Lecce vs Genoa Prediction and Betting Tips | January 5th 2025

Lecce will host Genoa at the Via del Mare on Sunday in the 19th round of the 2024-25 Italian Serie A campaign. Both teams will be keen to pick up points to move up the table, having had underwhelming first halves of the season.

The Giallorossi’s 2-0 defeat to Como last weekend marked their 10th loss of the league season and saw them go further down on the league table. The hosts have won just one of their last five league games and now sit in 17th place, just two points clear of the relegation zone. Marco Giampaolo will hope to get a result against the visitors, who are just three points ahead of them.

Genoa are four places above the hosts but only just picked up their fourth league win of the season in a 2-1 victory over Empoli last matchday. The visitors had a difficult start to the season, winning only two of their opening 12 games but have been considerably better recently with only one loss in six games under newly hired manager Patrick Vieira.

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Lecce vs Genoa Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• There have been 40 previous editions of this fixture. Lecce have won 12 of those meetings, and 11 have ended in draws while Genoa have won the remaining 17.
• Genoa have won six and drawn three of their last 10 matches against the hosts, scoring 23 goals in that period.
• The Giallorossi have by far the worst goalscoring record in the Serie A with only 11 goals scored in 18 games played. Only Parma (34) and Verona (42) have conceded more than the hosts' 31 in the Italian top flight.
• The visitors have the joint-second worst offensive record in the league with only 16 goals scored in 18 matches.

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Lecce vs Genoa Prediction

The two teams are closely matched going into the weekend and could rely on individual brilliance to make the difference. Lecce will also receive a slight edge through their home advantage, having lost only three of their nine league home matches this campaign.

Genoa will hope to capitalize on their stronger defensive record but will have to be much better in front of goal if they are to get a win on Sunday. They have been solid on the road in recent games and should have enough to avoid defeat here.

Prediction: Lecce 1-1 Genoa

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Lecce vs Genoa Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Draw

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Six of the visitors’ last nine games have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: Yes (Both teams have gotten on the scoresheet in five of their last seven games)