ROMA. Roma didn’t concede much to Genoa to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Saturday. Roma was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (63%).
The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico stadium in Roma on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Rosario Abisso with the help of Filippo Valeriani and Pasquale Capaldo. The 4th official was Gianpiero Miele. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was freezing at -10.7 degrees Celsius or 12.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Roma had a strong ball possession 63% while Genoa was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Roma was putting more pressure with 68 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Roma to win the match.
Roma shot 23 times, 4 on target, 19 off target. Talking about the opposition, Genoa shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Roma received 3 yellow cards (G. Mancini, N. Zaniolo and T. Abraham). Regarding the opposition, Genoa received 2 yellow cards (Z. Vanheusden and J. Vasquez).
(Roma) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).
Also, Genoa didn’t end the match with 11 players after L. Ostigard (Genoa) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (68′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Roma will have 39 points like Lazio to sit in the 7th place. On the other side, Genoa will have 14 points to remain in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Roma will play away against Sassuolo on the 13th of February with a 9-1 head to head statistic in favor of Roma (7 draws).
Genoa will host Salernitana on the 13th of February with a 1-1 head to head.
Roma – Formation
Roma
35'
71'
90'
Roma started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho decided to play with the following team: Rui Patrício , Gianluca Mancini , Chris Smalling , Roger Ibañez , Rick Karsdorp , Sérgio Oliveira , Bryan Cristante , Ainsley Maitland-Niles , Henrikh Mkhitaryan , Nicolò Zaniolo and Tammy Abraham .
The home team had on the bench: Jordan Veretout , Nicola Zalewski, Eldor Shomurodov, Daniel Fuzato, Pietro Boer, Carles Pérez, Matías Viña, Edoardo Bove, Stephan El Shaarawy , Felix Afena-Gyan , Marash Kumbulla and Amadou Diawara.
Substitutions
Roma made 3 changes: A. Maitland-Niles for F. Afena-Gyan (57′), S. Oliveira for S. El Shaarawy (57′) and R. Karsdorp for J. Veretout (71′).
Best player: Chris Smalling
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Roma was Chris Smalling.
His rating is with 46 passes (69% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 10.
Genoa – Formation
Genoa
Genoa started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Alexander Blessin played with: Salvatore Sirigu , Silvan Hefti , Mattia Bani , Zinho Vanheusden , Johan Vásquez , Stefano Sturaro , Milan Badelj , Caleb Ekuban , Manolo Portanova , Kelvin Yeboah and Mattia Destro .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Nikola Maksimović , Leo Østigård , Pablo Galdames, Adrian Šemper, Yayah Kallon, Andrea Masiello, Nadiem Amiri , Albert Guðmundsson, Riccardo Calafiori, Roberto Piccoli , Morten Frendrup and Filippo Melegoni .
Genoa could not rely on the presence of L. Ostigard (injured).
Substitutions
Genoa made 5 changes: M. Bani for L. Ostigard (45′), K. Yeboah for N. Amiri (57′), M. Destro for R. Piccoli (57′), M. Portanova for N. Maksimovic (71′) and C. Ekuban for F. Melegoni (71′).
Best player: Mattia Bani
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Genoa was Mattia Bani.
His rating is with 12 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 6.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
