Genoa – Cagliari. Forecast and announcement for the match of the Italian championship

On January 12, Luigi Ferraris will host a match of the 20th round of Serie A in Italy, in which Genoa will meet Cagliari. The match will start at 19:30 Kyiv time.

Genoa

The team was not without the help of Andrii Shevchenko in Serie B. But another well-known striker in the past, Gilardino, managed to immediately turn it around and keep it in the top division. It was only in 2024/2025 that he stopped coping and was replaced by Vieira. The Frenchman rectified the situation and prevented relegation. But after the summer break, even with him, the victories were purely in the cup.

As a result, Genoa took the expected step, and at the end of autumn, the coach changed. De Rossi had a good start, and after winning several times, managed to leave the relegation zone. But it’s been a month now that he hasn’t been able to win again. There were chances with Milan to interrupt this series – the guests led after Malinovsky’s pass. But in the 90+ minute they missed the ball in return and did not realize the penalty – two important points were lost.

Cagliari

The club manages to survive in Serie A after its return, despite very modest results. Yes, last season, having scored only 36 points, it was possible to finish the draw in the final sixteenth place – but in the Premier League, Leganes was completely eliminated from the 41st place!

It is good for the islanders that the realities of Italian football are not changing much now. There are enough outright underdogs in the division, so even if you go by the point per round schedule, you can safely stay at a distance from the top three. Moreover, the teams from Sardinia do not lose often – only three of them in the last two months, and in the cup they lost to Napoli, on penalty kicks away from home. In the last round, they shared points with Cremonese, winning with 0-2 goals in the second half.

Statistics of personal meetings

All three of the last matches brought productive draws, and with different scores – 2:2, 1:1 and even 3:3.

Forecast

Bookmakers believe that the hosts will achieve the much-needed draw. But the guests are in good shape, and it seems that they will be able to avoid defeat in Genoa – we recommend taking the option with X2 (coefficient – 1.77).