Genoa will be desperately look to bounce to winning ways when they welcome Lazio to Luigi Ferraris for their Serie A Matchday 32 tie on Sunday afternoon with kickoff at 13:30 EAT.
Genoa gave their survival chances a boost with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Torino prior to the International break. However, they filed to build on the win as they fell to a 1-0 defeat to Hellas Verona last Monday night.
Genoa continue to sit 19th in the Serie A on 22 points from 31 matches, level on points with 18th-placed Venezia, although they have played one match more than Gli Arancioneroverdi, and are three points adrift of safety.
With eight matches remaining to the end of the camping , I Rossoblu still have time to salvage their season, but will need to avoid any more defeats especially since they have fixture against the likes of Milan, Juventus and Napoli among their remaining matches.
Meanwhile, Lazio quickly bounced back from their 3-0 hammering at Roma prior to the international break, with a hard-fought 2-1 victory against Sassuolo at home last Saturday. They have now won three of their last five Serie A matches a run that has seen climb back into the European places.
I Biancocelesti sit sixth in the Serie A standing on 52 points from 31 matches two points behind fifth-placed Roma and four outside the top four places, while they are just a point above seventh-place Atalanta and two above Fiorentina in the eighth. Both Atalanta and Fiorentina have played one match less than Lazio.
Therefore Lazio cannot afford to drop points this weekend if they are to keep their place in European spots. Also, they need a victory to get closer to the top-four places and considering their form and record over Genoa we are backing them to come away with maximum points on Sunday. Lazio have not lost to Genoa in their last five Serie A matches, claiming four victories and a draw in the run and they claimed a 3-1 victory in the reverse fixture. They should therefore be confident ahead of the clash.
Genoa vs Lazio head to head
Both sides have met in 34 encounters since 1993 with Lazio claiming 17 victories while Genoa have claimed 11 victories and there have been six draws.
- Lazio 2-1 Genoa 17/12/21
- Lazio 4-3 Genoa 02/05/21
- Genoa 1-1 Lazio 03/01/21
- Genoa 2-3 Lazio 23/02/20
- Lazio 4-0 Genoa 29/09/19
Home
- Verona 1-0 Genoa
- Genoa 1-0 Torino
- Atalanta 0-0 Genoa
- Genoa 0-0 Empoli
- Genoa 0-0 Inter
Away
- Lazio 2-1 Sassuolo
- Roma 3-0 Lazio
- Lazio 1-0 Venezia
- Cagliari 0-3 Lazio
- Lazio 1-2 Napoli
Genoa team news
Genoa will be without Zinho Vanheusden, Andrea Cambiaso, Nicolo Rovella and Mattia Bani due to injuries.
Lazio team news
Lazio have no fresh injury ahead of the clash, although Luiz Felipe and Luis Alberto will need to be assessed before the match.
Prediction ad odds
- Lazio win
- Both sides to score
- Goal over 2.5
