Genoa 2-1 Roma: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 8 March 2026
Result
Genoa 2-1 Roma
Serie A · Sunday 8 March 2026, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Genoa 2-1 Roma: match report
Genoa beat Roma 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 8 March 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.
Junior Messias opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Genoa's goals came from Junior Messias (52', penalty) and Vitinha (80'). Roma scored through Evan Ndicka (55').
Discipline: Genoa received 1 yellow card; Roma received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Genoa were 15th on 27 points from 27 and Roma 5th on 51 points from 27. Genoa went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Roma 3rd with 73.
Genoa lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Roma in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Junior Messias of Genoa (7.8), ahead of Vitinha (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Genoa win, 2 draws and 7 for Roma.
Going into the match Genoa's last five read L-W-D-L-L and Roma's D-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Evan Ndicka
- 16'Yellow card · Patrizio Masini
- 40'Yellow card · Donyell Malen
- 52'Penalty goal · Junior Messias
- 55'Goal · Evan Ndicka
- 80'Goal · Vitinha
- 89'Yellow card · Bryan Cristante
Head-to-head
Team news
Genoa line-up (3-4-2-1)
Justin Bijlow, Alessandro Marcandalli, Leo Østigård, Johan Vásquez, Mikael Egill Ellertsson, Morten Frendrup, Patrizio Masini, Stefano Sabelli, Junior Messias, Caleb Ekuban, Jeff Ekhator
Roma line-up (3-4-2-1)
Mile Svilar, Gianluca Mancini, Evan Ndicka, Zeki Çelik, Devyne Rensch, Niccolò Pisilli, Manu Koné, Konstantinos Tsimikas, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Lorenzo Venturino, Donyell Malen