Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Genoa
Match Time & Date:
19/08/2023
02:45 PM
Prediction: 1-1
Fiorentina
Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris will be packed when Genoa and Fiorentina lock horns in the opening match of the season. The newcomers are eager to impress on their return to the Serie A, but they face a tough challenged in their opener. A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be summer signing Mateo Retegui, who is expected to make immediate impact, while midfielder Marko Pajac misses out with an ACL injury.
The Viola, on the other hand, did well to make it to the Conference League final last season and, as a result, they booked their place in the qualifiers for the new edition of the UEFA competition. Fiorentina chiefs have added the likes of Yerry Mina, M’Bala Nzola, Fabiano Parisi, and Lucas Beltran to the squad in the summer transfer window, but Igor, Arthur Cabral, Aleksa Terzic, and Youssef Maleh are no longer parts of the season. Anyhow, the share of spoils is on the cards at “Luigi Ferraris” as Genoa are tough to beat at home.
Highlighted Player (Christian Kouame):
Christian Kouame is an Ivory Coast international who has been playing for Serie A side Genoa since 2018. Kouame started his youth career at Prato and after ending his loan spells with the likes of Sassuolo and Inter, he returned to Stadio Lungobisenzio.
The 185-cm-tall forward made his professional debut with Prato on September 6, 2015 in a 2-1 loss to Pisa. Christian Kouame started the match, but he was replaced by Alberto Aladje after 66 minutes. The Genoa attacker, though, has yet to earn a call-up for the Ivory Coast national team. He has two caps for the Ivory Coast U23 team, but he is still eyeing his senior team debut.
His main position is centre-forward, but he is used as both left and right winger as well. The Genoa footballer was born in Abijan on December 6, 1997 and he has a contract with the Rossoblu until June 30, 2023.
Highlighted Team (Genoa):
Genoa Football Club is an Italian football club founded in 1893 and is the oldest Italian football club in the nation. The club plays its home games in the Stadio Luigi Ferraris which holds a capacity of 41 000 seats. Genoa FC shares the stadium with their rival UC Sampdoria. The club colors of Genoa are Red and Blue. Genoa FC is also known as Grifoni.
Genoa FC has a very rich football history. The club won the Serie A in 1898, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1915, 1923 and 1924.Since 1924 the club didn’t won any major prizes. Like almost every football club in Italy the Genoa FC history has it’s black pages as well. Important players in the history of Genoa FC are: Gilardino, Toni and Hernan Crespo.
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