- 1 Genoa vs Como: one side still blank, the other fresh from a scalp in Naples
- 2 Genoa: two defeats, no goals, and a nasty run against Lazio
- 3 Como: huge summer spending and Douvikas scoring away from home
- 4 Serie A Prediction Genoa vs Como
- 5 First, a word on our free predictions
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Genoa vs Como: one side still blank, the other fresh from a scalp in Naples 
Genoa are still waiting for their first point after two Serie A games. Como have taken four from six and arrive on the back of a win at the Stadio Maradona.
Kick-off is set for Friday, September 4 at 20:45 local time at the Stadio Luigi-Ferraris.
The fixture list has not been kind to the Rossoblu. Napoli and then Lazio came along, and both games ended in defeat without Genoa scoring a goal.
One stat stands out above the rest: Genoa’s last league win came in mid-April against Sassuolo.
The recent head-to-head record since both clubs returned to the top flight in 2024 is also lopsided. Genoa have picked up just two points from four meetings, and they lost 0-2 at home to the Lariani last spring.
Como are playing away from home for a specific reason: the Stadio Sinigaglia is being renovated ahead of the club’s Champions League debut. Udinese and then Napoli have already hosted Cesc Fabregas’ side this season.
Genoa did hold out for more than 80 minutes against Napoli before folding. At the Olimpico, Lazio needed only one goal to get the job done.
Como head into this trip with four points and the swagger of a side that has just beaten the reigning runners-up on their own turf.
This one could hinge on whether Genoa can hang on to the end, after shipping both Napoli goals in the final 10 minutes on opening day.
Genoa: two defeats, no goals, and a nasty run against Lazio 
The season restart had gone smoothly enough, with a comfortable Coppa Italia win over Ascoli.
The league quickly brought Daniele De Rossi’s men back down to earth. Beaten 0-2 by Napoli at home, they conceded both goals in the last 15 minutes.
The trip to the Olimpico confirmed the trend. The 1-0 loss to Lazio was Genoa’s seventh straight defeat against the Rome club.
Two games, zero points, zero goals: that is the grim arithmetic leaving the Grifone near the bottom after two rounds.
Lorenzo Colombo should keep his place up front despite failing to hit the target in Serie A this season. Milutin Osmajic, signed this summer, is expected to start on the bench.
Cody Drameh, brought in from Hull City in the summer window, is in contention on the right after Brooke Norton-Cuffy’s departure. Hamed Traore has returned to group training and could make his debut.
Stephan El Shaarawy has come in on a free and is back at the club 16 years after leaving. Lorenzo Venturino, meanwhile, is out of this match.
The contrast with the end of last season is stark. The Grifone beat Sassuolo in mid-April, before losing 0-2 at home to the same Lombardy side a few weeks later.
Daniele De Rossi, the former Italy midfielder, wants his side pressing high and winning the ball back quickly. That approach explains some of the gaps they have been leaving late in games.
Genoa’s quiet summer business has left them short on options. The schedule has not helped either, with Napoli and Lazio coming before the visit of Como.
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Como: huge summer spending and Douvikas scoring away from home 
The 1-1 draw at Udinese on opening day did nothing to slow Lombardy’s ambitions. What followed only backed that up.
Last Sunday, Como went to Naples and beat the champions thanks to Martin Baturina and Tasos Douvikas. Not a result you see every week at the Stadio Maradona.
Douvikas is now the second-highest scorer in Serie A in the calendar year. Even more relevant for this trip: the Greek striker has scored in each of his last five away league games.
The club’s owners used the final hours of the transfer window in early September to bring in Moise Kean and goalkeeper Robert Sanchez, on loan from Chelsea.
Those arrivals add to Samuele Ricci, loaned from AC Milan in late August, and Willy Kambwala, both already included in the squad in Naples.
Nico Paz remains the key man in Cesc Fabregas’ system, with Baturina alongside him behind the centre-forward. The Kean-Douvikas battle for the starting spot is the main selection call.
Only long-term absentee Jayden Addai is missing. The trip to Genoa comes before the club’s first European match, against RB Leipzig.
The Lombardy club are among the biggest spenders in the league. That outlay is already feeding talk of a tilt at the Scudetto.
Cesc Fabregas is trying to calm the noise and is asking for consistency. His side also press high, but their style is very different from Genoa’s.
Rotation is the big question before this one. Kean and Douvikas offer two very different options to lead the line in Genoa.
Expected Genoa XI: Bijlow – Marcandalli, Ostigard, Vasquez – Ellertsson, Frendrup, Sow, Mitaj – Baldanzi, Vitinha – Colombo.
Expected Como XI: Butez – Smolcic, Chalobah, Ramon, Valle – Perrone, Da Cunha – Diao, Paz, Baturina – Douvikas.
Serie A Prediction Genoa vs Como
Our prediction: Como win (odds 1.82 – -122 – 41/50)
Douvikas has scored in his last five Serie A away matches, against a Genoa defence that has already caved in three times in two games without offering anything at the other end.
The head-to-head record backs the hierarchy: just two points for Genoa from four meetings since 2024, including that 0-2 home defeat in the spring.
Genoa are a club with pedigree and they can bite at the Ferraris, but the gap in squad depth has become too wide after the arrivals of Kean, Sanchez and Ricci. Como should take the three points.
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