Fiorentina vs Genoa prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-02-01 14:00.
[p]Two early goals were enough for Fiorentina to defeat Lazio 2-1 last weekend for their first win in eight matches (D3, L4), rejuvenating La Viola’s top-four hopes in Serie A as they start this round of fixtures three points behind the UEFA Champions League qualification spots with a game in hand. Raffaele Palladino will now hope that his side can go on a winning run, as the last time they won consecutive league encounters was a sequence of eight between October and early December.[/p]
[p]A winless three-game sequence (D1, L2) at Stadio Artemio Franchi is something that Palladino must also address immediately, as the last coach at the club to go more home league matches without victory was Giuseppe Iachini in April 2021. With Genoa in town, Fiorentina will be looking to improve on their recent results against them, as despite boasting a 26-game unbeaten H2H record on their own patch (W12, D14), they have won just one of the last seven such encounters.[/p]
[p]Genoa are also in good form after registering three wins in their last five matches (D1, L1), a run which has contributed to more than a third of their season’s points tally. Head coach Patrick Vieira could now make a small piece of history here, as victory on Sunday will make him the first Rossoblù coach since Manlio Bacigalupo in 1950 to win at least five of his first 11 top-flight games in charge at the club.[/p]
[p]Matching that feat would need Genoa to post consecutive league victories for the first time since January 2024, but Il Grifone have been slightly better away from home (14 points) than at Stadio Luigi Ferraris (12) this season, only suffering one defeat in their last six games on the road (W3, D2), although that loss came on their last such outing.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Lucas Beltrán has been a ‘win magnet’ this term, as three of his last four goals in that time have come in victories and two of those have given Fiorentina a 2-0 lead by the 17th minute. Andrea Pinamonti got carded in the second minute in the reverse fixture, but a goal here could cheer up the away fans as his last three goals on their travels have opened the scoring in Genoa wins.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Fiorentina are the only side yet to concede inside 15 minutes in Serie A this season ahead of the weekend. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Sridhar B[/i][/p]