Roma 2-1 Genoa: result and report

Serie A · Wednesday 18 April 2018

Result

Roma 2-1 Genoa

Serie A · Wednesday 18 April 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Roma · Genoa · Serie A predictions

Roma 2-1 Genoa: match report

Roma won against Genoa 2-1 in Serie A on Wednesday 18 April 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Cengiz Ünder opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Roma's goals came from Cengiz Ünder (17') and an own goal by Ervin Zukanovic (52'). Genoa scored through Gianluca Lapadula (61').

Discipline: Roma received no yellow cards; Genoa received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Roma were 5th on 61 points from 32 and Genoa 12th on 38 points from 32. Roma went on to finish that season 3rd with 77 points, and Genoa 12th with 41.

Roma lined up in a 4-3-3 and Genoa in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Edin Džeko of Roma (8.3), ahead of Cengiz Ünder (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Roma wins, 1 draw and 1 for Genoa.

Going into the match Roma's last five read D-L-D-W-W and Genoa's W-D-W-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Luca RossettiniGenoa
  • 17'Goal · Cengiz ÜnderRoma · 1-0
  • 52'Own goal · Ervin ZukanovicRoma · 2-0
  • 61'Goal · Gianluca LapadulaGenoa · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Roma 8, draws 1, Genoa 1.

Team news

Roma line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, Juan Jesus, Aleksandar Kolarov, Federico Fazio, Alessandro Florenzi, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Maxime Gonalons, Gerson, Edin Džeko, Cengiz Ünder, Stephan El Shaarawy

Genoa line-up (3-5-1-1)

Mattia Perin, Luca Rossettini, Jawad El Yamiq, Ervin Zukanović, Andrea Bertolacci, Francesco Migliore, Aleandro Rosi, Luca Rigoni, O. Hiljemark, Gianluca Lapadula, Goran Pandev