Lazio v Genoa

Lazio vs Genoa Preview

Having played their opening game of this new Italian top flight season away from home, Sunday evening's hosts, Lazio, will be eager to return to the more familiar surroundings of their Stadio Olimpico for this upcoming clash with Genoa where the hosts will also be keen to return to winning ways following last weekend's defeat.

An unexpected 2-1 defeat away from home at Lecce on the opening day of this new Serie A season handed Lazio a disappointing defeat but the hosts now hold home advantage where they'll also be looking to take advantage of newly promoted side, Genoa, who achieved promotion from Serie B at the end of last season.

Lazio will be wanting to go one step better than last season as the hosts finished creditable runners-up behind the title winners, Juventus, who pretty much ran away with the league title by a significant margin of 16 points over Sunday's hosts.

Nevertheless, Lazio enjoyed a successful campaign last season and having lost just twice in their last 12 matches on home soil at their Stadio Olimpico, Lazio will be confident they can make a positive start to this new season in their opening home game of the season.

Goals could be in short supply though as seven of Lazio's last 12 home games have resulted in Under 2.5 goals.

Genoa also finished runners-up in last season's Serie B campaign as they were seven points behind the title winners, Frosinone, but Genoa won't care too much about that as they make a swift return to the Italian top flight for this new season.

However, it wasn't the sort of start to this new Serie A season that Genoa would have been anticipating as the newcomers were dealt a particularly heavy 4-1 defeat on home soil against Fiorentina at their Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris so the visitors will be desperate to keep things tight when they make their way to face Lazio on Sunday night.

Results away from home have been generally pretty solid overall as Genoa have lost just twice in their last nine outings on the road in all competitions but the visitors have also managed to pick up just two wins in the process as well.

Goals may also be at a premium as five of Genoa's last nine away games have also resulted in Under 2.5 goals being scored while the visitors have also kept a total of five clean sheets within this period as well which may stand them in good stead for this upcoming trip to the Stadio Olimpico.

Lazio v Genoa Verdict

With both Lazio and Genoa heading into this encounter on the back of defeats last weekend, both sides will be wanting to keep things tight in this clash.

Therefore, our main bet will be Under 2.5 goals @ 1.66

Other side bets worth considering:

Genoa win @ 6.00

Correct score: Genoa 2-0 @ 29.00