AS Roma v Genoa
Mancini header earns Roma narrow victory over Genoa
Gianluca Mancini's first-half goal was enough to earn AS Roma a 1-0 home win over Genoa on Sunday, with the victory moving Paulo Fonseca's side up to fourth in the Serie A standings.
In a tight contest, Mancini's bullet header from a corner in the 24th minute was enough for Roma to move on to 50 points from 26 games, one point above Atalanta in fifth, and two behind third-placed champions Juventus, who both have a game in hand.
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While Roma did have chances to make the result more comfortable -- substitute Gonzalo Villar going closest to a second as he struck a post in the second half -- Genoa had chances of their own to snatch a point against the nervy hosts.
Fonseca's men hung on, however, to leave Genoa down in 13th on 27 points, without a win in their last five league games.
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Italian Serie A Standings
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napoli | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | +8 | 22 |
| Internazionale | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | +12 | 21 |
| AC Milan | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | +8 | 21 |
| AS Roma | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | +5 | 21 |
| Bologna | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | +8 | 18 |
| Juventus | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | +4 | 18 |
| Como | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | +6 | 17 |
| Lazio | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | +6 | 15 |
| Udinese | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 15 |
| Cremonese | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Atalanta | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | +5 | 13 |
| Sassuolo | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| Torino | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | -6 | 13 |
| Cagliari | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 9 |
| Lecce | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 9 |
| Parma | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -7 | 7 |
| Pisa | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -7 | 6 |
| Genoa | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 6 |
| Hellas Verona | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -10 | 5 |
| Fiorentina | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 4 |
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