Venice has not made a good return to Serie A. In the first four rounds, the team has gained only one point and are at the bottom of the standings. It should be noted, however, that the calendar for Di Francesco's wards was not the easiest. The team started with a 3-1 defeat to Lazio. Then "arancioneroverdi" played a draw with Fiorentina in a "dry" match. Within the framework of the third round, Venice minimally lost to Torino. It must be said that in the matches against the Florentines and Torino, the team was clearly not "behind". At times, Di Francesco's team simply lacked execution skills. In the last round, Venice met Milan. "The Rossoneri scored four times before 30 minutes had elapsed and set the final score of the game. Di Francesco, however, said that his team did well against their opponents. Believe it?

Genoa have five points after four rounds and are 11th in the standings. The only victory "griffins" celebrated over Monza and managed to sensationally take points away from Inter. In the last round Gilardino's wards met with Roma. Genoese missed in the first half, and in the course of an hour of game time could do it repeatedly. Success to Genoa came with the way the Romans began to play on hold. The Wolves' complete passivity led to De Winter's goal in the 90+6th minute. An emotional draw. But was it deserved?

Eusebio Di Francesco indicated before the match against Milan that his team should be judged from a distance. Venice are clearly not so hopeless. Matches against Fiorentina and Torino show that the team can play very interesting and attractive football. Genoa's personnel problems are also worth taking into account. Yes, they did not prevent the Gryphons from taking points in the meeting with Roma. But if you look at the dynamics of the match, it was the underperformance of the Romans, not the merit of the Genoese. Venice by the xG metric should expect 1.7 goals more than it has. The team is also 1.68 points short by xPTS. The Genoese, interestingly enough by xGA are underdogs by 2.16 goals. And that's with five conceded and a weaker calendar. Venice must take points after forgiving such an opponent. Otherwise, where else would they get them?