Genoa are welcoming Udinese for yet another highly important game following their 0-6 result versus 6th-placed Fiorentina.
- Genoa is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Udinese haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Coppa Italia. That game was also an away game, at Lazio. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Genoa form and stats
With 0 Serie A wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Genoa are certainly not brimming with confidence. Genoa has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Shevchenko and the players.
Genoa are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 263 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Destro).
No payout for Genoa in their previous match, an away game at Fiorentina that ended in defeat 0-6. Badelj (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.05/10. Badelj dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 46 total).
A Coppa Italia defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Milan (after extra-time).Genoa have scored 8 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. Genoa have conceded 18 from these games. Genoa has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Udinese form and stats
There's been little loot from Udinese's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the Serie A. Udinese only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. When Udinese is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Cagliari, Sampdoria, Venezia, Spezia, Udinese and Salernitana is teams we like to compare Genoa with. It's a growing despair in Udinese as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Udinese play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Lazio (after extra-time) (placed 8th). Success, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.4. Success dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
It was a Serie A defeat before that one as the away game against Juventus wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.The travelling fans enjoy Udinese's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 10 league matches away. Udinese have conceded 18 goals in these games. When Udinese is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Cagliari, Sampdoria, Venezia, Spezia, Udinese and Salernitana.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have played previously this season: Udinese - Genoa 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Genoa zero wins, four draws and Udinese six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Destro 8 goals |   N. Bercique Gomes Betuncal 8 goals |  G. Deulofeu Lázaro 6 goals |
Genoa missing players
Udinese missing players
| Genoa | Udinese | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 20 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 15 | 31 |
| 45 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 36 |
| 86% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 77% | 70% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 81% |
| 59% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 52% |
| 45% | 30% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 38% |
| 18% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 19% |
| 55% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 52% |
| 14% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 20% | 24% |
| 45% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 29% |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9.9 | 10.8 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 12.8 | 12.8 |
| 2.9 | 3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 31% | 27% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 28% |
| 15.9 | 15.2 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13.7 | 13.4 |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
- Genoa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Genoa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Genoa have the most conceded goals in the second half (27) in Serie A
- Genoa have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Genoa have yet to win a game at home.
- Genoa is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Udinese haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 35 | 50 |
| 2 | Milan | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 22 | 48 |
| 3 | Napoli | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 24 | 46 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 42 |
| 5 | Juventus | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 41 |
| 6 | Fiorentina | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 35 |
| 7 | Roma | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 8 | Lazio | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 35 |
| 9 | Torino | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 30 |
| 11 | Empoli | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | -8 | 29 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 28 |
| 13 | Bologna | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 27 |
| 14 | Spezia | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 28 | -19 | 22 |
| 15 | Udinese | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Venezia | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -19 | 18 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -22 | 16 |
| 19 | Genoa | 22 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -25 | 12 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -33 | 11 |
