Match Report
The table gap was wide: 21 points between Roma U19 (1st, 68 pts) and Genoa U19 (9th, 47 pts). Genoa U19 had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 4th in the league over the last five rounds against 9th overall. Per game in the league, Roma U19 were scoring 2.18 and conceding 1.12, Genoa U19 1.59 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.58 goals per team per game.
The five-game form split read 4/15 points for Roma U19 against 10/15 for Genoa U19.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 4 for Roma U19, 0 for Genoa U19 and 1 drawn, at 2.4 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won.
Stadio Olimpico in Romagnano Sesia staged the fixture, a ground that holds 40,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 3-0.