The home manager Gilardino expects to whip up Genoa win versus Ternana Genoa not looking forward to difficult Serie B clash against Ternana

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

2nd position in the Serie B table for Genoa so far, a tip-top campaign. The match-going fans pray for more excitement as 11th-placed Ternana visit Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris.

Insights:
  • Genoa have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Serie B
  • Ternana have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both sides have had sufficient rest since their last match. Let's have faith in that this will be an animated match!

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Genoa form and stats

Genoa have played 14 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-6-1 (wins-draws-losses). Genoa are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Genoa are confident in defense, having played 305 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A nice win for Genoa last time playing, versus Cosenza. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Pușcaș, Guðmundsson, Drăguşin and Jagiełło scoring for the victors. As mentioned above, Genoa "killed" Cosenza in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. The attacker Guðmundsson was announced as "man of the match" for Genoa with the rating of 9.01/10. Guðmundsson scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 43 total).

0-0 away at Cagliari before that.

It should be added that a look at the 15 most recent league games shows that 12 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Genoa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. As for guarding their own goal, Genoa have only let in {6 goals} at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Ternana form and stats

Ternana have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 3-4-7 (14 played).

Ternana's last game was the home draw against Benevento (2-2). Palumbo, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.7. Palumbo served one assist and hit four key passes.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Palermo that ended 0-0.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Ternana have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved faced each other before this campaign: Ternana - Genoa 1-2. One of the profiles has been Coda with 2 goals scored against Ternana in these 1 matches.

Top Goalscorers

GenoaM. Coda
M. Coda
8 goals
GenoaA. Gudmundsson
A. Gudmundsson
6 goals
TernanaA. Favilli
A. Favilli
5 goals

Genoa missing players

Ternana missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Genoa Ternana
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 5 14 28
14 7 2 Won W 0 3 9
9 6 3 Drew D 2 4 9
5 1 0 Lost L 3 7 10
35 19 7 Scored S 2 13 28
19 6 4 Conceded C 8 23 35
82% 79% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 71% 79%
57% 50% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 71% 64%
36% 21% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 64% 54%
11% 14% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 29% 18%
4% 7% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 11%
36% 21% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 46%
50% 71% 60% Clean Sheets C S 40% 36% 43%
32% 29% 20% Failed to Score F T 60% 43% 32%
 
5.8 6.3 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.6 5.2
3 2.2 2.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 4.9 5.2
2.5 2.4 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 2.5
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.6 14.6 14 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.4 12
4.9 5.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 4.3 4.3
26% 26% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 22% 23%
 
9.1 8.1 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 17.4 15.9 15.4
2.9 2.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.6 5.4 4.6
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Genoa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Genoa have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Serie B
  • Genoa have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Serie B
  • Genoa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Ternana 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 Frosinone 28 19 4 5 48 18 14 11 2 1 27 7 14 8 2 4 21 11 30 61
2 Genoa 28 14 9 5 35 19 14 7 6 1 19 6 14 7 3 4 16 13 16 50
3 Bari 1908 28 13 10 5 45 27 14 5 6 3 24 16 14 8 4 2 21 11 18 49
4 Sudtirol 28 12 11 5 32 28 15 5 8 2 18 16 13 7 3 3 14 12 4 47
5 Pisa 28 10 12 6 40 28 14 6 4 4 22 14 14 4 8 2 18 14 12 42
6 Reggina 28 13 3 12 39 31 14 7 2 5 23 15 14 6 1 7 16 16 8 42
7 Parma 28 11 7 10 35 31 14 7 1 6 18 13 14 4 6 4 17 18 4 40
8 Cagliari 28 9 12 7 30 28 14 8 4 2 19 13 14 1 8 5 11 15 2 39
9 Palermo 28 9 11 8 30 32 14 6 5 3 15 11 14 3 6 5 15 21 -2 38
10 Ascoli 28 9 9 10 29 31 14 3 5 6 12 16 14 6 4 4 17 15 -2 36
11 Ternana 28 9 9 10 28 35 14 6 5 3 15 12 14 3 4 7 13 23 -7 36
12 Modena 28 10 5 13 38 38 13 5 4 4 21 15 15 5 1 9 17 23 0 35
13 Como 28 8 11 9 33 36 14 6 4 4 19 15 14 2 7 5 14 21 -3 35
14 Cittadella 28 8 10 10 25 34 13 4 6 3 13 14 15 4 4 7 12 20 -9 34
15 Perugia 28 8 6 14 30 34 13 5 4 4 17 14 15 3 2 10 13 20 -4 30
16 Venezia 28 7 8 13 29 38 14 3 4 7 14 20 14 4 4 6 15 18 -9 29
17 SPAL 28 6 10 12 31 39 15 4 4 7 21 22 13 2 6 5 10 17 -8 28
18 Benevento 28 6 10 12 23 31 14 3 3 8 10 18 14 3 7 4 13 13 -8 28
19 Brescia 28 6 9 13 22 40 15 4 5 6 13 17 13 2 4 7 9 23 -18 27
20 Cosenza 28 6 8 14 23 47 14 5 5 4 16 15 14 1 3 10 7 32 -24 26

Genoa:
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 Frosinone 28 19 4 5 48 18 14 11 2 1 27 7 14 8 2 4 21 11 30 61
2 Genoa 28 14 9 5 35 19 14 7 6 1 19 6 14 7 3 4 16 13 16 50
3 Bari 1908 28 13 10 5 45 27 14 5 6 3 24 16 14 8 4 2 21 11 18 49
4 Sudtirol 28 12 11 5 32 28 15 5 8 2 18 16 13 7 3 3 14 12 4 47
5 Pisa 28 10 12 6 40 28 14 6 4 4 22 14 14 4 8 2 18 14 12 42
6 Reggina 28 13 3 12 39 31 14 7 2 5 23 15 14 6 1 7 16 16 8 42
7 Parma 28 11 7 10 35 31 14 7 1 6 18 13 14 4 6 4 17 18 4 40
8 Cagliari 28 9 12 7 30 28 14 8 4 2 19 13 14 1 8 5 11 15 2 39
9 Palermo 28 9 11 8 30 32 14 6 5 3 15 11 14 3 6 5 15 21 -2 38
10 Ascoli 28 9 9 10 29 31 14 3 5 6 12 16 14 6 4 4 17 15 -2 36
11 Ternana 28 9 9 10 28 35 14 6 5 3 15 12 14 3 4 7 13 23 -7 36
12 Modena 28 10 5 13 38 38 13 5 4 4 21 15 15 5 1 9 17 23 0 35
13 Como 28 8 11 9 33 36 14 6 4 4 19 15 14 2 7 5 14 21 -3 35
14 Cittadella 28 8 10 10 25 34 13 4 6 3 13 14 15 4 4 7 12 20 -9 34
15 Perugia 28 8 6 14 30 34 13 5 4 4 17 14 15 3 2 10 13 20 -4 30
16 Venezia 28 7 8 13 29 38 14 3 4 7 14 20 14 4 4 6 15 18 -9 29
17 SPAL 28 6 10 12 31 39 15 4 4 7 21 22 13 2 6 5 10 17 -8 28
18 Benevento 28 6 10 12 23 31 14 3 3 8 10 18 14 3 7 4 13 13 -8 28
19 Brescia 28 6 9 13 22 40 15 4 5 6 13 17 13 2 4 7 9 23 -18 27
20 Cosenza 28 6 8 14 23 47 14 5 5 4 16 15 14 1 3 10 7 32 -24 26

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Serie B is the second highest division in Italian football. It usually has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other. The two top teams of the league table are automatically promoted, with a third following depending on standings and/or a playoff. Matches are usually played on Saturdays.