📊 Form Guide

Roma

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Roma head into this fixture after a 2-2 Serie A stalemate versus Bologna.

In that match, Roma had 46% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Roma, the goalscorers were Alexis Saelemaekers (58') and Artem Dovbyk (98'). Bologna had 14 attempts at goal with 8 on target. Thijs Dallinga (61') and Lewis Ferguson (65') scored for Bologna.

Fixtures involving Roma have often been entertaining affairs recently with high scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen games alone, a total of 20 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 14 of these accredited to Roma.

Their prior results show that Roma:

• are unbeaten in the league by Genoa in their previous 2 matches.
• are undefeated in their last 3 league matches at home.

Genoa

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Genoa head into the game after a 1-0 Serie A win versus Parma in their most recent outing.

In that match, Genoa had 61% possession and 14 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Genoa was Morten Frendrup (65'). Parma got 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

It has become apparent that Genoa have made hard work of scoring goals in their past six games, netting the poor return of just 4. In those matches, Il Grifone have also seen the collective goal tally of their opponents equal 3. However, time will tell whether the trend shall be sustained in this upcoming game.

Going into this one, Genoa are unbeaten in their previous 5 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their past head to head meetings stretching back to 21/11/2021 tells us that Roma have won 3 of them and Genoa 1, with the number of draws standing at 2.

An aggregate of 11 goals were scored between them in these games, with 6 for i Giallorossi and 5 for Il Grifone. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.83.

The last league encounter featuring these sides was Serie A match day 4 on 15/09/2024 and the score finished Genoa 1-1 Roma.

On that occasion, Genoa had 49% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Koni De Winter (96').

At the other end, Roma had 16 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Artem Dovbyk (37') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Antonio Giua.

ℹ️ Team News: Roma

It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just the sole fitness concern for the Roma boss Claudio Ranieri to be concerned with from a near full-strength group. Bryan Cristante (Ankle problems) is sidelined.

In all likelihood, i Giallorossi may well make use of the 3-4-2-1 formation for this one, beginning the first half with Mile Svilar, Gianluca Mancini, Mats Hummels, Evan N'Dicka, Alexis Saelemaekers, Angelino, Kouadio Kone, Leandro Paredes, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Paulo Dybala and Artem Dovbyk.

🗞️ Team News: Genoa

Genoa manager Patrick Vieira has not got a full squad to pick from. Junior Messias (unknown injury), Vitinha (Muscle injury), Brooke Norton-Cuffy (Muscle injury), Milan Badelj (muscular problems), Ruslan Malinovskyi (Broken fibula) and Honest Ahanor (Meniscus injury) will not be playing here.

From our viewpoint, Il Grifone seem most likely to make use of a 4-3-3 lineup by sending out Nicola Leali, Koni De Winter, Mattia Bani, Johan Vasquez, Aaron Caricol, Morten Thorsby, Patrizio Masini, Morten Frendrup, Alessandro Zanoli, Andrea Pinamonti and Fabio Miretti.

✨ Prediction

We feel that in this game, Roma should see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

However, Genoa won’t find it easy getting on the scoresheet but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be hitting back at some stage here, too.

Our selection here is for a controlled 3-1 win for Roma at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 19:03 17/01/2025