Cagliari vs Genoa

Genoa have been unbeaten in four of their last five league games (W1 D3) and have drawn two games in a row in Serie A for the first time in 2025 calendar year.

Cagliari have avoided the defeat in three of their last five Serie A games (W1 D2), as many times as in their previous nine league matches.

Prior to Maxwel Cornet (two goals and one assist in the current campaign), the last player to have been involved in at least three goals in his first six Serie A appearances for Genoa was Mateo Retegui in September 2023.

This will be the 50th match between Cagliari and Genoa in Serie A, the head-to-head so far stands at 17 Sardinian victories, 19 Ligurian wins, and 13 draws.

After the 2-2 draw in the reverse fixture, Cagliari and Genoa could draw both meetings in a season in the Italian top-flight for the first time in the three points for a win era (since 1994/95). In general, only twice before have there been multiple draws in a row between these two teams in Serie A, a run of three between May 1991 and April 1992, and two matches in 1993/94.

14 of Cagliari's 17 victories over Genoa in Serie A (82%) have come in home matches. They boast a home success rate of 58% against Grifone in the tournament (14/24 - D4 L6); among teams they have faced more than 10 times in front of their own fans in the Italian top-flight, only against Vicenza do their have a better rate (71% - 10/14).

Cagliari have lost both of their last two league games, but have not yet recorded three defeats in a row in Serie A in 2025. Overall in the current Serie A campaign, since the start of the new calendar year, the Sardinians have won almost half a point per game more on average (+0.44) compared to what they did in 2024 (1.22 points per game since the beginning of January, compared to 0.78 in the first 18 matchdays).

Patrick Vieira made his debut as Genoa coach in Serie A in the 13th MD of this campaign against Cagliari and, since then, Genoa have won 68% of their total points in the current season (21/31). By percentage, only Roma (70% – 30/43) have obtained more points than Grifone in this period of the top-flight.