The manager D. Nicola looks to inspire Genoa win against SPAL

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 12.July
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris (36599 seats)

Genoa are welcoming SPAL for another important game after their 1-2 result against 6th-placed Napoli.

It's no vacation for neither Genoa nor SPAL as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Genoa form and stats

Genoa's struggle is real here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris with only 13 points collected from 15 Serie A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-1-10. It's been an uphill battle for Genoa in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Cagliari game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

The Genoa fans got no joy from their last match, a Serie A game also here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris: A 1-2 defeat against Napoli (placed 6th). Before that, Genoa played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Udinese.

Mattia Perin had a busy but productive day in the Napoli match. Despite making eight saves the loss could not be prevented.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Genoa's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won zero matches, drawn one and lost one.

Genoa are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Torino awaits in four days.

Genoa has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Genoa have conceded 27 from these games.

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SPAL form and stats

There's been little loot from SPAL's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 16 away games in the Serie A. SPAL only have 3 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 1 draw. SPAL has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

The attacking players of SPAL have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 240 minutes.

SPAL might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Udinese proved too strong as SPAL slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Paolo Mazza. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Sampdoria wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and SPAL playing away, we found three games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and three home wins.

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

Many goals are not expected from the visiting SPAL as they have only managed to score 10 times from 16 away games in the league. As for defending, SPAL rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 30 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the SPAL - Genoa 1-1 played earlier this season. Genoa-SPAL H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Genoa zero wins, SPAL one win, four draws. zero of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SPALA. Petagna
A. Petagna
12 goals
GenoaG. Pandev
G. Pandev
8 goals
GenoaD. Criscito
D. Criscito
7 goals

Genoa missing players

SPAL missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Genoa SPAL
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 16 31
6 4 1 Won W 1 3 5
9 1 0 Drew D 1 1 4
16 10 3 Lost L 2 12 22
38 17 4 Scored S 3 10 23
60 27 6 Conceded C 6 30 56
90% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 94% 97%
81% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 71%
77% 73% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 56% 55%
48% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 23%
13% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
71% 73% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 52%
16% 13% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 12% 10%
23% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 42%
 
4.5 5.3 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 7.8 4.7 4.7
4.9 4.4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 6.6 6.2
3 3 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.8 2.8
8 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
366 188 54 Total Shots T S 68 180 398
129 63 15 Shots on Target S O 15 46 107
29% 27% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 22% 21%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Genoa has the most matches over the total-line (22)
  • SPAL has the fewest points (10) away
  • SPAL has the fewest scored goals (10) away
  • SPAL has the fewest scored goals (23)
  • SPAL has the fewest scored goals in the second half (11)
  • SPAL have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • SPAL have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Juventus 31 24 3 4 65 30 15 14 1 0 39 11 16 10 2 4 26 19 35 75
2 Lazio 31 21 5 5 67 33 16 12 3 1 41 14 15 9 2 4 26 19 34 68
3 Atalanta 31 20 6 5 85 39 16 10 2 4 44 22 15 10 4 1 41 17 46 66
4 Inter 31 19 8 4 65 33 16 9 5 2 35 16 15 10 3 2 30 17 32 65
5 Roma 31 15 6 10 56 43 16 8 3 5 30 23 15 7 3 5 26 20 13 51
6 Napoli 31 15 6 10 50 41 15 7 2 6 22 20 16 8 4 4 28 21 9 51
7 Milan 31 14 7 10 43 39 15 6 5 4 19 17 16 8 2 6 24 22 4 49
8 Sassuolo 31 12 7 12 57 53 15 7 2 6 35 27 16 5 5 6 22 26 4 43
9 Hellas Verona 31 11 10 10 39 38 16 8 4 4 24 19 15 3 6 6 15 19 1 43
10 Bologna 31 11 8 12 44 49 16 4 6 6 20 25 15 7 2 6 24 24 -5 41
11 Cagliari 31 10 10 11 48 46 15 6 2 7 29 26 16 4 8 4 19 20 2 40
12 Parma 31 11 6 14 42 42 15 6 1 8 19 16 16 5 5 6 23 26 0 39
13 Fiorentina 31 8 11 12 37 43 16 3 7 6 15 21 15 5 4 6 22 22 -6 35
14 Udinese 31 9 8 14 30 43 15 5 5 5 14 17 16 4 3 9 16 26 -13 35
15 Torino 31 10 4 17 37 57 16 6 3 7 17 26 15 4 1 10 20 31 -20 34
16 Sampdoria 31 9 5 17 36 53 16 5 4 7 20 24 15 4 1 10 16 29 -17 32
17 Lecce 31 7 7 17 40 71 16 3 5 8 23 33 15 4 2 9 17 38 -31 28
18 Genoa 31 6 9 16 38 60 15 4 1 10 17 27 16 2 8 6 21 33 -22 27
19 Brescia 31 5 6 20 28 61 15 2 4 9 17 27 16 3 2 11 11 34 -33 21
20 SPAL 31 5 4 22 23 56 15 2 3 10 13 26 16 3 1 12 10 30 -33 19

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Juventus 31 24 3 4 65 30 15 14 1 0 39 11 16 10 2 4 26 19 35 75
2 Lazio 31 21 5 5 67 33 16 12 3 1 41 14 15 9 2 4 26 19 34 68
3 Atalanta 31 20 6 5 85 39 16 10 2 4 44 22 15 10 4 1 41 17 46 66
4 Inter 31 19 8 4 65 33 16 9 5 2 35 16 15 10 3 2 30 17 32 65
5 Roma 31 15 6 10 56 43 16 8 3 5 30 23 15 7 3 5 26 20 13 51
6 Napoli 31 15 6 10 50 41 15 7 2 6 22 20 16 8 4 4 28 21 9 51
7 Milan 31 14 7 10 43 39 15 6 5 4 19 17 16 8 2 6 24 22 4 49
8 Sassuolo 31 12 7 12 57 53 15 7 2 6 35 27 16 5 5 6 22 26 4 43
9 Hellas Verona 31 11 10 10 39 38 16 8 4 4 24 19 15 3 6 6 15 19 1 43
10 Bologna 31 11 8 12 44 49 16 4 6 6 20 25 15 7 2 6 24 24 -5 41
11 Cagliari 31 10 10 11 48 46 15 6 2 7 29 26 16 4 8 4 19 20 2 40
12 Parma 31 11 6 14 42 42 15 6 1 8 19 16 16 5 5 6 23 26 0 39
13 Fiorentina 31 8 11 12 37 43 16 3 7 6 15 21 15 5 4 6 22 22 -6 35
14 Udinese 31 9 8 14 30 43 15 5 5 5 14 17 16 4 3 9 16 26 -13 35
15 Torino 31 10 4 17 37 57 16 6 3 7 17 26 15 4 1 10 20 31 -20 34
16 Sampdoria 31 9 5 17 36 53 16 5 4 7 20 24 15 4 1 10 16 29 -17 32
17 Lecce 31 7 7 17 40 71 16 3 5 8 23 33 15 4 2 9 17 38 -31 28
18 Genoa 31 6 9 16 38 60 15 4 1 10 17 27 16 2 8 6 21 33 -22 27
19 Brescia 31 5 6 20 28 61 15 2 4 9 17 27 16 3 2 11 11 34 -33 21
20 SPAL 31 5 4 22 23 56 15 2 3 10 13 26 16 3 1 12 10 30 -33 19

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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.