Matchday

Serie A 25/26 · 8 Mar 2026

Genoa 2–1 AS Roma

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Feb 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.1 – 1.1
Actual xG
2.7 – 0.3
Goals
2 – 1

Footybot saw it as open: Genoa 36%, the draw 29%, AS Roma 35%.

Genoa won and made the better chances: 2.7 xG to 0.3.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Junior Messias, 66.6 in 64′.

Well above their usual level: Junior Messias +12.7, Bryan Cristante +12.5, Leo Østigård +11.9.

Well below it: Niccolò Pisilli −13.7, Alessandro Marcandalli −10.4, Donyell Malen −9.3.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Genoa

28 Feb 2026L 0–2at Inter Serie A
22 Feb 2026W 3–0v Torino Serie A
15 Feb 2026D 0–0at Cremonese Serie A
7 Feb 2026L 2–3v SSC Napoli Serie A
30 Jan 2026L 2–3at Lazio Serie A

AS Roma

1 Mar 2026D 3–3v Juventus Serie A
22 Feb 2026W 3–0v Cremonese Serie A
15 Feb 2026D 2–2at SSC Napoli Serie A
9 Feb 2026W 2–0v Cagliari Serie A
2 Feb 2026L 0–1at Udinese Serie A

Head to head

29 Dec 2025AS Roma 3–1 Genoa Serie A

Genoa

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Vitinha Forward15100.96100.0–
Aarón Martín Midfielder1100–100.0–
Junior Messias Forward64100.9166.6+12.7
Leo Østigård Defender9000–65.4+11.9
Patrizio Masini Midfielder90010.0253.7+7.9
Johan Vásquez Defender9000–45.7−4.8
Justin Bijlow Goalkeeper9000–43.1−7.3
Jeff Ekhator Forward6400–43.0−5.3
Morten Frendrup Midfielder9000–42.8−4.0
Lorenzo Colombo Forward26000.0442.4–
Caleb Ekuban Forward75000.2241.5−5.3
Ruslan Malinovskyi Midfielder26000.5638.7–
Mikael Ellertsson Midfielder79000.0538.1−3.0
Stefano Sabelli Midfielder9000–36.9−6.4
Alessandro Marcandalli Defender9000–34.8−10.4

AS Roma

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Jan Ziółkowski Defender1200–87.5–
Evan Ndicka Defender90100.0862.7+10.2
Bryan Cristante Midfielder45000.0762.3+12.5
Kostas Tsimikas Defender9000–55.1+5.9
Lorenzo Pellegrini Forward5600–54.5+0.8
Gianluca Mancini Defender84000.0454.4+3.2
Daniele Ghilardi Defender2000–52.9–
Neil El Aynaoui Midfielder3400–51.0–
Manu Koné Midfielder90000.0247.4−4.9
Devyne Rensch Midfielder70000.0147.1−0.1
Mile Svilar Goalkeeper9000–47.0−4.6
Lorenzo Venturino Forward4500–45.2–
Zeki Çelik Defender8400–45.0+4.0
Donyell Malen Forward90000.1342.2−9.3
Niccolò Pisilli Midfielder9000–36.0−13.7
Robinio Vaz Forward1200–33.3–