GENOVA. Roma conquers Genoa 2-0 after F. Afena-Gyan scores a double.
The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova on Sunday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Massimiliano Irrati with the assistance of Alberto Tegoni and Vittorio Di Gioia. The 4th official was Gianluca Manganiello. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 9 degrees Celsius or 48.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Roma had a superior ball possession 59% while Genoa was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Roma was more aggressive with 58 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Roma won the match.
Genoa shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Roma shot 20 times, 5 on target, 15 off target.
Cards
Genoa received 3 yellow cards (M. Badelj, A. Cambiaso and S. Sabelli). Regarding the opposition, Roma received 3 yellow cards (J. Mourinho, J. Veretout and F. Afena-Gyan).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Genoa will stay with 9 points to hold in the 18th place. Talking about the opposition, Roma will have 22 points to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Genoa will play away against Udinese on the 28th of November with a 10-9 head to head stats in favor of Udinese (9 draws).
Roma will host Torino on the 28th of November with a 17-6 head to head record in favor of Roma (4 draws).
Genoa – Formation
Genoa
84'
78'
Genoa started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Andriy Shevchenko decided to play with the following team: Salvatore Sirigu , Davide Biraschi , Andrea Masiello , Johan Vásquez , Stefano Sabelli , Stefano Sturaro , Milan Badelj , Nicolò Rovella , Andrea Cambiaso , Goran Pandev and Caleb Ekuban .
The home team had on the bench: Valon Behrami, Manolo Portanova, Flavio Bianchi , Pablo Galdames, Adrian Šemper, Hernani , Laurens Serpe, Federico Marchetti, Aleksander Buksa, Abdoulaye Touré, Paolo Ghiglione and Zinho Vanheusden.
Genoa could not rely on the presence of P. Ghiglione (injured).
Substitutions
Genoa made 5 changes: G. Pandev for Hernani (63′), S. Sabelli for P. Ghiglione (84′), D. Biraschi for F. Bianchi (84′), M. Badelj for P. Galdames (90′) and S. Sturaro for A. Buksa (90′).
Best player: Davide Biraschi
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Genoa was Davide Biraschi.
His rating is with 36 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8.
Roma – Formation
Roma
82', 90'
Roma started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho played with: Rui Patrício , Gianluca Mancini , Marash Kumbulla , Roger Ibañez , Jordan Veretout , Rick Karsdorp , Lorenzo Pellegrini , Henrikh Mkhitaryan , Stephan El Shaarawy , Tammy Abraham and Eldor Shomurodov .
These were the players on the bench: Daniel Fuzato, Carles Pérez, Ebrima Darboe, Bryan Reynolds, Borja Mayoral, Edoardo Bove, Nicolò Zaniolo, Filippo Tripi, Amadou Diawara, Felix Afena-Gyan , Nicola Zalewski and Chris Smalling.
Roma could not rely on the presence of C. Smalling (injured).
Substitutions
Roma made 3 changes: E. Shomurodov for F. Afena-Gyan (75′), M. Kumbulla for C. Smalling (87′) and L. Pellegrini for E. Bove (90′).
Best player: Felix Afena-Gyan
The most impressive player for Roma was Felix Afena-Gyan.
His rating is with 2 goals, 7 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 3.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 75′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Bologna – Venezia – 0-1
- Genoa – Roma – 0-2
- Inter – Napoli – 3-2
- Salernitana – Sampdoria – 0-2
- Sassuolo – Cagliari – 2-2
