Genoa – Benevento Prediction & Preview and Betting Tips (23.12.2017)

Genoa and Benevento face Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in a match for the 18th round of Serie A. These two teams have never met before, so this will be their first direct match. In this game the home factor may be decisive, since the Genoa presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.

Genoa:

The home team is currently in the 17 th position of the league, with 14 points won, after 3 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Atalanta, by (1-2). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Fiorentina, by (0-0). This is a team that, oddly enough, has had better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses in away matches; against 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses at their stadium. The team comes to this match after a defeat away with Juventus by (2-0). For the league, Genoa won 2 points out of 24 possible points, after 2 draws and 6 losses in the last 8 home matches.

For this competition, he does not win in his stadium 8 games ago. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (3 out of 8 matches). There is a tendency for goals in their home matches, as 7 of the last 8 matches for this competition have ended with Over 1,5 goals. In 17 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 7 times and never got the comeback. In the last 11 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 4 of their 11 goals between minutes (0′-15 ‘).

Genoa has been campaigning well below expectations in the Italian championship, is at the bottom of the leaderboard and needs to look for a recovery, because it has the same SPAL score, the first team in the relegation zone. The big problem so far has been the inefficiency of his offensive system, as he scored only 14 goals, the fourth worst attack of the national championship, while the defense, on the other hand, suffered 22 goals and is the sixth worst, showing the imbalance between the two sectors. Playing at home, as in the game on Saturday, Genoa has the worst performance of the Serie A and it is important to note that it is one of the 2 teams that has not yet won the local team. For the match against Benevento, coach Ballardini can not count on Spoli, due to injury.

Benevento:

The away team is currently in the 20 th position of the league, with 1 point won, after 1 draw and 16 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Udinese, by (2-0). In the last match, they lost in a home match against SPAL, by (1-2). This is a team that usually shows similar results, at home and abroad, so it is not usually affected by the home team factor, as in the last 30 matches they register 2 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses in away matches; against 4 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses at their stadium.

In this competition, he lost the last 8 away matches and did not win any of the last 17 matches he played. In their home league matches the most frequent final score was 2-1 (3 out of 8 matches). Their defense has not been very solid, since they suffered at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that scores only few times and was only able to open the scoring in 3 of its last 17 games for Serie A, of these 3 reached the break in advantage in 1 but never managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90s ‘ In 17 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 14 games in which he suffered the first goal.

The Benevento is making a tragic campaign in the Italian league, is the only team that has not yet won after 17 games and has the worst campaign in the history of the Italian league so far. The visiting team has presented serious problems, both in the offensive and in the defensive system, since it scored only 9 goals, being the worst attack of the national championship, and suffered 40 goals, having the worst defense. These numbers help explain the disastrous campaign of this team. Playing as a visitor, as in this Saturday’s game, Benevento lost the 8 games they played and it is important to point out that they scored only 3 goals in these games, evidencing the enormous difficulty of acting away from their domains. For the game against Genoa, coach Roberto De Zerbi has no problems in the starting lineup and goes to the field in maximum strength.