Ace Football previews the Serie A game between Genoa and Lecce who meet up on Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Genoa start the season as favourites to land the Serie A crown. They launch their title bid this coming Saturday at home in an opening day fixture with Lecce at Stadio Luigi Ferraris.
Team form: Genoa vs Lecce
Genoa Form
In the previous three matches, Genoa lost 2-3 against Atalanta, beat Bologna by 1-3 and won 3-0 against LR Vicenza. Genoa managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Serie A. In the remaining four, they drew one and lost three, as they scored seven and conceded nine goals.
Lecce Form
Lecce are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Torino got left behind in a 1-0 win, before Lazio got hammered in a 0-1 victory. Juve Stabia was the most recent victim in a 2-0 win for Lecce. Lecce managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Serie A. On top of winning once they also drew two as well as losing three, while scoring seven time and letting in five.
Betting stats and facts for Genoa and Lecce
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Genoa and Lecce played across all tournaments.
- In 12 of the last 14 Genoa home matches in the Serie A, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 5 Genoa matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In the last 6 Genoa matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Genoa have won the last 3 matches in a row while scoring more than 2.5 goals
- In 10 of the last 12 Genoa home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 12 Lecce matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 10 Lecce matches in the Serie A, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Lecce have won the last 4 matches in a row while scoring less than 2.5 goals
- In the last 7 Lecce away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 7 Lecce away matches in the Serie A, the sum of goals was under 3.5
Players on top: Genoa vs Lecce
Vitinha found the target two times in his previous six matches, whereas Lassana Coulibaly just scored once in a similar number of matches.
Popular markets: Genoa vs Lecce
Full-time result
Genoa claimed a modest six wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in one of the games, whilst losing three. Lecce won two of their last 10 games away, drew four and lost four of the games in this run. Genoa have not lost to Lecce in 10 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Genoa scored first in seven of their last ten home games. Lecce got the opening goal in five out of their last ten away games. Both teams have scored in last 4 consecutive Genoa games Of the previous 10 outings, Genoa scored the opening goal five times, whereas their opponents were first on target in six of their last 10 games. Both Team have scored in 3 last consecutive meetings between Genoa and Lecce when playing at Stadio Luigi Ferraris.
Total goals
Genoa saw over 2.5 goals in eight of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of the last ten outings for Lecce, who managed to score 1.1 times in those matches. Genoa conceded a goal in their 6 most recent matches.
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