Serie A

Lazio vs. Genoa, Gattuso welcomes De Rossi

World Cup winners go head-to-head: Lazio are on the hunt for another win, while Genoa are chasing their first points

After swiftly putting their Coppa Italia elimination behind them with a win at Bologna, Lazio host Genoa looking to build on last week’s impressive performance. Genoa, however, lost at home to Napoli and will not want to fall further behind. They aim to return home with points and begin building towards Serie A survival.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

There have been 68 previous competitive meetings between the two sides in Rome: 38 wins for Lazio (most recently 3-2 in Serie A 2025/26), 21 draws (most recently 1-1 in Serie A 2008/09) and 9 wins for Genoa (most recently 1-0 in Serie A 2023/24).

There have been no draws in the last 18 meetings between Lazio and Genoa at the Olimpico: the most recent Serie A draw dates back to 23 November 2008 (1-1). Since then, Lazio have recorded 12 wins and Genoa 6.

In their last 12 home matches against the Grifone, Lazio have failed to score just once (Lazio-Genoa 0-1, Serie A 2023/24). They netted 32 goals across the other 11 meetings.

Lazio-Genoa was the title-deciding final of the 1922/23 season: the Rossoblù won the Scudetto after beating Lazio 4-1 at home in the first leg and 2-0 in Rome in the return.

Genoa-Lazio 2-0 on 13 October 1929 was Genoa’s first-ever win in the single-group Serie A era and also Lazio’s first defeat in the competition. Chiecchi III and Bodini I scored the goals that day.

DID YOU KNOW?

Genoa have gone 305 minutes without scoring away from home: their last away goal was scored by Lorenzo Colombo from the penalty spot in the 55th minute of Pisa-Genoa 1-2 on 19 April.

Genoa-Napoli was the match that spent the most time level on Matchday 1 of the 2026/27 Serie A season: 82 minutes and 47 seconds.

COACHES and PLAYERS

This will be the first official meeting between Gennaro Gattuso and Daniele De Rossi.

Gennaro Gattuso and Daniele De Rossi faced each other 12 times as players: the current Genoa coach recorded 5 wins, compared with 3 for De Rossi, with 4 draws.

Both coaches were part of the Italy squad that won the 2006 World Cup in Germany. They played 33 matches together for the national team between 2004 and 2010, including 2 during the World Cup-winning campaign 20 years ago: the 1-1 group-stage draw against the United States and the final against France, which Italy won on penalties.

Davide Frattesi scored against Bologna: it was his 1st goal for Lazio. The Italian midfielder had not scored in Serie A since 30 March 2025, in Inter-Udinese 2-1 on Matchday 30 of the 2024/25 season.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none

Cautioned: none

REFEREE

FELICIANI (MASTRODONATO – FONTANI) IV: MARIANI, VAR: ABISSO, AVAR: COSSO

UPCOMING MATCHES

Udinese-Lazio (7/9, 20.45)

Genoa-Como (4/9, 20.45)

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