Genoa vs Lecce prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-03-13 19:45.
[p]Mid-table Genoa have shown their resilience in recent weeks, coming from a goal down to rescue 1-1 draws in three of their last five Serie A matches (W1, L1). With the only win in that time coming against relegation-threatened Venezia, failures to truly punish the sides around them could hold Patrick Vieira’s men back from pushing into the top half of the table.[/p]
[p]Genoa have been notoriously strong against the teams starting this round below them, losing just twice in 13 such matches in the league (W6, D5, L2). A meeting with Lecce therefore offers an opportunity to return to winning ways as they have not lost a H2H on home soil in any competition since 1998 (W7, D2), and could win a fifth successive game H2H on their own turf here.[/p]
[p]Having failed to score in their previous four Serie A outings (D2, L2), Lecce stunned their fans by racing into a two-goal lead against AC Milan last week, only to collapse late on and lose 3-2. That was a third defeat in succession for Marco Giampaolo’s men by a one-goal margin, leaving them just three points clear of the relegation zone and looking nervously over their shoulders.[/p]
[p]Fortunes have been better on the road for Lecce, who have won two of their last five Serie A away matches (D1, L2). Those victories crucially came against Parma and Empoli – the two sides directly below them in the table pre-round – but the Giallorossi have desperately struggled on their travels against those above them, avoiding defeat just once and failing to score seven times (D1, L9).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Andrea Pinamonti netted Genoa’s first goal in each of his seven league scoring appearances this season, with four of those coming beyond the hour mark. Santiago Pierotti’s threat also increases as the game progresses, with three of his last four league goals coming beyond the hour mark – those strikes earned four points for Lecce in the process.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: A league-low ten of Lecce’s Serie A games this season saw both teams score.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Sridhar B[/i][/p]