Serie A

Torino vs. Genoa: lunchtime clash

Torino are aiming to build on their win against Napoli, while Genoa are chasing their first three points of the season

Torino and Genoa meet at the Olimpico Grande Torino in a lunchtime kick-off. The Granata’s two wins have come against Roma and Napoli – two teams in the upper echelons – and now they’ll be looking to pick up three points against a side not doing quite so well to push towards the top ten. Genoa, however, have other plans: they’re desperate for their first win of the season to move off the bottom of the table.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

There have been 62 official meetings between the two sides in Turin: 36 Granata wins, 20 draws, and 6 Genoa victories. Genoa’s most recent win dates back to 24 May 2009, a 3–2 success in Serie A, and it is their only triumph at Torino’s ground in the post-war era. The previous five all came before 1942/43, the last single-group Serie A season before the war.

DID YOU KNOW?

Genoa are winless after seven matchdays of Serie A 2025/26, along with Pisa, Verona, and Fiorentina. The Grifone’s last victory was the 3–1 at Bologna on 24 May. Genoa had not begun a Serie A season without a win in the first seven rounds since 2017/18.

COACHES and PLAYERS

This is the second official meeting between Marco Baroni and Patrick Vieira, after Genoa–Lazio 0–2 in last season’s Serie A. Giovanni Simeone, formerly of Genoa: he played for the club in the 2016/17 season, making 37 appearances and scoring 14 goals.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none Cautioned: Ostigard e Malinovski (Genoa)

REFEREE

BONACINA (LO CICERO – BERCIGLI) IV: MASSA, VAR: DI BELLO, AVAR: MAGGIONI

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Bologna-Torino (Wednesday 29 October, 20.45 CET) Genoa-Cremonese (Wednesday 29 October, 20.45 CET) (Photo Getty Images)