Genoa confront Napoli for acclaim and football prosperity.
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.
Genoa form and stats
The home fans saw their team lose the first Serie A game of the season here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. Last season these fans witnessed 12 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss from Genoa's 19 home games.
In their previous game, the manager Gilardino led his Genoa to a defeat away at Torino. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. Heartbreak for Genoa in their last match as Torino's Radonjic scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Defender Drăguşin got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.44/10. Drăguşin hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Lazio with a 1-0 scoreline.Genoa has scored {1 goals} so far and conceded {4 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Napoli form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Napoli have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far.
Napoli have much to to set right after their unpredictable loss (1-2) to Lazio in their previous game, played at home. Midfield player Zieliński was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.8/10. Zieliński scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 39 successful passes (of 45 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Sassuolo.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Champions League trip to Sporting Braga.
It's early days yet, but Napoli has scored 3 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - two - seven (Genoa wins - draws - Napoli wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Osimhen 3 goals |   M. Retegui 1 goals |  P. Zieliński 1 goals |
Genoa missing players
Napoli missing players
| Genoa | Napoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1.3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 8.3 |
| 7.7 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.3 | 4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 19 | 22 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 33% |
| 11.7 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 4 | 5.3 |
| 3.3 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1.7 |
| Genoa | Last season | Napoli | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 53 | 29 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | ||
| 28 | 10 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 84% | 84% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 58% | 53% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 39% | 26% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 16% | 16% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 37% | 26% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | ||
| 53% | 68% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | ||
| 26% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.1 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 16 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | ||
| 29% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | ||
| 9.7 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 5 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Milan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Juventus | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Lecce | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Napoli | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Hellas Verona | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Bologna | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Frosinone | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Torino | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Lazio | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | Genoa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Monza | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 16 | Salernitana | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 17 | Udinese | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 |
| 18 | Roma | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 19 | Cagliari | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | Empoli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 63 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 37 | 80 |
| 2 | Genoa | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 53 | 28 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 25 | 73 |
| 3 | Bari 1908 | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 58 | 37 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 21 | 65 |
| 4 | Cagliari | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 50 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 60 |
| 5 | Parma | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 39 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 60 |
| 6 | Sudtirol | 38 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 58 |
| 7 | Reggina | 38 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 49 | 45 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 4 | 50 |
| 8 | Venezia | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 51 | 50 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 49 |
| 9 | Palermo | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 48 | 49 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 32 | -1 | 49 |
| 10 | Modena | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 47 | 53 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 35 | -6 | 48 |
| 11 | Pisa | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 48 | 42 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 47 |
| 12 | Como | 38 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 47 | 48 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 28 | -1 | 47 |
| 13 | Ascoli | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 47 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 25 | -7 | 47 |
| 14 | Cittadella | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 34 | 45 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -11 | 43 |
| 15 | Ternana | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 52 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 31 | -15 | 43 |
| 16 | Brescia | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 57 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 35 | -21 | 40 |
| 17 | Cosenza | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 30 | 53 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 35 | -23 | 40 |
| 18 | Perugia | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 40 | 52 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 26 | -12 | 39 |
| 19 | SPAL | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 41 | 51 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -10 | 38 |
| 20 | Benevento | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 33 | 49 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 24 | -16 | 35 |
