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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Milan | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | +14 | 35 |
| Napoli | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | +11 | 34 |
| Internazionale | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | +20 | 33 |
| Juventus | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | +8 | 32 |
| AS Roma | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | +7 | 30 |
| Como | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | +10 | 27 |
| Bologna | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | +10 | 26 |
| Lazio | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | +6 | 24 |
| Atalanta | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | +2 | 22 |
| Sassuolo | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | +1 | 22 |
| Udinese | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 22 |
| Cremonese | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 21 |
| Torino | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | -11 | 20 |
| Cagliari | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 18 |
| Parma | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 17 |
| Lecce | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 16 |
| Genoa | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 14 |
| Hellas Verona | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -12 | 12 |
| Pisa | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -12 | 11 |
| Fiorentina | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | -11 | 9 |
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