Genoa and Juventus both released their official lineups before kickoff on Wednesday, and the Serie A match at the Luigi Ferraris was set to begin at 20:45. The teams entered the 9ª giornata of Serie A Enilive 2026/27 with Daniele De Rossi leading Genoa and Luciano Spalletti in charge of Juventus.
For Genoa, the confirmed XI was Bijlow, Marcandalli, Ostigard, Vasquez, Ehizibue, Frendrup, Amorim, Ellertsson, Baldanzi, Vitinha and Osmajic. Juventus named Vicario, Gatti, Bremer, Lucumi, Kalulu, Douglas Luiz, Sarr, McKennie, Cambiaso, Alajbegovic and Kolo Muani, with the forward included in the starting side despite earlier expectation that he might be left out.
The match was being shown exclusively on DAZN, with Daniele Doveri of the Roma 1 section assigned as referee. Palermo and Yoshikawa were the assistants, Di Marco was the fourth official, Gianluca Aureliano handled VAR and Ivano Pezzuto served as AVAR.
The lineup release mattered because it fixed the shape of a game that had real weight for both sides. Genoa went in with 7 points from two victories, one draw and five defeats, after scoring 6 goals and conceding 13, but De Rossi’s team had won two of its last three league matches. Juventus arrived on 14 points from eight matchdays, with four wins, two draws and two losses, plus an 11-8 goal record, and had just responded to defeat against Lecce with a win there.
That is why the final detail in Juventus’ sheet stood out. Spalletti’s decision to include Kolo Muani changed the reading of the attack before a ball had been kicked, and it left the pre-match choice less about absence than about a late confirmation of his place. The answer now lies in the 90 minutes that followed the team sheets, starting at 20:45 in Genova.
