Genoa vs Lecce Prediction & Betting Tips (28 January)

Genoa made a good impression for its return to Serie A and is now in a very honorable 11th place in the standings. In a good position, the promoted team is 8 points ahead of the red zone. Icelandic striker Gudmundsson's teammates are in a good dynamic currently, as evidenced by the current series of 6 matches without defeat, 2 victories and 4 draws. After having scored 3 points against teams from the first half of the table, Inter, Bologna and Torino, they won at the bottom of the table, Salernitana, last weekend 1-2.14th in Serie A with 4 units ahead of the first relegation, Lecce is fully engaged in the fight not to go down.

The training based in Puglia has been progressing slowly for many weeks now, which logically worries all its fans. Roberto D'Aversa's men have only won against Frosinone 2-1 since September 22! Not really spared by the schedule these days, they have lost 4 of their last 5 league matches, for 1 draw. After being held to a draw by Cagliari at home 1-1, Genoa lost to Lazio 1-0 and Juventus last weekend 0-3.

For Genoa, it is necessary to mention the defections of the midfielder recruited this winter Bohinen, the important winger Messias and the replacements Haps and Martin. In addition, starters Frendrup (side) and Badelj (midfield) are suspended following an accumulation of yellow cards. On the other hand, the important defender De Winter is back from suspension. Both scorers last weekend, attackers Gudmundsson (9 goals and 2 assists in SA) and Retegui (4 goals in SA) should be associated again. This winter, in addition to Bohinen (Salernitana), full-back Spence (Tottenham) came to strengthen Genoa. On the other hand, senior defender Dragusin (Tottenham) has left as have replacements Hefti (Montpellier), Jagiello (Spezia) and Puscas (Bari).

Opposite, Lecce still has to do without long-time absent defender Dermaku, injured. On the other hand, African internationals Touba, Rafia and Banda have all been eliminated from the CAN and should therefore be available this weekend. The return of winger Banda (2 goals and 4 assists in SA) should not hurt Lecce, which has only scored one goal in the last 5 days. During the winter transfer window, Argentinian winger Pierotti (Colon) was recruited. In the opposite direction, the young Faticanti and Smajlovic and the replacement Listkowski left to seek playing time in Serie B.