Genoa vs Napoli prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2023-09-15 18:45.
Serie A (SA) newcomers Genoa failed to follow up on their previous impressive win against Lazio when losing 1-0 to Torino due to a late goal last in their most recent outing. The RossoblĂą now find themselves in a familiar position as they had three points (W1, L2) at this stage of the top-flight season on four of the last five occasions.
Coach Alberto Gilardino's tactical work was nonetheless much appreciated after Genoa made up for the 4-1 opening loss at home to Fiorentina by conceding only once in the following two games. During the international break, Gilardino expressed his delight at being able to reward some of their hardworking players from last year’s successful push for promotion with some Serie A gametime.
But the arrival of Napoli doesn’t promise anything good for the home side as Genoa have conceded a whopping 14 goals across the last five H2Hs (W1, L4). After winning their opening two SA matches, reigning champions Napoli suffered their first SA defeat by hands of their former coach Maurizio Sarri when falling 2-1 to Lazio. Despite quite a positive start (W2, L1), the Partenopei found themselves away from the top spot for the first time since 10 September 2022.
Napoli head coach Rudi Garcia, who lost his first SA match since 2015 (when at Roma) in the last round, was disappointed with last season’s top-scorer Victor Osimhen's performance, who he said along with the rest of the squad ’dropped off in the second half’. As illustrated by 2022/23, there is no need to panic yet as Napoli failed to win both their third and fourth games of their title-winning season last term (D2)!
Players to watch: Three of the last four SA goals scored by Genoa’s Ruslan Malinovskyi arrived before the break, including his only career goal against Napoli, whilst visiting Piotr Zielinski has already three H2H goals, netting more only against Milan (four).
Hot stat: There has been at least one goal scored before the break in eight of the previous ten H2Hs, including the last five.