Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Roma welcomes Genoa

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 07.March
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

Roma perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. Genoa can look both up and down from their 13th position.

Insights:
  • Roma have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Serie A
  • Genoa have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Serie A

It's no vacation for neither Roma nor Genoa as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Roma form and stats

30 points is a decent return from 13 Serie A games here at Stadio Olimpico for Roma. The data says 9 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

Happy days for Roma in their previous game, a Serie A match away at Fiorentina (placed 14th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Preceding that match was the home game against Milan that was lost 1-2.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Roma, as the Europa League home game vs Shakhtar Donetsk is only four days away.

Roma can score goals in their home matches. After 13 league matches they have found the net 32 times. Roma have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Genoa form and stats

There's been little loot from Genoa's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 12 away games in the Serie A. Genoa, who have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Serie A, only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 5 draws.

There were no winners in Genoa's previous match, a Serie A home game that ended 1-1 vs Sampdoria (placed 10th). A 0-3 defeat away at Inter before that.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 17 goals have been conceded by Genoa in these games.

Head 2 Head

Roma and Genoa have met before this season: Genoa - Roma 1-3. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Roma won seven games, three matches ended with a draw and Genoa has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

RomaJ. Veretout
J. Veretout
10 goals
RomaH. Mkhitaryan
H. Mkhitaryan
9 goals
GenoaM. Destro
M. Destro
9 goals

Roma missing players

Genoa missing players

Roma Genoa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 13 4 Played P 3 12 25
14 9 3 Won W 0 2 6
5 3 1 Drew D 1 5 9
5 1 0 Lost L 2 5 10
50 32 7 Scored S 0 8 27
35 15 1 Conceded C 9 17 37
92% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 75% 88%
83% 85% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 80%
75% 77% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 42% 52%
54% 54% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 8% 24%
25% 23% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 8% 8%
58% 62% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 56%
29% 38% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 24%
21% 8% 25% Failed to Score F T 100% 58% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14.5 16.5 16.2 Shots (avg) S ( 5 7.6 8.3
5.6 6.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.7 3
37% 38% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 36%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Genoa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Genoa have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Serie A
  • Roma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Roma have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Roma have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Genoa have scored away.
  • Roma have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Serie A
  • Roma have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Serie A

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 24 17 5 2 60 24 12 10 1 1 35 14 12 7 4 1 25 10 36 56
2 Milan 25 16 5 4 48 30 13 6 4 3 25 19 12 10 1 1 23 11 18 53
3 Atalanta 25 14 7 4 60 32 13 7 3 3 35 19 12 7 4 1 25 13 28 49
4 Juventus 24 14 7 3 48 20 12 9 2 1 26 8 12 5 5 2 22 12 28 49
5 Roma 25 14 5 6 50 38 13 9 3 1 32 15 12 5 2 5 18 23 12 47
6 Napoli 24 14 2 8 52 28 12 8 1 3 30 10 12 6 1 5 22 18 24 44
7 Lazio 24 13 4 7 38 32 12 7 2 3 18 14 12 6 2 4 20 18 6 43
8 Hellas Verona 25 10 8 7 34 27 12 6 3 3 18 12 13 4 5 4 16 15 7 38
9 Sassuolo 24 9 9 6 40 37 12 3 6 3 18 18 12 6 3 3 22 19 3 36
10 Sampdoria 25 9 4 12 34 37 12 5 1 6 19 19 13 4 3 6 15 18 -3 31
11 Udinese 25 7 8 10 27 34 12 4 3 5 10 12 13 3 5 5 17 22 -7 29
12 Bologna 25 7 7 11 32 38 12 5 3 4 21 20 13 2 4 7 11 18 -6 28
13 Genoa 25 6 9 10 27 37 13 4 4 5 19 20 12 2 5 5 8 17 -10 27
14 Fiorentina 25 6 7 12 26 38 13 5 4 4 15 13 12 1 3 8 11 25 -12 25
15 Spezia 25 6 7 12 32 46 12 2 4 6 14 21 13 4 3 6 18 25 -14 25
16 Benevento 25 6 7 12 25 47 13 2 5 6 12 24 12 4 2 6 13 23 -22 25
17 Cagliari 25 5 6 14 27 41 13 3 3 7 14 21 12 2 3 7 13 20 -14 21
18 Torino 23 3 11 9 33 41 11 0 7 4 14 19 12 3 4 5 19 22 -8 20
19 Parma 24 2 9 13 19 47 12 1 5 6 5 20 12 1 4 7 14 27 -28 15
20 Crotone 25 3 3 19 24 62 12 3 1 8 14 24 13 0 2 11 10 38 -38 12

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.