Napoli expected to challenge Genoa at their own home

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris (36599 seats)

It's only fixture two of the Serie A for these teams. and it's all to play for here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris as Genoa receive Napoli. Get smart with this preview!

Genoa and Napoli should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Genoa form and stats

In the previous season, Genoa's league stats were 10 wins, 12 draws and 16 losses, providing 11th position in the Serie A. During these 38 matches they scored 47 goals and let in 58. Performing as the host team in the previous season Genoa delivered 5-7-7 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 30 conceded.

In their previous game, the manager D. Ballardini led his Genoa to a defeat in the Serie A match away at Inter. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. Attacking player Goran Pandev bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.12 out of 10. Pandev hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. Genoa were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Ahead of that match, Genoa won a home game hosting Perugia (3-2).

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Napoli form and stats

Let's have a look at how Napoli performed last season in the Serie A: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 24 victories, 5 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 86 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 12 - drew 1 and lost 6 with 36/21 goals scored/conceded.

Napoli had fun at their own home (Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris) last time out, beating Venezia 2-0. Eljif Elmas and Lorenzo Insigne scored. Mário Rui, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.85. Rui hit one key pass and won 8 of 9 duels. Napoli made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, Victor Osimhen receiving a red card in the 23rd minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Napoli won the match 2-0!

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Hellas Verona.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Genoa one win, three draws and Napoli six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NapoliE. Elmas
E. Elmas
1 goals
NapoliL. Insigne
L. Insigne
1 goals

Genoa missing players

Napoli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Genoa Napoli
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
8 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 13
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
Genoa Last season Napoli
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
10 5   Won W   12 24
12 7   Drew D   1 5
16 7   Lost L   6 9
47 29   Scored S   36 86
58 30   Conceded C   21 41
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
82% 95%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 89%
53% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 55%
26% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 39%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 26%
61% 79%   BTTS BTTS   47% 55%
24% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 37%
24% 5%   Failed to Score F T   11% 8%
 
3.4 3.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5.8
5.6 4.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 3.8
2.3 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
2 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
9.1 9.3   Shots (avg) S (   17.1 16.9
3.3 3.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.6 6
38% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 38%

  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Lazio 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Roma 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Napoli 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Bologna 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Sassuolo 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
7 Atalanta 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Juventus 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Udinese 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Cagliari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sampdoria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Spezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Hellas Verona 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Salernitana 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
16 Torino 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Empoli 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Fiorentina 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
19 Venezia 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Genoa 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 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 Inter 38 28 7 3 89 35 19 17 1 1 53 18 19 11 6 2 36 17 54 91
2 Milan 38 24 7 7 74 41 19 8 6 5 31 24 19 16 1 2 43 17 33 79
3 Atalanta 38 23 9 6 90 47 19 12 3 4 49 24 19 11 6 2 41 23 43 78
4 Juventus 38 23 9 6 77 38 19 14 2 3 40 18 19 9 7 3 37 20 39 78
5 Napoli 38 24 5 9 86 41 19 12 4 3 50 20 19 12 1 6 36 21 45 77
6 Lazio 38 21 5 12 61 55 19 13 3 3 36 23 19 8 2 9 25 32 6 68
7 Roma 38 18 8 12 68 58 19 13 4 2 42 18 19 5 4 10 26 40 10 62
8 Sassuolo 38 17 11 10 64 56 19 7 8 4 31 27 19 10 3 6 33 29 8 62
9 Sampdoria 38 15 7 16 52 54 19 9 3 7 32 26 19 6 4 9 20 28 -2 52
10 Hellas Verona 38 11 12 15 46 48 19 6 6 7 23 23 19 5 6 8 23 25 -2 45
11 Genoa 38 10 12 16 47 58 19 5 7 7 29 30 19 5 5 9 18 28 -11 42
12 Bologna 38 10 11 17 51 65 19 7 5 7 33 33 19 3 6 10 18 32 -14 41
13 Fiorentina 38 9 13 16 47 59 19 6 6 7 25 25 19 3 7 9 22 34 -12 40
14 Udinese 38 10 10 18 42 58 19 5 4 10 14 19 19 5 6 8 28 39 -16 40
15 Spezia 38 9 12 17 52 72 19 5 7 7 28 33 19 4 5 10 24 39 -20 39
16 Cagliari 38 9 10 19 43 59 19 5 4 10 22 32 19 4 6 9 21 27 -16 37
17 Torino 38 7 16 15 50 69 19 3 9 7 25 36 19 4 7 8 25 33 -19 37
18 Benevento 38 7 12 19 40 75 19 2 7 10 19 39 19 5 5 9 21 36 -35 33
19 Crotone 38 6 5 27 45 92 19 5 2 12 23 35 19 1 3 15 22 57 -47 23
20 Parma 38 3 11 24 39 83 19 2 5 12 16 39 19 1 6 12 23 44 -44 20

Genoa:
Napoli:
Table
  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Lazio 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Roma 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Napoli 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Bologna 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Sassuolo 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
7 Atalanta 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 Juventus 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Udinese 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Cagliari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sampdoria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Spezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Hellas Verona 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Salernitana 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
16 Torino 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Empoli 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Fiorentina 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
19 Venezia 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Genoa 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

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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.