US Lecce 1-2 Genoa CFC: Serie A Match Report, 1 November 2026

All three goals came before half-time. US Lecce 1-2 Genoa CFC was the score at the interval and the score at the end, and the second half was goalless. Their order is unknown, and so is whether Lecce were ever in front.

On points there was almost nothing in it. Genoa arrived 13th on ten from nine games, goal difference -5; Lecce were 14th on nine, -9. The clubs were heading in opposite directions, though. Genoa had won their previous two, 1-0 against Venezia and 2-0 against Juventus on the Wednesday, both at home. Lecce had lost their previous two, 2-0 at home to Juventus and 5-1 at Frosinone on the Thursday.

The away record is what makes the result stand out for Genoa. Their first three trips had produced three defeats and a single goal, 1-0 at Lazio, 2-1 at Parma and 2-0 at Roma, and all ten of their points had been won in Genoa. This was a first away win, and the first time this season they had scored twice on the road.

The fixture's history suggested something tighter. The four previous meetings on record produced four goals between them, two of them goalless draws, and Genoa had not won at the Via del Mare in two visits on record. Three goals in one half was as many as any of those meetings managed in a whole match.

The fixture fell at the turn of the month, during the days the site went without new content, so it never had a preview here, and no pick of ours is attached to it.

Genoa are up to 13 points from ten, with a goal difference of -4, on a run of three straight league wins. A week earlier they had four points from seven games. Last season they finished 16th on 41 points, about 1.08 a game; they are now on 1.3. Three wins in a row is a short run, not a new level, but nine points in eight days has turned the shape of their season around.

Lecce stay on nine points, now from ten, with their goal difference down to -10, and have lost three in a row. They still have not drawn a league game this season: three wins, seven defeats. Last season they survived in 17th on 38 points, exactly a point a game; they are now on 0.9. That is not far below a rate that was only just enough last season, and with 84 points left nothing is settled. What the evening did change is the distance between these neighbours: one point at kick-off, four at the end.