25 August at 22:30
Roma are set to play against Genoa in the Serie A as you can follow all of the action with us here on Calciomercato.com.
MATCH PREVIEW:
– Genoa’s last Serie A win against Roma was back in May 2014, under Gian Piero Gasperini – since then they’ve registered eight defeats and two draws.
– After remaining unbeaten in their first four Serie A openers against Genoa (W2 D2), Roma have lost the last two such matches.
– Genoa have played more Serie A season openers against Roma than they have versus any other side (W2 D2 L2).
– Roma have won each of their last 13 Serie A games against Genoa at the Olimpico, their longest home winning run against a single opponent in the competition.
– Roma haven’t lost a Serie A game on matchday one since 2011; since then they have collected five wins and two draws (without conceding any goals in the last three such matches).
– Genoa’s last win when starting a Serie A campaign away from home was back in 2010/11, 1-0 at Udinese.
– Shakhtar collected 23 league clean sheets (incl. play-offs) in 32 games played in the 2018-19 season under the new AS Roma manager Paulo Fonseca; AS Roma kept a clean sheet on just 10 occasions in the last Serie A campaign.
– Genoa’s coach Aurelio Andreazzoli managed Roma between February and June 2013: he collected eight wins, four draws and three defeats in 15 games.
– Roma’s Alessandro Florenzi has scored three Serie A goals and delivered three assists against Genoa – they are the team against whom he has been directly involved in the most goals in the top-flight.
– Genoa’s striker Andrea Pinamonti scored five goals in the last Serie A campaign: only Moise Kean was younger than him among the players with at least five goals scored in the competition last term.
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