Genoa and Fiorentina will face off at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris at 15:00 on Sunday November 9, 97 years after their first meeting. Genoa won their first encounter on October 21, 1928: 2-1 in Florence.

There have been 118 matches played between these teams in all competitions, with 52 Fiorentina wins, 25 Genoa wins and 41 draws.

The Viola have scored 192 goals versus the Rossoblu's 141. 

The player with the most goals in this match is Kurt Hamrin (12), followed by Tomas Skuhravy (8) and Gabriel Batistuta (7).

Plenty of players have plied their trade for both of these teams.

Claudio Desolati came through the Genoa youth ranks before joining Fiorentina in 1971 and went on to spend a decade in Florence.

Mario Bortolazzi began his career at Mantova, moved to Fiorentina for three years and then enjoyed eight successful years in Genoa, making 251 appearances.

Roberto Onorati played for both clubs on two separate occasions: Fiorentina from 1984 to 1988, then Genoa. He later returned to Florence but didn't make any appearances, before finally rejoining Genoa in 1990. 

Christian Manfredini spent 1999/00 in Liguria and 2003/04 in Tuscany, while his namesake, Thomas, played 11 times for Fiorentina in 2004 and 26 times for Genoa ten years later (2013/14).

Papa Waigo made his Serie A for Genoa but he is fondly remembered in Florence for his goal in a 3-2 Viola victory away to Juventus in 2008.

Alberto Gilardino spent four years at Fiorentina and another in 2015, either side of two spells at Genoa (in 2012 and 2014).

Giuseppe Rossi and Giovanni Simeone shared a dressing room at the Marassi in 2017. Before then the Italo-American has four memorable seasons in Florence, while the Argentine joined Fiorentina the following year. 

Four current Viola players have previously donned the Genoa shirt: Rolando Mandragora, Albert Gudmundsson, Christian Kouame and Roberto Piccoli.

Mandragora is a Genoa academy product and the Fiorentina player with the most appearances (43) in European competitions. 

Gudmundsson, who moved from the Rossoblu to Fiorentina last year, is fondly remembered in Genoa for his flicks and tricks during his two years there. 

Kouame also made a good impression at the Stadio Ferraris, where he formed a strike pairing with Krzysztof Piatek in his last full season at the club (2018/19) before switching to Florence in January 2020

Piccoli, who joined Fiorentina from Cagliari in the summer, spent a brief spell in Genoa in 2022.