- Gianluca Mancini (24')
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 | 35 | 28 | 5 | 2 | +62 | 89 |
AC Milan | 35 | 21 | 8 | 6 | +25 | 71 |
Juventus | 35 | 18 | 12 | 5 | +21 | 66 |
Bologna | 35 | 17 | 13 | 5 | +22 | 64 |
Atalanta | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | +25 | 60 |
AS Roma | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | +20 | 60 |
Lazio | 35 | 17 | 5 | 13 | +8 | 56 |
Napoli | 35 | 13 | 12 | 10 | +9 | 51 |
Fiorentina | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | +12 | 50 |
Torino | 35 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 47 |
Monza | 35 | 11 | 12 | 12 | -8 | 45 |
Genoa | 35 | 10 | 13 | 12 | -2 | 43 |
Lecce | 35 | 8 | 13 | 14 | -18 | 37 |
Hellas Verona | 35 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -13 | 34 |
Cagliari | 35 | 7 | 12 | 16 | -23 | 33 |
Frosinone | 35 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -20 | 32 |
Empoli | 35 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -24 | 32 |
Udinese | 35 | 4 | 18 | 13 | -19 | 30 |
Sassuolo | 35 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -29 | 29 |
Salernitana | 35 | 2 | 9 | 24 | -48 | 15 |