Genoa vs Monza prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-03-08 19:45.
[p]Only three points separate Genoa and Monza just outside the Serie A top ten after 27 rounds, with both teams coming off defeats. Genoa lost 2-1 to table-topping Inter Milan on Monday despite a resilient display, suffering only their second defeat in 12 matches (W4, D6), but having experienced consecutive league losses just once this season, there’s no reason to panic about flirting with relegation at the moment. [/p]
[p]After losing the reverse fixture against Monza 1-0, Genoa’s return to Stadio Luigi Ferraris should raise morale as they aim to avenge that defeat. That’s because Genoa have lost just one of their last ten home games (W5, D4), with only Atalanta scoring multiple goals against the hosts in that spell. That should give Alberto Gilardino’s men enough confidence to come out on top in what is a first-ever top-flight H2H on Genoa soil. [/p]
[p]It was more than 15 years ago that these sides met here in any competition, and this Monza outfit is likely to pose a significant threat here, despite seeing their five-match unbeaten run (W3, D2) ended by a 4-1 defeat to Roma last weekend. The Biancorossi will be keen to get on the scoresheet earlier here, as each of their last five goals have come after the 75th minute – the same period in which their winner arrived against Genoa in December![/p]
[p]That said, a goal at any time would be warmly welcomed by the visiting fans, as they’ve endured four blanks across the last six away trips (W2, D2, L2). The two exceptions in that sequence have resulted in victories though, and after Monza’s 2-0 success at Salernitana during their last outing on the road, Raffaele Palladino’s side will be targeting successive away wins for the first time this campaign.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Albert Guðmundsson has netted Genoa’s opener in seven of his last eight league scoring appearances. Matteo Pessina may impact the match later on, as six of his last eight top-flight strikes have come after the hour mark, including Monza’s last goal on their travels.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: In five of Monza’s last nine and both of Genoa’s last two league games, there have been exactly two first-half goals.[/p]