Genoa vs Internazionale Competition – Serie A Stadium – Luigi Ferraris Date: 29th December 2023 Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT
Serie A returns this Friday as league leaders Inter Milan travel to the Stadio Luigi Ferraris to face Genoa for their 18th league game of the season. The hosts who were promoted to Serie A this season have enjoyed a strong first half of the season. They come into this round of games sitting comfortably in mid-table, with six points between them and the relegation zone. Their recent results have been decent with a credible 1-1 draw with Juventus followed by a comeback 2-1 win over Sassuolo in their last outing. However, extending that run into a third match looks tricky for Alberto Gilardino’s men against an Inter Milan side they’ve not beaten in the top flight since February 2018 (D1, L7). Still, playing at home could help them sign off for 2023 in style, as Genoa are unbeaten in their last five matches at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris in all competitions (W3, D2). Their last defeat on home turf came against Inter’s arch-rivals AC Milan though (1-0), part of a sequence of five of their last seven home games seeing them concede exactly once. Meanwhile, Inter Milan will look to extend their lead at the top of the Serie A table when they travel to Genoa on Sunday. The visitors spent Christmas four points clear at the league summit after beating Lecce 2-0 in their last outing. Therefore they will end 2023 in pole position to regain the Scudetto. Moreover, their form has been especially strong towards the end of the year, with the Nerazzurri netting in 25 consecutive Serie A matches – a club record under a single manager. Only closest challengers Juventus have stopped them from winning across their last nine league games (W8, D1). Furthermore, Simone Inzaghi’s side are the only team in the division yet to lose on their travels (W7, D1). And given that they haven’t conceded in their last four H2H visits to Genoa, they enter as huge favourites. With more clean sheets to their name than any other side across Europe’s traditional top-five leagues this season in all competitions, Inzaghi’s men are bound to be confident of bringing the curtain down on a successful 2023 in style. This game gets underway at 19:45 BST. Other fixtures taking place this week in Serie A:
March 17, 2024
Atalanta
19:00
Fiorentina
May 3, 2024
Torino
19:45
Bologna
May 4, 2024
Monza
17:00
Lazio
Sassuolo
19:45
Inter Milan
May 5, 2024
Cagliari
11:30
Lecce
Empoli
14:00
Frosinone
Verona
14:00
Fiorentina
AC Milan
17:00
Genoa
Roma
19:45
Juventus
May 6, 2024
Salernitana
17:00
Atalanta
Udinese
19:45
SSC Napoli
May 10, 2024
Frosinone
19:45
Inter Milan
May 11, 2024
SSC Napoli
17:00
Bologna
AC Milan
19:45
Cagliari
May 12, 2024
Lazio
11:30
Empoli
Genoa
14:00
Sassuolo
Verona
14:00
Torino
Juventus
17:00
Salernitana
Atalanta
19:45
Roma
Serie A Table
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Inter Milan
34
28
5
1
81
18
+63
89
2
AC Milan
34
21
7
6
64
39
+25
70
3
Juventus
34
18
11
5
47
26
+21
65
4
Bologna
34
17
12
5
49
27
+22
63
5
Roma
34
17
8
9
61
41
+20
59
6
Atalanta
33
17
6
10
61
37
+24
57
7
Lazio
34
17
4
13
43
35
+8
55
8
Fiorentina
33
14
8
11
50
37
+13
50
9
SSC Napoli
34
13
11
10
52
43
+9
50
10
Torino
34
11
13
10
31
31
+0
46
11
Monza
34
11
11
12
36
44
-8
44
12
Genoa
34
10
12
12
38
40
-2
42
13
Lecce
34
8
12
14
31
49
-18
36
14
Cagliari
34
7
11
16
36
59
-23
32
15
Verona
34
7
10
17
31
45
-14
31
16
Frosinone
34
7
10
17
43
63
-20
31
17
Empoli
34
8
7
19
26
50
-24
31
18
Udinese
34
4
17
13
32
51
-19
29
19
Sassuolo
34
6
8
20
40
70
-30
26
20
Salernitana
34
2
9
23
26
73
-47
15
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