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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Evan NdickaRoma
  • 16'Yellow card · Patrizio MasiniGenoa
  • 40'Yellow card · Donyell MalenRoma
  • 52'Penalty goal · Junior MessiasGenoa · 1-0
  • 55'Goal · Evan NdickaRoma · 1-1
  • 80'Goal · VitinhaGenoa · 2-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Bryan CristanteRoma

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Genoa 1, draws 2, Roma 7.

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