AS Roma v Genoa
Mancini header earns Roma narrow victory over Genoa
Gianluca Mancini's first-half goal was enough to earn AS Roma a 1-0 home win over Genoa on Sunday, with the victory moving Paulo Fonseca's side up to fourth in the Serie A standings.
In a tight contest, Mancini's bullet header from a corner in the 24th minute was enough for Roma to move on to 50 points from 26 games, one point above Atalanta in fifth, and two behind third-placed champions Juventus, who both have a game in hand.
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While Roma did have chances to make the result more comfortable -- substitute Gonzalo Villar going closest to a second as he struck a post in the second half -- Genoa had chances of their own to snatch a point against the nervy hosts.
Fonseca's men hung on, however, to leave Genoa down in 13th on 27 points, without a win in their last five league games.
Game Information
Italian Serie A Standings
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internazionale | 25 | 20 | 1 | 4 | +39 | 61 |
| AC Milan | 25 | 15 | 9 | 1 | +22 | 54 |
| Napoli | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | +13 | 50 |
| AS Roma | 25 | 15 | 2 | 8 | +15 | 47 |
| Juventus | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | +20 | 46 |
| Como | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | +20 | 42 |
| Atalanta | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | +13 | 42 |
| Bologna | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | +2 | 33 |
| Lazio | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 33 |
| Sassuolo | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 32 |
| Udinese | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 32 |
| Parma | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | -13 | 29 |
| Cagliari | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 28 |
| Torino | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | -19 | 27 |
| Genoa | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -8 | 24 |
| Cremonese | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -12 | 24 |
| Lecce | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -14 | 24 |
| Fiorentina | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -10 | 21 |
| Pisa | 25 | 1 | 12 | 12 | -22 | 15 |
| Hellas Verona | 25 | 2 | 9 | 14 | -24 | 15 |
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