- Team form: Both clubs have been in mixed form recently, Genoa 2 wins and 3 defeats, Venezia 1 win and 4 defeats.
- Head-to-head: Genoa have won 3 of the last 4 head-to-head meetings at Stadio Luigi Ferraris.
- Away form: Venezia are yet to win away in Serie A 2026/2027, losing both of their last 2 on the road.
Genoa good enough to win scrap for Serie A 2026/2027 survival
Genoa are 18th in Serie A 2026/2027 with 4 points from 7 games, one ahead of SSC Venezia in 20th place with 3 points after 7. This will be a battle at the bottom of the standings with both clubs in mixed form, but with the Grifone good enough to just get a result.
Daniele De Rossi has made a decent start to his tenure at Genoa since taking over on 6 November 2025. His 3-4-2-1 system has been proactive, pressing high and looking to hit opponents on the counter-attack, which is what we will see on Sunday.
Lorenzo Colombo has supplied 2 assists in 5 Serie A 2026/2027 games and he will be De Rossi's extra playmaker between the lines. Genoa have a number of attacking options, but Milutin Osmajic is the team's top scorer with 2 goals from 4 games and he has scored 2 of the 4 goals in the last 5 for the Grifone.
Venezia have a lot to do on the road
Davide Nicola took charge of Venezia on 14 October 2026 and his first job has been to stabilise the club by getting the team into some sort of shape. They did that last weekend when they beat Napoli 1-0 at home, but that came after a 3-1 defeat to Atalanta, away, the previous weekend.
Gianluca Busio has been the biggest creative spark for Venezia with 2 assists in 4 games, although he often provides the final pass. Akor Adams, with 1 goal in 5 games, is the top scorer for Venezia in Serie A 2026/2027, and he has also scored 2 of their 5 goals in the last 5 games.
Venezia have conceded too many away goals
Road defensive problems
That won't cut it against a side that are aggressive when they win the ball back high up the pitch.
- Venezia are yet to secure a victory on the road in 3 attempts in Serie A 2026/2027 and have conceded eight times in that period, an average of 2.67 goals per game.
- Genoa have won their last 2 games at Stadio Luigi Ferraris, but they have 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 4 home games in the Serie A 2026/2027 season, scoring just four times in those games.
- The hosts have won 3 of the last 4 between the clubs on their own turf and will be looking to take advantage of Venezia's poor away record.
Predictions and odds
Therefore, I will go with the Under 2.5 goals at 1.9 and Both Teams to Score looks live at 1.73, as Genoa's high-tempo game will test Venezia's compact mid-block and wingback system.
Genoa are 2.08 and Venezia 3.35 with the draw at 3.45, so the hosts are the slight favorites and they have the form and head-to-head advantage to edge this contest.
