Genoa – AS Roma : Preview & Prediction
Genoa and Roma play at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in a match of the 14th round of Serie A TIM. At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which has 3 wins and 1 loss in the last 4 games. In fact, the last time they faced in this stadium was on 08-01-2017, in a match for Serie A TIM that ended the victory of Roma by (0-1). The only goal of the match was scored by A. Izzo (36 ‘Autogolo). In this match the home factor can play an important role, since both teams present significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
The home team is currently in 18th place with 9 points earned after 2 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost at home to Sampdoria by (0-2). In the last match, he won out for Crotone by (0-1). This is a team that curiously has more positive results than at home, since in the last 30 matches it has 5 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats as a visitor, with 18 goals scored and 19 conceded, against 3 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats at home, with 19 goals scored and 27 conceded. For the championship, Genoa had 1 point in 18 chances, after 1 draw and 5 losses in the last 6 games that played in their stadium.
In this competition, you have not won any of the last 6 games in your stadium. The team conceded goals to their opponents in 8 of their last 10 games in this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In 13 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 6 times and never managed to turn the score. In the last 8 home games in all competitions there are 1 highlights: scored 3 of his 8 goals between the minutes (0’-15 ‘).
Genoa enter the field for that game a little more relieved after having managed to rediscover the path of victory for the Italian Championship, thus ending a fast that lasted four rounds, a time in which they accumulated three consecutive defeats. In their last confrontation, the team did not have a great performance, but opened the scoring in the 11 minutes of the first stage and managed to hold the result until the final whistle. However, as was evident also in this last round, the team has been suffering from poor performance from the offensive sector, which failed to take the scoreline in six games, and is now among the six worst in the competition. The club is one of only three who have yet to win as the club, and in that condition did not swing the net in two of the last three matches. The 4-3-2-1 should be the formation used for this duel by coach Ballardini, who will probably keep Izzo as a reference in the defense.
After 10 wins and 2 losses, the visiting team is in 4th place, having won 30 points. In the last match, they beat Lazio at home (2-1), having won the previous match in a match against Fiorentina (2-4). This is a team that curiously has more positive results than at home, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 11 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats as a visitor, with a total of 43 goals scored and 21 conceded. Already inside the home, won 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, with a total of 27 goals scored and 12 conceded. In the last game they played, for the UEFA Champions League, lost with Atletico Madrid away by (2-0).
For this competition, it registers a sequence of 5 victories in the last games like visitor. His attack has scored regularly, having scored goals in 9 of the last 10 games for this competition. This is a team that does not usually feel difficult to open the scoring: scored the first goal in 11 of the last 12 games for Serie A TIM, of these 11 reached the interval in lead in 7 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘ in 10. There are 1 highlights in the last 20 matches played as a visitor for all competitions: he suffered 10 of his 28 goals between the minutes (76’-90 ‘).
Roma continue to make a great campaign in this edition of the Italian Championship, and now comes from five consecutive victories, and in three of them did not have its defense leaked, thus showing the good work of the defensive system. This sector has been, in fact, the main responsible for the good performance of the team, so much that it is the least leaked of the competition, with an average of 0.66 goal suffered by match. In the last round, the team played a very balanced game against Lazio, but was better in offensive terms and managed to leave the field with three points. However, the club comes from a defeat for Atletico Madrid by the UEFA Champions League, which prevented him from achieving the preliminary classification for the next phase of the continental tournament. In the national championship, in addition to being defensively stand out, Roma is one of the teams that finish most. The coach is likely to climb the team in the 4-3-3, with Džeko standing out in the attack.
Genoa – AS Roma : Betting Tips
AS Roma – Win Odds: 1.70
Both teams to score / YES – Odds: 1.70
Over 2.5 Goals – Odds: 1.70
