Genoa aim to secure three consecutive Serie A victories at the Luigi Ferraris without conceding since 2010 to compound Venezia relegation fears in Monday's gameweek 25 contest.

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When Patrick Vieira was appointed Genoa head coach in November 2024, the Grifone were winless on home soil in seven Serie A fixtures, albeit losing only three.

Despite playing out two more draws against Cagliari and Torino and suffering one defeat against league-chasing Napoli, the Frenchman's side have notched back-to-back wins over Parma (1-0) and Torino (2-0) without conceding.

Another triumph on Monday will see the club secure three home wins on the trot since the end of last season when the Rossoblu claimed victories over Cagliari (3-0), Sassuolo (2-1) and Bologna (2-0).

Although the 12th-placed hosts cannot move into the top half after gameweek 25, success could take Vieira's troops into 11th, leapfrogging Torino after the Bull's 3-2 loss at Europe-chasing Bologna on Friday.

To rise a spot in the standings, Genoa will have to snap a winless top-flight run against their Venice visitors, something they have failed to do since claiming a 2-0 triumph in September 1962.

The Lagunari have not lost in Serie A to Monday's hosts in 63 years, even if three of the four top-flight match-ups have ended in stalemates.

However, the Venice-based club's only success in that unbeaten spell was their most recent encounter in September, with Gianluca Busio and Joel Pohjanpalo notching the goals in a 2-0 victory.

Eusebio Di Francesco's second-bottom men seek to do the double over their opponents for the first time in Serie A, though that outcome is far from assured given the Lagunari's winless run on their travels this term.

Indeed, the Winged Lions have accrued four points from 12 matches on their travels in 2024-25, falling to eight losses away from Venice, and they could slip to their ninth road defeat in their 13th match.

Having conceded 24 times on their travels, more than every other side in the league, and scoring 10, outdoing only Lecce and Como (nine each), the travelling contingent could be forgiven for not positively approaching Monday's visit to Liguria.

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