Bournemouth vs Genoa - prediction, team news, lineups

Bournemouth's mentation for the coming Premier League play continues connected Tuesday against visitors Genoa astatine the Vitality Stadium.

The Cherries person lone played 2 pre-season friendlies truthful acold nether caller brag Marco Rose, portion Serie A opponents Genoa person played 3 this summer.

Match preview

Bournemouth's astir caller affable outing came connected July 30 against Bundesliga broadside Augsburg, who they managed to bushed 5-2, with their last 4 strikes coming successful the 2nd half.

The high-scoring quality of the show volition beryllium pleasing to supporters fixed they had grown accustomed to the strength of matches nether erstwhile brag Andoni Iraola.

Current caput manager Rose besides oversaw a 4-1 occurrence implicit St Pauli connected July 24, and determination are a fig of positives for the 49-year-old to instrumentality into his team's remaining 3 pre-season fixtures.

The Cherries are unbeaten successful their 9 astir caller contests astatine the Vitality Stadium, with each of those clashes coming successful competitory environments, and they achieved triumph 3 times successful those games.

In that nine-match stretch, Bournemouth scored 3 goals 3 times and 2 goals twice, though they lone kept 2 cleanable sheets.

Genoa whitethorn person finished 16th successful Serie A successful 2025-26 with conscionable 41 points, but they ended that run 7 points supra 18th-placed Cremonese.

The Italian outfit are presently managed by Daniele De Rossi, who was appointed arsenic the successor to Patrick Viera successful November 2025, and helium has suffered 12 losses successful his 29 games successful charge.

Il Grifone ended their league play with 3 losses from their last 5 outings - they were winless successful that play - but they person won 2 and drawn 1 of their 3 friendlies this summer.

The visitors' astir caller effect was a 1-0 occurrence implicit Leicester City connected August 1, and they person scored 5 goals and conceded connected 3 occasions successful pre-season truthful far.

Genoa's triumph against Leicester was besides their past distant clash, and that brought an extremity to a winless streak connected the roadworthy of 4 games, though they person lone been beaten successful 1 of their past 5 distant matches.

Bournemouth friendly form:

Genoa affable form:

Team News

Bournemouth announced the signing of centre-back Antonio Silva from Benfica connected Saturday, and helium could beryllium afforded a commencement connected Tuesday.

The Cherries cognize they volition beryllium without Junior Kroupi for a fig of months aft helium underwent country connected a ft injury, truthful possibly an unchanged guardant enactment of Amine Adli, Justin Kluivert, Rayan and Evanilson volition beryllium named.

Alex Scott is inactive a Bournemouth subordinate contempt being linked with a determination away, and helium volition apt beryllium stationed successful a treble pivot adjacent to Ryan Christie, particularly if Tyler Adams is not yet acceptable to diagnostic from the start.

Genoa changed each 11 players against Leicester City astatine fractional time, but they whitethorn take to springiness forwards Vitinha and Elias Havel a longer spell connected the transportation together.

In the centre of the park, Chec Bebel Doumbia, Tommaso Baldanzi and Patrizio Masini are options to play arsenic a trio, portion Sebastian Otoa could beryllium asked to pb his backline erstwhile again.

Bournemouth imaginable starting lineup:

Petrovic; Aarons, Silva, Diakite, Truffert; Christie, Scott; Adli, Kluivert, Rayan; Evanilson

Genoa imaginable starting lineup:

Bijlow; Marcandalli, Otoa, Puczka; Ellertsson, Doumbia, Baldanzi, Masini, Norton-Cuffy; Vitinha, Havel

We say: Bournemouth 3-2 Genoa

Bournemouth volition beryllium expected to triumph fixed they are playing astatine home, and they person been hard to bushed astatine the Vitality.

Genoa's pre-season signifier has been impressive, though the Cherries' beardown onslaught could beryllium capable to transportation the hosts to victory.

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