Friday night’s Serie A action includes a battle down at the bottom of the table and these Genoa vs. Verona predictions give the latest picture for both teams. Genoa have a slight edge as it stands, with a three-point lead over Verona.
1 – Genoa to win – 1/1
2 – Genoa under 2.5 total goals – 2/11
3 – Total goals scored under 2.5 – 8/13
4 – Both teams not to score – 31/40
5 – Genoa to win 1-0 – 21/4
Verona’s Serie A trip to Genoa on Friday night is unlikely to be an exciting spectacle based on the poor form of both sides in recent weeks. Hosts Genoa have only managed to secure one Serie A win in their last five league matches and Verona have lost their last four successive league games.
Verona clearly are on a worse streak and that could give Genoa the edge here and they will be confident of squeezing out a victory in this tie, as they have only lost one of their last four at home in Serie A action.
Albert Gudmundsson’s goal sealed a 1-0 home win over Salernitana last month and they are capable of replicating that result. The Icelandic international continues to be the crucial goal source for Genoa. His 11 league goals helped them to promotion from Serie B at the end of last season and he already has five in the top flight in 2023-24.
Genoa have only managed two goals in their last four games though, at a rate of 0.5 per league match, with Verona only managing to score three in eight games. Verona’s concerning lack of goal-scoring edge is a major problem for the away side and will boost Genoa’s chances of snatching what could prove to be a very important three points on home soil.
With the advantage of playing on Friday, Genoa will be able to climb the table if they can win, with the potential of moving up to 11th place. Defeat would keep Verona inside the relegation zone ahead of the weekend and they could slip into deeper trouble if Empoli seal a positive result away at Frosinone.
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| Player | Total goals |
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| 14 | |
| 6 | |
| 3 | |
| 3 | |
| 2 |
| Player | Total goals |
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| 6 | |
| 5 | |
| 4 | |
| 3 | |
| 3 |
Genoa (3-5-2): Martinez; De Winter, Dragusin, Vasquez; Sabelli, Frendrup, Badelj, Strootman, Haps; Malinovskyi, Gudmundsson
Verona (3-5-2): Montipo; Magnani, Hien, Terracciano; Faraoni, Duda, Lazovic, Hongla, Doig; Duric, Bonazzoli
Genoa’s injury picture remains unchanged ahead of this key game, with key striker Mateo Retegui still sidelined through injury. Junior Messias and Filip Jagiello are both back in light training but are unlikely to return to full fitness in time for this game.
Defender Pawel Dawidowicz has been ruled out through injury and Isak Hien is set to replace him in the starting line-up. Juan Cabal and Jayden Braaf are both aiming to recover from minor injuries, with the latter set to start if passed fit.
