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&lt;p&gt;Serie A Enilive Matchday 37 will open in Marassi with the face off between Genoa and Atalanta. Both sides have achieved their retrospective goals: the home side are safe but they will want to have the best send off possible in their last home game of the season. La Dea are fresh off a win against Roma that guaranteed them a Champions League spot but they’ll still be determined to add to their current tally.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HEAD-TO-HEAD&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Genoa have only won one of their last 16 Serie A games (D4 L11) against Atalanta (3-1 on December 22nd 2018, thanks to a Rafael Tolói’s own goals and Darko Lazovic’s and Krzysztof Piatek’s goals), a run in which they have conceded 37 goals, an average of 2.3 per game.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Atalanta have won six of their last eight Serie A away games (D1 L1) against Genoa, after being winless in their previous nine (D5 L4).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Atalanta have scored at least four goals in each of their last two league games against Genoa; the Bergamaschi have netted more than three goals in successive games against a single opponent in Serie A only against Sassuolo, between 2019 and 2021 (three).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DID YOU KNOW?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After a run of six games without defeats at home (W5 D1), Genoa have lost their last two Serie A games on their own patch in Serie A (against Lazio and Milan); the last time they lost three home games in a row was in December 2021.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Atalanta have won four of their last five Serie A games (D1): as many wins as they collected in their previous 14 league matches (D6 L4).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;No team have scored fewer first half goals than Genoa in the big five European leagues 2024/25: only eight, level with Montpellier; on the other hand, only Inter have netted more (37) than Atalanta (36) in the first 45 minutes of play in the current Serie A season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Atalanta have conceded the fewest goals (11) and have they kept the most clean sheets (11) on the road in the Big five European leagues in 2024/25; only on five occasions have a team kept more clean sheets away from home in a single Serie A season: Milan in 1993/94 (13), Juventus in 2011/12 (13), Napoli in 2017/18 (12), Roma in 2017/18 (12) and Lazio in 2022/23 (13).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Genoa have occupied the most different league positions for any one day in Serie A this season (17).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLAYERS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Aarón Martin has provided six assists in the current Serie A season; the last Genoa player who provided more assists in a single top-flight season was Andrea Bertolacci in 2014/15 (eight).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mateo Retegui has scored 24 goals in Serie A in this season, 10 of those with his right foot and 9 with his left: only Alessandro Del Piero in 2007/08 has reached double figures for goals with both feet in a single Serie A season in the last 20 top-flight seasons (since 2005/06). He scored seven goals in 29 games last season for Genoa.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DISCIPLINE&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Suspended: Djimsiti (Atalanta)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cautioned: Vásquez, Pinamonti (Genoa); Lookman (Atalanta)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;REFEREE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;GHERSINI (CAVALLINA – MINIUTTI) IV: FERRIERI CAPUTI, VAR: DIONISI, AVAR: AURELIANO&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bologna-Genoa&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Atalanta-Parma&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(Photo Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;

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Serie A Enilive Matchday 37 will open in Marassi with the face off between Genoa and Atalanta. Both sides have achieved their retrospective goals: the home side are safe but they will want to have the best send off possible in their last home game of the season. La Dea are fresh off a win against Roma that guaranteed them a Champions League spot but they’ll still be determined to add to their current tally. HEAD-TO-HEADGenoa have only won one of their last 16 Serie A games (D4 L11) against Atalanta (3-1 on December 22nd 2018, thanks to a Rafael Tolói’s own goals and Darko Lazovic’s and Krzysztof Piatek’s goals), a run in which they have conceded 37 goals, an average of 2.3 per game.Atalanta have won six of their last eight Serie A away games (D1 L1) against Genoa, after being winless in their previous nine (D5 L4).Atalanta have scored at least four goals in each of their last two league games against Genoa; the Bergamaschi have netted more than three goals in successive games against a single opponent in Serie A only against Sassuolo, between 2019 and 2021 (three). DID YOU KNOW?After a run of six games without defeats at home (W5 D1), Genoa have lost their last two Serie A games on their own patch in Serie A (against Lazio and Milan); the last time they lost three home games in a row was in December 2021.Atalanta have won four of their last five Serie A games (D1): as many wins as they collected in their previous 14 league matches (D6 L4).No team have scored fewer first half goals than Genoa in the big five European leagues 2024/25: only eight, level with Montpellier; on the other hand, only Inter have netted more (37) than Atalanta (36) in the first 45 minutes of play in the current Serie A season.Atalanta have conceded the fewest goals (11) and have they kept the most clean sheets (11) on the road in the Big five European leagues in 2024/25; only on five occasions have a team kept more clean sheets away from home in a single Serie A season: Milan in 1993/94 (13), Juventus in 2011/12 (13), Napoli in 2017/18 (12), Roma in 2017/18 (12) and Lazio in 2022/23 (13).Genoa have occupied the most different league positions for any one day in Serie A this season (17). PLAYERSAarón Martin has provided six assists in the current Serie A season; the last Genoa player who provided more assists in a single top-flight season was Andrea Bertolacci in 2014/15 (eight).Mateo Retegui has scored 24 goals in Serie A in this season, 10 of those with his right foot and 9 with his left: only Alessandro Del Piero in 2007/08 has reached double figures for goals with both feet in a single Serie A season in the last 20 top-flight seasons (since 2005/06). He scored seven goals in 29 games last season for Genoa. DISCIPLINE&nbsp;Suspended: Djimsiti (Atalanta)Cautioned: Vásquez, Pinamonti (Genoa); Lookman (Atalanta) REFEREEGHERSINI (CAVALLINA – MINIUTTI) IV: FERRIERI CAPUTI, VAR: DIONISI, AVAR: AURELIANO UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE ABologna-GenoaAtalanta-Parma (Photo Getty Images)

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Genoa and Atalanta open Serie A Enilive Matchday 37 in Marassi

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