Roma
Genoa
Match summary
Roma saw off Genoa 2-0.
Santiago Castro put Roma ahead in the 50th minute and Emanuele Lulli made it 2-0 in the 68th minute.
Roma secured a 2-0 victory against Genoa in Serie A matchday 7 after dominating the encounter across all metrics. The home side controlled 66 percent of the possession and registered 15 shots compared to the visitors 9, translating their territorial advantage into 5 shots on target against just 1 for Genoa. Roma also led 124 to 103 in total attacks, 46 to 34 in dangerous attacks, and completed 623 passes with an 80 percent accuracy rate, while Genoa managed 323 passes at 68 percent accuracy. Discipline was moderately contested with 10 fouls committed by Roma and 7 by Genoa, accompanied by 5 corners for the hosts and 3 for the away team.
The first half ended goalless after Matías Soulé received a yellow card for Roma in the 43rd minute. The deadlock was broken shortly after the restart when Santiago Castro scored with a right foot shot in the 50th minute to put Roma 1-0 ahead. Johan Vásquez was booked for an argument immediately afterwards. Following multiple substitutions for both sides, Emanuele Lulli scored Roma's second goal with a right foot shot in the 68th minute. Further bookings were issued to Leo Østigård, Niccolò Pisilli, and Mikael Egill Ellertsson before the match concluded with no further scoring.
