AS Roma 2-0 Genoa result, stats and report

Roma won. Roma kept a clean sheet. Roma did what a home side with their form and their standards should do. Write it down. Two-nil against a Genoa side that had no answer to the pressure and no real desire to find one. End of.

The Basics Done Right

The thing is, this was not complicated. Roma had 66 per cent of the ball. They completed 500 passes. They had 15 shots to Genoa's nine, and five of those were on target compared to Genoa's one. One. That is a team that competed properly and a team that did not. The numbers back up what you could see with your own eyes.

Roma's shape was controlled. Their movement in the final third created problems throughout. Ten key passes in a single match tells you there was genuine quality in how they moved the ball. Genoa sat in and tried to absorb it. They could not. They were outworked and outwitted, and when Roma's moments came, they took them.

Santiago Castro Opens the Scoring

The breakthrough came five minutes into the second half. Santiago Castro put Roma in front with a right foot shot in the 50th minute. It was the sort of goal that settled the contest. Roma had dominated the first half, kept the ball well, and created enough to warrant a lead. Castro delivered it. Clean, direct, no fuss.

Genoa's response told you everything. One minute later, Johan Vásquez picked up a yellow card for arguing. That is where their head was. Not on getting back into the game. On moaning. Unacceptable attitude from a player in that moment.

Lulli Makes It Two

Roma killed the match off in the 68th minute. Emanuele Lulli added a second with another right foot shot, and that was that. Lulli had been brought into the action with intent and he delivered. He was substituted off in the 78th minute, job done, Wesley coming on to see things out.

By the time the second goal went in, Genoa had already picked up a second yellow card through Leo Østigård at the 65-minute mark, again for arguing. Two yellow cards for dissent. That is a group of players who had lost the plot. When you are chasing a game, you need discipline and desire. Genoa showed neither.

Genoa's Evening in Numbers

Listen, one shot on target. One. In a match where you need at least a point to stop a slide that has seen them take three losses from their last five in Serie A. Genoa's form coming in read two wins, one draw and three losses across those five matches, conceding nine goals. They have not kept a single clean sheet in that sample. None. So you come to Roma, who had kept clean sheets in three of their last five, and you manage one shot on target? That is not a defensive performance. That is a capitulation.

They did try to make life difficult at times. Twelve interceptions showed they were not completely passive. Eighteen tackles attempted showed at least some willingness to compete in the physical sense. But 34 per cent possession, 323 passes compared to Roma's 623, and a pass accuracy of 68 per cent against Roma's 80 per cent? You cannot build anything from that platform. You are just surviving. And eventually you stop surviving.

Roma's Discipline in the Defensive Third

Roma conceded nothing. Their goalkeeper was barely tested, making just one save all evening. That is the sign of a backline that was alert, organised, and doing the basics properly. Six interceptions from Roma's defenders. Twenty-six successful headers. They were dominant in every aerial contest that mattered.

Roma did carry some injury concerns into the match. Four players were listed as out, and one suspended. That they managed this level of control with those absences says something about the depth and the commitment of the squad that did play. No excuses available. They got the job done.

Matías Soulé and the Card

A small note of concern for Roma. Matías Soulé picked up a yellow card in the 43rd minute for a foul, and Niccolò Pisilli followed him with one in the 76th minute. Both are worth watching going forward if they are near any suspension thresholds. You do not want to lose players to carelessness. Pisilli was substituted off at the 88th minute alongside Devyne Rensch, Alessandro Di Nunzio and Daniele Ghilardi coming on to manage the close of the match.

Pellegrini also came on in the 63rd minute after Mario Hermoso was replaced. Roma used five substitutes in total. They managed their squad. Professional. That is what home matches like this should look like.

The Signal That Won

The thing is, Roma have now gone five Serie A matches without a loss in this rolling sample. Three wins and two draws. Ten goals scored, three conceded. They are in good shape. They compete. They defend. They score. That is all you can ask.

Verdict

Roma were better in every department. Genoa showed no real cutting edge, no defensive resolve, and at key moments, no discipline. Three yellow cards, two of them for arguing, tells you about the mentality on the night. Roma took their chances, kept their shape, and controlled the match from front to back. A fully deserved two-nil. Standards met. Accountability delivered.