Posted on Saturday, 11th February 2012 by Sumeet Paul

welcome to Sicily on Sunday without the suspended Giuseppe Bellusci, and the injured trio of Andrea Campagnolo, Ciro Capuano and Alessandro Potenza, with the latter ruled out for the rest of the season. For the Elefantini, this game will be their first full match since January 28, after having seen their last two Serie A games snowed off. Vincenzo Montella’s side did complete the last 25 minutes of their clash with Roma on Wednesday evening.

Pasquale Marino returns to his former club with the news that January signing Alberto Gilardino is likely to be ruled out for at least three weeks after picking up a calf strain. Juraj Kucka and Kevin Constant are both absent through suspension, while Cesare Bovo, Emiliano Moretti and Luca Antonelli are all injured. The Grifone have undoubtedly been the team to watch in recent weeks, with a total of 33 goals traded in their last six Serie A games. Top scorer Rodrigo Palacio will be hopeful of adding to his 12 goals this season, but will be wary his side have lost seven of their ten away games this season, conceding 25 goals in the process, the worst record in Serie A.

Probable Line-ups:

Catania (4-3-3): Kosicky, Motta, Spolli, Legrottaglie, Llama, Izco, Lodi, Biagianti, Barrientos, Bergessio, Catellani

Subs; Carrizo, Marchese, Seymour , Almiron, Ricchiuti, Gomez, Ebagua

Genoa (4-4-2): Frey, Mesto, Granqvist, Kaladze, Rossi, Belluschi, Veloso, Biondini, Jankovic, Sculli, Palacio

Subs; Lupatelli, Carvalho, Sampirisi, Marchiori, Birsa, Jorquera, Ze Eduardo

Form Guide:

Catania: DLLDW

18/12/11 – Catania 2-0 Palermo

21/12/11 – Parma 3-3 Catania

08/01/12 – Bologna 2-0 Catania

22/01/12 – Udinese 2-1 Catania

28/01/12 – Catania 1-1 Parma

Genoa: WWLWL

08/01/12 – Cagliari 3-0 Genoa

15/01/12 – Genoa 3-2 Udinese

22/01/12 – Palermo 5-3 Genoa

29/01/12 – Genoa 3-2 Napoli

05/02/12 – Genoa 3-2 Lazio

Top Scorers:

Catania;

Lodi – 5

Bergessio – 4

Genoa;

Palacio – 12

Jankovic – 5

Assists:

Catania;

Bergessio – 3

Gomez – 2

Genoa;

Palacio – 4

Gilardino – 3

Head-to-Head:

21/09/11 – Genoa 3-0 Catania

27/02/11 – Catania 2-1 Genoa

24/10/10 – Genoa 1-0 Catania

16/05/10 – Catania 1-0 Genoa

10/01/10 – Genoa 2-0 Catania

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2 Responses to “Catania v Genoa – Preview”

  1. Ghost Says:
    February 12th, 2012 at 1:00 am

    Dont you write that Bellusci is banned, but you put him in the lineup ?

  2. Ghost Says:
    February 12th, 2012 at 1:03 am

    Ups My bad, it was the name brother on the away team

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