Serie A | Genoa 1-0 Venezia: Ellertsson breaks his old club

Serie A | Genoa 1-0 Venezia: Ellertsson breaks his old club Genoa earned a potentially decisive victory in this relegation tussle with Venezia thanks to a Mikael Ellertsson screamer against his former club. This was a pure relegation dogfight at Marassi . The Grifone seemed to turn a corner with their 2-1 win over Fiorentina before the 2-0 loss at Roma. Kingsley Ehizibue, Djibril Sow and Lorenzo Venturino missed out, with Lorenzo Colombo and Amorim not at 100 per cent, so Mario Mitaj got his Serie A debut. Davide Nicola made the perfect start on the Lagunari bench, beating Napoli 1-0 for the team’s first points of the season . Thierry Correia, Andrea Adorante, Marin Sverko and Bartol Franjic were still injured. See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog. ITALY – OCTOBER 25: Davide Nicola, head coach of Venezia, looks on prior to kick-off in the Serie A match between Genoa CFC and Venezia FC at Stadio Luigi Ferraris on October 25, 2026 in Genoa, Italy. (Photo by Simone Arveda/Getty Images) The hosts took the early initiative, a Leo Ostigard header easy for Filip Stankovic and Junior Messias drilling wide from the edge of the area. However, Venezia were dangerous on the counter-attack, Justin Bijlow making a tough save on John Yeboah after combining with Akor Adams. Moments later, Genoa took the lead thanks to a sensational solo strike from former Venezia midfielder Mikael Ellertsson, who hit a left-foot screamer from outside the area into the near top corner. He did not celebrate against his old club out of respect. ITALY – OCTOBER 25: Mikael Ellertsson of Genoa (2nd from left) celebrates and apologizes to his former fans after scoring a goal during the Serie A match between Genoa CFC and Venezia FC at Stadio Luigi Ferraris on October 25, 2026 in Italy. (Photo by Simone Arveda/Getty Images) Junior Messias scuffed a volley just wide from the smart dinked Stephan El Shaarawy ball over the top, but Bijlow had to be alert to push the Yeboah cross-shot round the far post. Venezia came out fighting for the restart, as Ridgeciano Haps and Redouane Halhal headers were not up to scratch, then Bijlow spilled snapshots from Kike Perez and Adams. ITALY – OCTOBER 25: Juan Jesus of Venezia (left) and Junior Messias of Genoa vie for the ball during the Serie A match between Genoa CFC and Venezia FC at Stadio Luigi Ferraris on October 25, 2026 in Italy. (Photo by Simone Arveda/Getty Images) Simon Sohm should’ve done better with a free header over the bar from a corner, then Yeboah’s acrobatic attempt from another set play was deflected inches off target. Samuel Wiafe went off with a suspected groin injury and the Kike Perez cross-shot flashed not far wide of the top corner. In added time, Bijlow had his gloves stung by Adams and had to be alert to keep all three points. Genoa 1-0 Venezia Ellertsson 25 (G)