In Matchday 33 of the 2021-22 Serie A, Milan hosts Genoa at the San Siro, Fiorentina hosts Venezia at the Stadio Artemio Franchi, and Napoli hosts Roma at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
Milan vs Genoa (15 April 2022 – 2:55 PM EST)
Milan currently sit in first place in Serie A with 68 points (20W-8D-4L). In their previous league fixture, they drew Torino 0-0 at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino.
Genoa currently sit in 18th place in the top flight of Italian football with 22 points (2W-16D-14L). In their previous league fixture, they suffered a 4-1 loss to Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico.
Match Insights
Milan have won seven of their last 10 Serie A matches against Genoa (D2 L1), after losing four of their previous five against the Grifone in the competition (W1).
None of the last 10 games between Milan and Genoa played in the second half of a Serie A season have ended level: eight wins for the Rossoneri and two for the Grifone.
Players to Watch
Theo Hernández scored the first of his 17 Serie A goals against Genoa in October 2019 – he is the only defender to have already been directly involved in 10 goals (4 goals, 6 assists ) in the league this season.
Mattia Destro has scored nine goals in Serie A this season and could become the first Genoa player to score 10+ goals in two back-to-back Serie A seasons since Tomas Skuhravy (3, between 1990/91 and 1992/93). However, the Italian forward has only scored one goal in his last 10 league matches (vs Salernitana on 13 February).
Fiorentina vs Venezia (16 April 2022 – 10:25 AM EST)
Fiorentina currently sit in seventh place in Serie A with 53 points (16W-5D-10L). In their previous league fixture, they defeated Napoli 3-2 at the Stadio San Paolo.
Venezia currently sit in 19th place in the top flight of Italian football with 22 points (5W-7D-19L). In their previous league fixture, they suffered a 2-1 loss to Udinese.
Match Insights
There has not been a draw in the last 15 Serie A matches between Fiorentina and Venezia: 10 wins for the Toscani and five for the Veneti (the last draw was on 30th March 1947, 1-1 in Florence).
Venezia won the reverse fixture against Fiorentina (1-0); the last time the Veneti won both Serie A seasonal matches against the Viola was in 1941/42: 3- 1 in Florence and 2-1 at home.
Players to Watch
Nicolás González has been directly involved in the most goals for Fiorentina in the second half of this Serie A season (2 goals, 3 assists); in general, he is the Viola player that has provided the most assists (6) in the Italian top-flight in 2021/22 (six).
Mattia Aramu scored in the reverse fixture, winning 1-0; the last time he found the net on the road was in the Serie B play-offs against Lecce on 20th May 2021; the Venezia player has failed to score in 2022 in Serie A (10 appearances and 692 minutes played) and his next game will be his 100th appearance with the Lagunari in all competitions.
Napoli vs Roma (18 April 2022 – 12:55 PM EST)
Napoli currently sit in third place in Serie A with 66 points (20W-6D-6L). In their previous league fixture, they suffered a 3-2 defeat to Fiorentina at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
Roma currently sit in fifth place in the top flight of Italian football with 57 points (17W-6D-9L). In their previous league fixture, they defeated Salernitana 2-1 at the Stadio Olimpico.
Match Insights
Napoli and Roma will face for the 150th time in Serie A; 51 of the previous 149 matches ended with a draw (46 wins for the Campani, 52 for the Capitolini); only against Torino have the Partenopei drawn more games in the Italian top-flight (55).
Napoli and Roma have both won two matches in their last six Serie A encounters at the Campani’s home (D2), scoring a total of 19 goals (an average of 3.2 per game).
Players to Watch
Victor Osimhen has been directly involved in six goals (5 goals, 1 assist) in his last three Serie A games; he is only one goal away from equaling his record of goals in a single European league season (13 for Lille in 2019-20).
Tammy Abraham (9) is the foreign striker to have scored the most Serie A goals in 2022. He has also scored more goals than any other English player in Europe’s big five leagues this season (15).
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