 20 8 5 1 2 13 9 -2 26
10 Bologna 18 7 3 8 24 31 10 5 1 4 16 14 8 2 2 4 8 17 -7 24
11 Hellas Verona 17 6 5 6 33 30 9 5 1 3 19 13 8 1 4 3 14 17 3 23
12 Sassuolo 17 6 5 6 28 26 9 3 3 3 12 11 8 3 2 3 16 15 2 23
13 Torino 17 6 4 7 22 18 9 5 2 2 18 10 8 1 2 5 4 8 4 22
14 Udinese 18 4 8 6 26 28 9 2 5 2 11 12 9 2 3 4 15 16 -2 20
15 Sampdoria 17 5 3 9 25 33 9 2 2 5 13 20 8 3 1 4 12 13 -8 18
16 Venezia 17 4 4 9 16 30 8 2 2 4 11 14 9 2 2 5 5 16 -14 16
17 Spezia 17 3 3 11 17 38 8 2 2 4 9 11 9 1 1 7 8 27 -21 12
18 Genoa 18 1 7 10 19 37 8 0 3 5 8 17 10 1 4 5 11 20 -18 10
19 Cagliari 18 1 7 10 17 38 10 1 4 5 12 19 8 0 3 5 5 19 -21 10
20 Salernitana 18 2 2 14 11 42 9 1 1 7 5 21 9 1 1 7 6 21 -31 8

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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.