This is the fifth draw in the last nine Serie A matches between Genoa and Lecce; overall, this is the fifth 0-0 between the two teams in the league, the most frequent result between them in the competition.
Since Patrick Vieira made his debut as Genoa coach last season, only Torino and Venezia (both 12) have drawn more matches than the Rossoblu (10) in Serie A.
Genoa are unbeaten in 10 Serie A matches at the Ferraris against Lecce (7W, 3D) – the Salento side have become the team against whom Genoa have played the most home matches without losing in the competition (10).
Genoa are unbeaten in 16 of their 18 Serie A matches against Lecce (10W, 6D): the Salento side's only two wins against the Grifone in the competition came at the Via del Mare and date back to September 22, 2023 (1-0 with a goal from Rémi Oudin) and January 7, 1990 (2-1).
Genoa are unbeaten in nine games at the Ferraris against Lecce in Serie A (7W, 2D), winning the last three (all 2-1) – the Grifone have not played more home games without losing in the tournament against any other team (nine also against Venezia).
Genoa are unbeaten in six of their last eight Serie A season openers (3W, 3D), although they have only picked up one point in their last three – their last win in the first game of the season in the tournament dates back to September 20, 2020 (4-1 against Crotone, with Rolando Maran on the bench).
Lecce have won only one of their 19 opening games in Serie A history (6D, 12L): on August 20, 2023, against Lazio (2-1 comeback with goals from Pontus Almqvist and Federico Di Francesco after Ciro Immobile's opener).
Genoa won their last game of last season (3-1 against Bologna) and could achieve consecutive wins in Serie A for the first time since January 2024 (the second match in that case was against Lecce).