Genoa vs Cremonese Preview: Team News & Prediction
by Alex Lawes ·
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Genoa begin this midweek’s round of fixtures sitting rock-bottom in Serie A with just three points collected and still winless as they take on newly-promoted Cremonese.
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Genoa preview: Rock-bottom Genoa
The pressure is growing on former Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira, who is struggling to try and evolve the defensive style of football that he initially implemented at Stadio Luigi Ferraris and they are still winless after eight matches thus far.
The Genovese come into this one on the back of yet another defeat, having taken the lead against Torino before going on to suffer a 2-1 loss at Stadio Grande Torino in Piedmont at the weekend.
Cremonese preview: Steady but need a win
Cremonese began the 2025/26 Serie A season with back-to-back victories and they have remained steady and difficult to beat, albeit perhaps slightly frustrated, with five draws and a defeat.
The Cremona-based outfit come into this one on the back of a 1-1 draw with Atalanta at Stadio Giovani Zini in Cremona the other day in a game in which Jamie Vardy had given them a 78th minute lead before Marco Brescianini equalised shortly afterwards.
Genoa team news: Nothing fresh
There are no fresh injury issues for Genoa to deal with for this one as defender Alessandro Marcandalli remains unavailable alongside Romania international Nicolae Stanciu.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Leali; Sabelli, Ostigard, Johan Vasquez, Ellertsson; Masini, Frendrup; Norton-Cuffy, Malinovskiy, Thorsby; Ekhator
Unavailable: Marcandalli (Injured), Stanciu (Injured)
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Cremonese team news: Plenty of doubts
After their draw with Atalanta, Cremonese have plenty of injury doubts for this week with Warren Bondo now potentially sidelined alongside the likes of Alberto Grassi and Tonny Sanabria.
Predicted XI (3-5-2): Silvestri; Terracciano, Baschirotto, Bianchetti; Zerbin, Vandeputte, Bondo, Payero, Pezzella; Bonazzoli, Vardy
Unavailable: Collocolo (Injured)
Questionable: Bondo (Injured), Grassi (Injured), Pezzella (Injured), Moumbagna (Injured), Tonny Sanabria (Injured)
Genoa vs Cremonese prediction
Surprisingly, Patrick Vieira opted to implement what was a reactive and defensive style of football in charge of Genoa last season but they steered themselves clear – now they needed to evolve to become more proactive and it isn’t working. They face a Cremonese side that, coached by Davide Nicola, have proven they are difficult to play against and so a low-scoring encounter seems almost inevitable for this one this weekend.
Genoa vs Cremonese tip: Under 2.5 goals
