Genoa seek survival points against Sassuolo

Genoa and Sassuolo meet at the Marassi in Matchday 32. De Rossi’s side want to get back to picking up points after their last two defeats against Juventus and Udinese, in order to pull away from the relegation zone. Sassuolo, on the other hand, are in a much calmer position and, after beating Cagliari, are aiming to make it two wins in a row in Liguria.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

The two sides have met 10 times in Liguria: Genoa have won five times (most recently 2–1, Serie A 2023/24), there have been three draws (most recently 2–2, Serie A 2021/22) and the Neroverdi have won twice (most recently 1–2,Serie A 2020/21).

Genoa have found the net in 9 of these 10 matches at Marassi against the Emilian side, scoring a total of 16 goals. The only defeat came in the 0-1 result in the 2016/17 league season.

The last time Sassuolo failed to score against Genoa at Marassi was in the 2017/18 season (1-0, Galabinov); since then, the Neroverdi have found the net in six official matches.

DID YOU KNOW?

Following two consecutive defeats without scoring, Genoa could suffer three straight defeats without scoring a single goal for the first time since 2018 under Ballardini.


Genoa are the team that have missed the most penalties in the top five European leagues: 4 out of 8 taken.

COACHES and PLAYERS

This marks the first official meeting between Daniele De Rossi and Fabio Grosso.

Facing off are the two most-substituted players in Serie A 2025/26: Lorenzo Colombo and Armand Laurientè (both on 23 occasions).

Lorenzo Colombo, with 6 goals, is Genoa’s top scorer in this league. The Italian striker has not scored since the match against Napoli (2-3) on 7 February 2025 and against Juventus he recorded his seventh consecutive game without scoring.

Only Mateo Pellegrino (5) has scored more headed goals than Leo Østigård (4, the same as Lautaro Martinez).

Only Nico Paz (63) has attempted more shots from outside the box than Ruslan Malinovskyi (43).

Morten Frendrup (67) is the player in the 2025/26 Serie A season with the most successful tackles.

Arijanet Muric is the goalkeeper who has made the most saves from shots inside the box (76).

DISCIPLINE 

Suspended: none

Cautioned: Frendrup, Marcandalli, Malinovskyi, Vitinha (Genoa); Fadera, Doig, Muric, Grosso (Sassuolo)

REFEREE

RAPUANO (DI GIOIA – MORO) IV: DI MARCO, VAR: MERAVIGLIA, AVAR: GUIDA

UPCOMING MATCHES

Pisa-Genoa (Sunday April 19th, 18.00 CEST)

Sassuolo-Como (Friday April 17th, 18.30 CEST)

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