Monza-Genoa is a match valid for the fifteenth day of Serie A and is played on Sunday at 3pm: odds, predictions, TV, streaming.
From wildest joy to disappointment in the space of just three minutes. The defeat to Juventus is one that hurts, especially after Monza had managed to retake the Bianconeri in full recovery thanks to Argentine Valentin Carboni’s goal. But, just when it seemed done, it was Federico Gatti who froze the U-Power Stadium crowd: 1-2 Juve and Raffaele Palladino’s team with a fist in their hands.
The Brianzoli have had more than a week – the match was played last Friday – to process what happened against Massimiliano Allegri’s men and will try to turn the page in the match with Genoa, going after their first home victory in two months since the last time (3-0 with Salernitana). In the last five days, in fact, Monza got the better of Verona exclusively. Against Roma and Juve, recovery minutes have been fatal, while against Udinese, Torino and Cagliari the biancorossi have obtained three draws, always with both teams scoring. In the standings they are always close to the Europe zone, unlike Genoa, which, on the other hand, has three points less and is +5 on the relegation zone. Alberto Gilardino’s Rossoblù faced Lazio in the Coppa Italia this week, failing to replicate their August feat at the Stadio Olimpico against the Biancocelesti: Guendouzi was the one who ousted the Grifone from the cup. Genoa is struggling especially on the road, where it has not scraped together any points since the match with Udinese two months ago.
Monza-Genoa: the latest lineup news
Palladino, after the experiment with Juventus – his Monza played with Ciurria as a false nueve – will go back to the old-fashioned way. Up front, Colombo is back, supported by the pair of trequartisti formed by Mota and Colpani. Machin returns to the bench and the two Carboni players will also start in the match. Out are Vignato, Izzo, Cittadini and Caprari.
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In Genoa Gilardino, still orphaned by Icelandic Gudmundsson – who will go on the bench anyway – is expected to confirm Retegui and Messias in attack. Midfield will be missing Malinovskyi, who is disqualified: the former Atalanta man’s replacement will be one between Thorsby and Kutlu.
The Prediction
The last confrontation between these two teams dates back to the 2005-06 Serie C championship, when Monza and Genoa also played each other in the playoffs (the Rossoblù were later promoted to B). Precedents however far from time: at the state of the art, those who seem to be better off are the biancorossi, who should be able to avoid defeat in a match of at least one goal on each side. In fact, Palladino’s men have never kept their goal inviolate in the last six league matches.
The probable formations of Monza-Genoa
MONZA (3-4-2-1): Di Gregorio; D’Ambrosio, Pablo Marì, Caldirola; Kyriakopoulos, Pessina, Gagliardini, Ciurria; Mota Carvalho, Colpani; Colombo.
GENOA (3-5-2): Martinez; Vogliacco, De Winter, Dragusin; Sabelli, Frendrup, Badelj, Thorsby, Vasquez; Messias, Retegui.
