📏 Form Guide

Genoa

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Genoa will play in this match coming off the back of a 1-1 Serie A drawn game versus AC Milan.

In that game, Genoa had 39% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Genoa was Lorenzo Colombo (28'). AC Milan got 32 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Leão (92') was the scorer for AC Milan.

It has been seldom in recent times that Genoa have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Genoa have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 12 goals in the process.

Their past results show that Genoa:

• haven't lost in the league to Cagliari in their last 4 matches.
• haven't beaten Cagliari in their previous 3 league games.
• haven’t won at home in the past 3 matches in the league.

Cagliari

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In their previous fixture, Cagliari drew 2-2 in the Serie A match with Cremonese.

In that match, Cagliari had 56% possession and 21 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Cagliari, the goals were scored by Michel Adopo (51') and Yael Trepy (88'). Cremonese got 12 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Dennis Johnsen (4') and Jamie Vardy (29') scored for Cremonese.

The numbers tell their own story, and Cagliari have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 8 goals in total. Defensively, Cagliari have some weaknesses to address. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be sustained here, of course.

Pre-game facts show that Cagliari:

• have left without a victory over Genoa when they have played them away from home in the previous 10 league matches. An awful away record.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels going back to 01/03/2023, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Genoa winning 1 of those games, Cagliari 1 and 4 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

A sum of 18 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 10 for Il Grifone and 8 being from Casteddu / Rossoblu. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The last league encounter between these sides was Serie A match day 12 on 22/11/2025 when the final score was Cagliari 3-3 Genoa.

In that game, Cagliari had 50% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Goals were scored by Gennaro Borrelli (33', 60') and Sebastiano Esposito (43').

For their opponents, Genoa got 13 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. Vítinha (18'), Leo Østigård (41') and Martín (83') scored.

The referee was Federico La Penna.

🗞️ Team News: Genoa

In all likelihood, Il Grifone will possibly line up in a 3-5-2 system this time, beginning the first half with Nicola Leali, A. Marcandalli, Leo Oestigard, Johan Vasquez, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Ruslan Malinovsky, Morten Frendrup, M. Egill Ellertsson, Aaron Martin Caricol, Vitinha and Lorenzo Colombo.

📰 Team News: Cagliari

There’s a good chance that Casteddu / Rossoblu might play in a 4-3-2-1 formation, settling for Elia Caprile, Gabriele Zappa, Sebastiano Luperto, Juan Rodriguez, Riyad Idrissi, Michel Ndary Adopo, Matteo Prati, Luca Mazzitelli, Marco Palestra, Gennaro Borrelli and Semih Kilicsoy.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Cagliari may find it difficult to score against this Genoa side who should end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

We’re therefore seeing a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 winning margin for Genoa at the end of the 90 minutes.

Little in this one.

Victor Martins, 05:02 12/01/2026