Serie A preview: Can Genoa edge out victory against Salernitana?

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Fri 27.Oct
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris (36599 seats)

This is a vital fight in the lower section of the Serie A, with both Genoa and Salernitana feeling more anxiety than happiness. This fixture is a real "six-pointer" with the hosts positioned 15th and the away side in 18th place.

Insights:
  • Genoa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Salernitana have the most conceded goals (19) in Serie A

Both teams have had plenty of rest since their last game. Let's aim for an in-your-face match!

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Genoa form and stats

Genoa have played 4 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Genoa haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 229 minutes ago. Guðmundsson scored that one.

In their previous game, the manager Gilardino led his Genoa to a defeat away at Atalanta. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. Leali had a busy but productive day in the Atalanta match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Midfielder Frendrup was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.93 (out of ten) in that game. Frendrup hit one key pass and had 42 successful passes (of 52 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Milan with the scoreline 0-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Genoa handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

The Genoa fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 7 goals in 4 league matches.

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Salernitana form and stats

The visitors, who have the most conceded goals (19) in Serie A, are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Salernitana's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Salernitana's last game was the home draw against Cagliari (2-2). The attacker Dia got a match rating of 8.22 in that game. Dia scored two goals.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Monza wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Salernitana have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sampdoria in just four days.

Goals are few and far between in Salernitana's away league games. Only {2 goals} from 4 travels.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the prior three meetings): Genoa won one game, one match ended with a draw and Salernitana got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / three.

Top Goalscorers

GenoaA. Gudmundsson
A. Gudmundsson
3 goals
GenoaM. Retegui
M. Retegui
3 goals
SalernitanaB. Dia
B. Dia
3 goals

Genoa missing players

Salernitana missing players

Genoa Salernitana
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 1 4 9
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 4
5 2 0 Lost L 1 3 5
10 7 0 Scored S 0 2 6
14 8 0 Conceded C 1 8 19
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
56% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 89%
44% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 56%
44% 75% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 33%
22% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 44%
11% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
44% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 75% 56%
 
2 2.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.8 4.7
5.6 3.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 10 8 5.9
2.9 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.5 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.8 6.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 14 9 11.4
2.7 2.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 3.6
42% 70% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 15% 19%
 
12.7 11.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 13 15.5 13.9
3.7 3.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.5 5.2
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Genoa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Genoa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Genoa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Genoa have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Salernitana have scored away.
  • Genoa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Genoa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Salernitana have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Salernitana have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Salernitana have created more than twice as many corners as Genoa.
  • Salernitana have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Salernitana have the most conceded goals (19) in Serie A
  • Salernitana have the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Serie A
  • Salernitana have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Salernitana have yet to win a game.
  • Salernitana 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 Inter 9 7 1 1 24 5 5 3 1 1 14 5 4 4 0 0 10 0 19 22
2 Milan 9 7 0 2 16 9 4 3 0 1 7 2 5 4 0 1 9 7 7 21
3 Juventus 9 6 2 1 15 6 4 3 1 0 7 2 5 3 1 1 8 4 9 20
4 Napoli 9 5 2 2 20 10 4 2 0 2 8 6 5 3 2 0 12 4 10 17
5 Fiorentina 8 5 2 1 18 11 3 2 1 0 8 4 5 3 1 1 10 7 7 17
6 Atalanta 9 5 1 3 15 8 4 3 1 0 7 0 5 2 0 3 8 8 7 16
7 Roma 9 4 2 3 20 12 5 3 1 1 13 4 4 1 1 2 7 8 8 14
8 Bologna 9 3 5 1 10 7 5 3 1 1 7 4 4 0 4 0 3 3 3 14
9 Lazio 9 4 1 4 12 12 4 2 1 1 6 4 5 2 0 3 6 8 0 13
10 Monza 9 3 3 3 8 8 4 2 2 0 6 1 5 1 1 3 2 7 0 12
11 Frosinone 9 3 3 3 12 13 5 3 1 1 10 8 4 0 2 2 2 5 -1 12
12 Lecce 8 3 3 2 9 10 5 3 1 1 6 6 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 12
13 Sassuolo 9 3 1 5 12 16 5 2 0 3 7 8 4 1 1 2 5 8 -4 10
14 Torino 9 2 3 4 6 12 5 1 3 1 2 4 4 1 0 3 4 8 -6 9
15 Genoa 9 2 2 5 10 14 4 1 1 2 7 8 5 1 1 3 3 6 -4 8
16 Hellas Verona 9 2 2 5 6 11 4 1 1 2 3 5 5 1 1 3 3 6 -5 8
17 Udinese 8 0 5 3 4 12 4 0 2 2 2 7 4 0 3 1 2 5 -8 5
18 Salernitana 9 0 4 5 6 19 5 0 3 2 4 11 4 0 1 3 2 8 -13 4
19 Empoli 8 1 1 6 1 16 5 1 1 3 1 4 3 0 0 3 0 12 -15 4
20 Cagliari 9 0 3 6 5 18 4 0 1 3 2 9 5 0 2 3 3 9 -13 3

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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.