Serie A Gameweek 2 Sun, Aug 31 · 17:30 Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris, Genova
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Our take

Juventus were slight favourites.

Juventus were the stronger side on L90 Strength (68 vs 35). Genoa had 8 days of rest, Juventus 6.9 and had to travel 124 km.

Away travel124 kmRest days8 · 6.9Matches / 14d1 · 1
Genoa24%
Draw27%
Juventus49%
Expected goals 1.01 – 1.54
Genoa25%
Draw26%
Juventus49%
Expected goals 1.09 – 1.64
Genoa24%
Draw27%
Juventus49%
Expected goals 1.01 – 1.54
Genoa19%
Draw25%
Juventus56%
Expected goals 0.90 – 1.73
Genoa25%
Draw26%
Juventus49%
Expected goals 1.09 – 1.64
Over 2.5 47% Both score 51% Likeliest score 1–1
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Genova)

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RefereeDaniele Chiffi
  • Cards per match 4.1
  • Penalties per match 0.17
  • Matches 63

Team strength

GenoaJuventus
35 L90 StrengthIn forecast 68
29 Current StrengthIn forecast 64
23 AttackIn forecast 57
44 DefenceIn forecast 76
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Genoa

Attack—
Defense risk—

Juventus

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

GenoaJuventus
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
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— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
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— Yellow cardsContext —
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This league season, per match
0.90 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.50
1.20 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.70
0.77 xGVia Att/Def 1.28
1.11 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.71
+0.13 Goals minus xGContext +0.22
50% Scored inContext 90%
30% Clean sheetsContext 40%
7.60 ShotsContext 14.40
3.10 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.20
41% On target shareContext 36%
5.56 Shots in the boxContext 9.00
66% Box shareContext 63%
12% ConversionContext 10%
1.50 OffsidesContext 2.50
12.20 Shots allowedContext 10.10
5.11 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.10
3.56 BlocksContext 3.40
3.89 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.50
76% Save rateContext 81%
48% PossessionIn forecast 54%
386 PassesContext 446
305 Accurate passesContext 382
79% Pass accuracyContext 86%
6.81 Team ratingContext 7.17
14.20 FoulsContext 12.70
13.60 Fouls sufferedContext 9.80
1.60 Yellow cardsContext 2.10
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.30
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Genoa
Rest8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Juventus
Rest6.9 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel124 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Genoa Juventus
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match8Serie A 2025-2026, 23 Aug6.9Serie A 2025-2026, 24 Aug
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km124 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 11 / 1 / 1
Next matchdays after this one15.113

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Genoa Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
1N. Leali(G)
3Aarón Martín 22J. Vásquez 5L. Østigård 15B. Norton-Cuffy
32M. Frendrup 73P. Masini
8N. Stanciu 23V. Carboni 77M. Ellertsson
29L. Colombo
Juventus Confirmed XI
3-4-2-1
16M. Di Gregorio(G)
6L. Kelly 3Bremer 4F. Gatti
25João Mário 19K. Thuram 5M. Locatelli 15P. Kalulu
10K. Yıldız 7Francisco Conceição
30J. David

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Genoa Absences are shown before kick-off
Juventus Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Genoa+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Juventus+0.0 pp

Home / Away this season

Genoa · Home 1.00points per game · 1 home games
W-D-L
0-1-0
Scored
0.00
Conceded
0.00
Juventus · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head last 6 of 6 meetings

1 Genoa wins2 draws3 Juventus wins
Goals per game0.50 – 1.33 Over 2.533% Both scored33% Clean sheets17% · 67%
  • 29 Mar 2025Juventus1–0Genoa
  • 28 Sep 2024Genoa0–3Juventus
  • 17 Mar 2024Juventus0–0Genoa
  • 15 Dec 2023Genoa1–1Juventus
  • 6 May 2022Genoa2–1Juventus
  • 5 Dec 2021Juventus2–0Genoa

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Daniele Chiffi 63 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.87league 3.75
Red cards0.24league 0.13
Cards 5+43%league 44%
Fouls22.6league 24.7
Penalties0.17league 0.13
Home wins43%league 44%
Genoa7 with this referee
Record0-2-5 Cards · opp.2.1 · 1.9 Pens for · against0 · 1
  • L31 Oct 24H · Fiorentina0–14
  • L5 Oct 24A · Atalanta1–50
  • L3 Sep 23A · Torino0–15
  • L15 Apr 22A · AC Milan0–22
  • D25 Feb 22H · Inter0–01
Juventus12 with this referee
Record7-2-3 Cards · opp.2.5 · 1.9 Pens for · against0 · 2 Reds1
  • L23 Apr 25A · Parma0–13
  • L25 Jan 25A · Napoli1–22
  • D23 Nov 24A · AC Milan0–02
  • W5 Nov 23A · Fiorentina1–03
  • D1 Oct 23A · Atalanta0–02

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Genoa1 games · scored 0 · conceded 0
0-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
76-90
Juventus1 games · scored 2 · conceded 0
0-15
16-30
31-45
1 46-60
61-75
1 76-90
Genoa10 games · scored 9 · conceded 12
1 0-15
2 1 16-30
3 1 31-45
1 2 46-60
1 4 61-75
2 3 76-90
Juventus10 games · scored 15 · conceded 7
3 1 0-15
2 16-30
4 1 31-45
2 3 46-60
2 61-75
2 2 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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