Genoa and Cagliari are set to clash in Serie A Week 13 on Sunday, November 24, 2024, at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium in Genoa, Italy. Genoa has had a strong record against Cagliari, winning six out of their last seven encounters in Serie A, with one draw, and managing to keep five clean sheets during that stretch. In fact, Cagliari is the team that Genoa has defeated the most in the top division since the introduction of the three-point win system, boasting 17 victories in 32 matches (with 3 draws and 12 losses). This matchup marks only the ninth occasion that Genoa and Cagliari will meet in Serie A with identical points at the start of the matchday. Historically, these encounters have been evenly matched, with each team claiming three wins and two draws. Cagliari has struggled in their recent away games against Genoa, failing to secure a win in their last eight Serie A visits (with one draw and seven losses), and they haven't scored in their last four matches at this venue. Their last away victory against Genoa in this competition was on April 19, 2014, when they came from behind to win 2-1, thanks to goals from Marco Sau and Víctor Ibarbo after Sebastien De Maio had initially put Genoa ahead. Genoa (7G: 4D, 3L) is one of the two teams, alongside Monza, that has struggled to secure a home victory in this Serie A season. In fact, the Grifone has only experienced this lack of success in their first eight home matches twice before, during the 2017/18 and 2021/22 seasons. Meanwhile, Cagliari has faced a tough time defensively, allowing at least two goals in each of their last five league matches. The last instance they conceded more than one goal in six consecutive Serie A games was from September to October 2023. Additionally, Genoa has managed to win just one of their last 20 matches following the international break (11D, 8L), with their only victory coming against Cagliari on September 12, 2021, where they won 3-2 away.

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Davide Nicola, currently at 199 games as a coach in the top division, will become the fifth coach in the entire history of Serie A next matchday to have had at least 13 games as a coach with eight different teams in the competition, after Carlo Mazzone (10), Alberto Malesani (9), Luigi Delneri (9) and Claudio Ranieri (8). Andrea Pinamonti has been involved in five of the nine goals scored by Genoa in this championship (four goals and one assist), including the four most recent for the rossoblù in the competition. The 1999-born player is the player who has been directly involved in the most goals for his team in the current tournament: 56%, five of the nine total scored by the Grifone. Roberto Piccoli is the Italian player born from 2001 onwards to have scored the most goals in Serie A; 15, nine of which came from the 80th minute onwards, that is 60%: the highest percentage among the players who have scored at least that many goals in the competition. Photo via x.com/Genoacfc