Serie A

Genoa vs. Udinese gets matchday 31 underway

Genoa and Udinese face off in a bid to put their defeats from the previous weekend behind them

Serie A Enilive matchday 31 gets underway at the Luigi Ferraris. Genoa will aim to put their loss to Juve behind them, a result which put an end to a three game unbeaten streak.

Udinese are five points above them in the league. Following a six game unbeaten streak, they have lost their two most recent Serie A clashes against Hellas Verona and Inter and will be looking to bounce back to finish as high as possible in the table.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Genoa are unbeaten in their last six Serie A games against Udinese (W2 D4), winning the last two; only once have Genoa achieved at least three consecutive wins against the Friulians in the tournament: five between 1993 and 2008. Genoa and Udinese are equal in the last 10 games played at the Ferraris stadium, with two wins each and six draws, with exactly 13 goals scored each. Genoa won their most recent home game against this opponent: 2-0 on 24 February 2024. Genoa have kept a clean sheet in four of their last five Serie A games against Udinese, as many times as in their previous 24 games against this opponent in the competition.

DID YOU KNOW?

After a run of six consecutive matches without defeat (W4 D2), Udinese have lost their two most recent Serie A matches (v Hellas Verona and Inter), only once have they recorded three defeats in a row in the league under Kosta Runjaic, between October and November 2024. Nine of Udinese's 11 wins this season have come against teams with fewer points in the standings at the start of the matchday - however, the Friulians lost the most recent of these games, against Hellas Verona: only once in the last five seasons have they lost consecutive games against these teams, last September (but against Roma and Inter). No team has attempted fewer shots than Genoa and Udinese during the first 15 minutes of play in Serie A this season: 38 each, level with Torino.

PLAYERS

Genoa striker Andrea Pinamonti, who has not scored or provided an assist in his last five league appearances, has scored four goals against Udinese in Serie A (one of which in the reverse fixture), only against Roma (5) has he scored more goals in the competition (also 4 against Bologna). Udinese’s Oumar Solet - who scored his first goal in Serie A last time out - is the defender who has completed the most dribbles (19) since his debut in the competition (last January 4th); furthermore, he is one of the four defenders who have recovered more than 50 balls and won more than 50 duels in Serie A in 2025 (56+56), with Dodô, Theo Hernández and his next opponent Johan Vásquez (60+77).

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none Cautioned: Frendrup (Genoa); Lovric, Payero, Ehizibue, Giannetti, Kristensen (Udinese)

REFEREE

PERENZONI (CECCONI – MASTRODONATO) IV: MANGANIELLO, VAR: MAZZOLENI, AVAR: FABBRI

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Hellas Verona-Genoa (Sunday 13 April, 15.00 CEST) Udinese-Milan (Friday 11 April, 20.45 CEST) (Photo Getty Images)