📏 Form Guide

Genoa

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Genoa enter this fixture following a 1-1 Serie A drawn match versus Fiorentina.

In that match, Genoa managed 41% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Genoa was Albert Guðmundsson (42'). For their opponents, Fiorentina had 20 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Jonathan Ikoné (54') was the scorer for Fiorentina.

Alberto Gilardino's Genoa have found the net 8 times in their last six outings. The corresponding number of goals that they have conceded in those games amounts to 7.

Coming into this meeting, Genoa haven’t won at home in the past 2 league games.

Lazio

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Lazio head into the match after a 4-1 Serie A win against Salernitana in their most recent game.

In that game, Lazio managed 65% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Lazio, the goals were scored by Felipe Anderson (7', 35'), Matías Vecino (14') and Gustav Isaksen (87'). Salernitana had 8 shots on goal with 5 on target. Loum Tchaouna (16') was the scorer for Salernitana.

The stats tell the story, and Lazio have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 8 goals in all. In defence, Lazio have clearly had some problems. That being said, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend might be replicated in this next match.

Ahead of this clash, Lazio are undefeated by Genoa in games played away from home for the previous 3 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 03/01/2021 shows us that Genoa have won 1 of these and Lazio 4, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

A total of 20 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them from Il Grifone and 13 being from i Biancocelesti. The average goals per game has been 3.33.

ℹ️ Team News: Genoa

Junior Messias (muscular problems), Mattia Bani (muscular problems), Vitinha (Leg injury), Ruslan Malinovskyi (Hamstring muscle injury) and Alan Matturro (surgery) won’t be playing for Genoa boss Alberto Gilardino.

It looks as if Il Grifone could go for a 3-5-2 system for this one with Josep Martinez, Alessandro Vogliacco, Koni De Winter, Johan Vasquez, Stefano Sabelli, Morten Frendrup, Milan Badelj, Albert Gudmundsson, Aaron Caricol, Mateo Retegui and Caleb Ekuban.

📋 Team News: Lazio

Lazio manager Igor Tudor has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Ivan Provedel (Ankle injury), Mattia Zaccagni (Ankle injury), Ciro Immobile (Knee problems) and Mattéo Guendouzi (Calf injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

We’re of the thinking that i Biancocelesti appear most likely to utilise a 3-4-2-1 formation, choosing Christos Mandas, Nicolo Casale, Patric, Mario Gila, Manuel Lazzari, Adam Marusic, Matias Vecino, Daichi Kamada, Felipe Anderson, Gustav Isaksen and Valentin Castellanos.

✨ Prediction

Lazio and Genoa should both be able to find the back of the net here although it’s difficult to select a clear winner.

A close call, and we think a draw is quite likely. We’re therefore expecting a very close game with a 1-1 draw at the end of the 90.

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Renata Leite, 16:04 19/04/2024