Genoa will be looking to bounce back from their heavy defeat at Napoli when they continue their 2020-21 Serie A campaign at home to Torino on Saturday night.
Rolando Maran's side have picked up three points from their two league matches this season, while Torino have started their season with successive defeats to Fiorentina and Atalanta BC.
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Genoa would have been encouraged by their start to the season on September 20, recording a 4-1 home victory over Crotone, with four separate players getting their name on the scoresheet.
Maran's side were brought crashing back down to earth on Sunday, though, suffering a 6-0 loss to Napoli at Stadio San Paolo, with the home side running riot in the second period.
The Red and Blues will be determined to bounce back on Saturday, while they will be looking to improve on their last two top-flight finishes in 2020-21.
Genoa have only just survived relegation to the second tier in the last two seasons, claiming 17th on both occasions, but they did finish 12th in 2017-18 and have not played outside of the top flight since 2006-07.
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Torino, meanwhile, finished one point and one spot ahead of Genoa in last season's Serie A table, winning just 11 of their 38 matches and suffering 20 defeats during a disappointing campaign.
The Bull have had two difficult matches at the start of this season, losing 1-0 to Fiorentina on September 19 before suffering a 4-2 home defeat to Atalanta on Saturday.
Andrea Belotti netted twice for Marco Giampaolo's side against Atalanta, but the free-scoring visitors claimed all three points, meaning that Torino are still waiting to get off the board this season.
La Granata have actually won each of the last five Serie A clashes between these two teams, while they have not lost to Genoa in Italy's top flight since May 2017, a run that stretches six matches.
Genoa Serie A form: WL
Torino Serie A form: LL
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Genoa cancelled Thursday morning's training session after a coronavirus outbreak in the squad but another round of testing is due to take place ahead of an afternoon session and for the moment, the game is still on.
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We say: Genoa X-Y Torino
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Top betting tip
Our expert tipster partners at Sporita.com are predicting under 3.5 goals in this match. Click here to find out what else they are predicting for this game and for more of their tried-and-tested football tips.Under 3.5:dataData Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Genoa win with a probability of 40.06%. A win for Torino had a probability of 34.3% and a draw had a probability of 25.6%.
The most likely scoreline for a Genoa win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.37%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.65%) and 2-0 (6.67%). The likeliest Torino win was 0-1 (8.54%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.15%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 7.9% likelihood.
