- 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 | 36 | 29 | 5 | 2 | +67 | 92 |
AC Milan | 36 | 22 | 8 | 6 | +29 | 74 |
Bologna | 36 | 18 | 13 | 5 | +24 | 67 |
Juventus | 36 | 18 | 13 | 5 | +21 | 67 |
Atalanta | 35 | 19 | 6 | 10 | +26 | 63 |
AS Roma | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | +19 | 60 |
Lazio | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | +10 | 59 |
Fiorentina | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | +13 | 54 |
Napoli | 37 | 13 | 13 | 11 | +7 | 52 |
Torino | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | +1 | 50 |
Genoa | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 46 |
Monza | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | -9 | 45 |
Lecce | 36 | 8 | 13 | 15 | -20 | 37 |
Hellas Verona | 36 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -14 | 34 |
Udinese | 36 | 5 | 18 | 13 | -17 | 33 |
Cagliari | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -27 | 33 |
Frosinone | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -25 | 32 |
Empoli | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -26 | 32 |
Sassuolo | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -30 | 29 |
Salernitana | 36 | 2 | 10 | 24 | -48 | 16 |