Hellas Verona vs Genoa Serie A Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Verona have lost seven of their last 11 Serie A games against Genoa (W2 D2), having gone unbeaten in all nine previous matches (W4 D5).
Verona have avoided defeat in 11 of their 13 home games against Genoa in Serie A (W6 D5 L2): among the sides they have hosted at least 12 times in the top flight, only Cagliari have won fewer games (one) at Verona's home than Genoa (two).
Including the awarded win on MD1, Verona have won two of their first three games of this Serie A season -in their history only in 1984/85 have they achieved three wins in their first four games. Verona could win their opening three home games in a single Serie A season for the fifth time in their history and for the first time since 2013/14.
Genoa are the team with the most consecutive Serie A games without any draw between the teams currently in the competition (10P W5 L5); the last draw between Verona and the Rossoblù in the top flight dates back to January 2016. Genoa have not scored in their last two away league games, conceding 11 goals-the Grifone have not lost three consecutive away matches without scoring since May 2017 (four games, two under Mandorlini and two under Juric).
Verona have conceded only one goal in Serie A this season, only Milan and Napoli (both still at zero) have conceded fewer; only Cagliari (70) and Sampdoria (56), however, have faced more shots than the Gialloblù (54).
Only Atalanta (27%) and Napoli (23%) have recorded a higher shot conversion rate than Genoa (20%) in Serie A this season (four goals from 20 shots). Verona's Nikola Kalinic 38 goals in Serie A -is the 2nd highest Croatian scorer in the Italian top-flight, behind only Igor Budan (44). He has already scored a goal against Genoa in the league, with Fiorentina in January 2017.
Among the players who have only scored goals from open play in Serie A since 2018/19, only Alejandro Gómez (18/18) has scored more than Genoa's Goran Pandev (14/14).
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