Lazio vs Genoa — Serie A result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 30 August 2026

Serie A·Sunday, 30 August 2026

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Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 10.8 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Lazio

43%

pick · result

Draw

32%

Genoa

25%

Final score

1–0

Top pick landed

Metis gave a Lazio win 43.1% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Lazio win. Expected goals 1.48–1.08 against 1–0 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals47%1 scored
Both teams score54%no
Lazio clean sheet33%yes
Genoa clean sheet23%no
Lazio score 2+43%no
Genoa score 2+29%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1941
1X2 Brier score0.4875
Probability on the result43.1%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (15.0%), 0–0 (9.6%), 1–0 (9.4%). It finished 1–0 — one of them.

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Lazio

24 AugAvs Bologna1–0W
30 AugHvs Genoa1–0W
7 SeptAvs Udinese2–1W
12 SeptHvs AC Milan2–2D
19 SeptAvs Venezia2–0W

Genoa

22 AugHvs Napoli0–2L
30 AugAvs Lazio0–1L
4 SeptHvs Como1–4L
12 SeptHvs Frosinone1–1D
20 SeptAvs Parma1–2L

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatLazio
(Home · 2 matches)
Genoa
(Away · 2 matches)
BTTS rate50.0%50.0%
Over 2.5 rate50.0%50.0%
Clean sheet50.0%0.0%
Avg goals2.502.00

Home stats use Lazio's home record; away stats use Genoa's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.