A victory to the home team is anticipated from this match if the league standings is anything to judge by. The Genoa regulars are hopeful that the mismatch between 2nd and SPAL's 18th spot in the table will show on the playing field.
- Genoa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
This looks to be an engaging match with lots of fun and bustle as both squads are well rested since they last played a game. Bring it on!
Genoa form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie B, Genoa have managed 5 wins, 6 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 12 games.
Genoa drew their last game, 2-2 away at Modena (placed 8th). The striker Aramu won the honour of being "man of the match" for Genoa with a rating of 8.04/10. Aramu served one assist and hit five key passes.
Ahead of that match, Genoa won a home game hosting Palermo (2-0).It should be noted that a look at the 12 latest league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Genoa as they are travelling to their away game against Cagliari in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.
Genoa are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 12 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
SPAL form and stats
SPAL have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 2-6-4 (12 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, SPAL are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
There were no winners in SPAL's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Como (placed 16th). Mantia, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.45. Mantia scored one goal and hit one key pass.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Venezia wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Will both teams score at least one goal each? This team's latest fixtures suggest that, having played 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each team.
A new game in only four days for SPAL, the Serie B home match versus Frosinone. Busy days.
The attacking power of SPAL when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. SPAL have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Genoa have avoided a loss in the last 7 matches (3-4-0) versus SPAL.The latest logged result between these participants is the SPAL - Genoa 0-2 played earlier this season. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 4 red cards from the last eight duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Coda 8 goals |   A. La Mantia 5 goals |  G. Moncini 5 goals |
Genoa missing players
SPAL missing players
| Genoa | SPAL | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 28 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 29 |
| 19 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 33 |
| 84% | 75% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 56% | 42% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 58% | 72% |
| 32% | 8% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 36% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 17% | 24% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 16% |
| 40% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 42% | 52% |
| 44% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 42% | 32% |
| 32% | 33% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 42% | 28% |
| 5.6 | 6.1 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| 3 | 2.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6.5 | 5.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 13.2 | 13.5 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 11.5 | 13 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 23% | 20% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 23% | 26% |
| 9.4 | 8.8 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 14.4 | 14.1 |
| 3.2 | 2.5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
- Genoa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at 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 | Frosinone | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 26 | 55 |
| 2 | Genoa | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 43 |
| 3 | Bari 1908 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 41 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 40 |
| 4 | Sudtirol | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 40 |
| 5 | Reggina | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 39 |
| 6 | Cagliari | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 36 |
| 7 | Pisa | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 35 |
| 8 | Modena | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 35 |
| 9 | Palermo | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 35 |
| 10 | Parma | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 34 |
| 11 | Ternana | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -6 | 34 |
| 12 | Ascoli | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | -2 | 32 |
| 13 | Cittadella | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 30 |
| 14 | Perugia | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 29 |
| 15 | Venezia | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | -5 | 28 |
| 16 | Como | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 28 |
| 17 | Benevento | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -6 | 26 |
| 18 | SPAL | 25 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 25 |
| 19 | Brescia | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 25 |
| 20 | Cosenza | 25 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -17 | 23 |
