Genoa and Parma, separated by one point, will face each other at 12:30 CET

20 points for Genoa, 19 for Parma: a delicate match at the Marassi with three salvation points at stake.

Vieira`s boys will go in search of the third consecutive undefeated game to leave their opponents behind in the standings.

Parma, on the other hand, are dreaming of overtaking their opponents: after three consecutive defeats, they made a fresh start by winning against Monza in their last match of 2024 and drawing against Torino last week.

HEAD TO HEAD

Genoa have won their last two Serie A matches against Parma (2-1 in March 2021 and 1-0 in November 2024) and they have never won three games in a row against the Gialloblù in the top flight. In addition, the last time the Grifone kept two clean sheets in a row against the Ducali in the competition was back in October 2013 (0-0 and 1-0 in that case).

Among the opponents faced in at least 30 matches in Serie A, only against Torino (seven) have Parma recorded fewer defeats than those registered against Genoa (10).

After losing only one of their first 12 home matches against Parma in Serie A (W6 D5), Genoa have lost each of their last three, with an overall score of 3-9; in the period (since 2018/19), among the teams that the Rossoblù have faced more than once at the Ferraris stadium in the top-flight, the Ducali are the one that have scored the most goals on average per game (3.0).

DID YOU KNOW

Genoa haven’t lost in eight of their last nine league games (W3 D5), keeping five clean sheets in the period; since the beginning of November 2024, indeed, no team has kept more clean sheets than the Grifone in Serie A (five, level with Inter and AC Milan).

Genoa are one of only two teams, with Monza, with zero wins in home games in Serie A this season: six draws and four defeats in 10 home games for the Ligurians - only once have they remained without a win in each of their first 11 home games of the season in the top-flight (D5 L6 in 2021/22).

PLAYERS

Andrea Pinamonti has been involved in four goals in five games against Parma in Serie A (three goals and one assist), only against Roma he has been involved in more goals in the competition (five, all goals in that case).

Botond Balogh is one of three Parma players to play in all 19 games in the current league season, also Ange-Yoan Bonny and Simon Sohm; Balogh is also the Ducali player with the most successful passes (681), the most interceptions (19) and the most clearances (103); in this last ranking only Ardian Ismajli (164) has more in Serie A in 2024/25.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none

Cautioned: Martin e De Winter (Genoa)

REFEREE

COLOMBO (PERROTTI – NIEDDA), IV: GALIPO’, VAR: MAZZOLENI, AVAR: MERAVIGLIA

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Roma-Genoa (Friday 17 January, 20:45 CET)

Parma-Venezia (Sunday 19 January, 15.00 CET)

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