📊 Form Guide

Genoa

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Genoa will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 2-1 Serie A triumph over Lecce.

In that match, Genoa managed 44% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Genoa was Fabio Miretti (16', 45'). Lecce got 15 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Nikola Krstović (68') was the scorer for Lecce.

It has been all too rare in recent times where Genoa have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Genoa have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 6 goals along the way.

Leading up to this clash, Genoa:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Lecce in their previous 2 games.
• are undefeated in their previous 4 home league matches.

Lecce

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Marco Giampaolo's Lecce have slotted home a total of 5 times in the course of their most recent sextet of matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during that period equals 6.

Coming into this meeting, Lecce have not won away from home in their last 2 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 08/12/2019 shows that Genoa have won 3 of these & Lecce 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 2.

A combined sum of 14 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 8 of them for Il Grifone and 6 for Giallorossi. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.

The last league encounter between these clubs was Serie A match day 29 on 14/03/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Genoa 2-1 Lecce.

In that game, Genoa managed 44% possession and 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player to score was Fabio Miretti (16', 45').

For their opponents, Lecce had 15 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Nikola Krstović (68') scored.

📋 Team News: Genoa

Mario Balotelli (Broken hand), Hugo Cuenca (unknown injury), Morten Thorsby (muscular problems), Junior Messias (muscular problems), Vitinha (Thigh problems), Honest Ahanor (Meniscus injury), Caleb Ekuban (muscular problems), Mattia Bani (Hamstring muscle injury) and Maxwel Cornet (Muscle strain) are unavailable for Genoa gaffer Patrick Vieira.

🗞️ Team News: Lecce

Lecce boss Marco Giampaolo has not got a full squad to pick from. Marco Sala (flu), Balthazar Pierret (flu), Joan González (heart problems) and Filip Marchwinski (Cruciate ligament tear) are those who can’t be considered.

⚡ Prediction

Lecce are likely to score a goal against this Genoa outfit, however it may not be enough to avoid a loss.

We are anticipating a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning margin for Genoa by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Renata Leite, 05:09 15/03/2025