Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Buoyed by a 2-1 win over Fiorentina, Roma will be aiming to climb to the Champions League berth when they take on Genoa at Stadio Olimpico. The Giallorossi showed character in the midweek clash, with Diawara scoring the winner just before the final whistle. Even though Edin Dzeko remains in the recovery room, we are tempted to put our money on Roma, who are a real force to be reckoned with at home. The good news for the hosts is that important defender Chris Smalling has overcome his injury.
The Rossoblu, on the other hand, played out a 1-1 draw with their local rivals Sampdoria on Wednesday evening, with the team extending their winless run to four games. Since Genoa are not regarded as good travellers, we are positive that the Romans are going to pick up all three points from the match. All Rovella, Biraschi, and Pellegrini Lu. are likely to miss the game with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Nikola Kalinic):
Nikola Kalinic is a product of Hajduk Split’s youth school. The 187-cm-tall striker scored 32 goals in 59 appearances for Hajduk at senior level and he played for the likes of Pula and Sibenik in Croatia as well. In 2009 he moved to Blackburn Rovers for fee of £6 million.
Nikola Kalinic made his Blackburn Rovers debut against Sunderland on 22 August, 2009 and he scored his first goal for the Riversiders against Peterborough United in the League Cup. After making 44 league appearances for Blackburn Rovers, the Croatian attacker joined Dnipro in 2011 and he played for the Ukrainian outfit until 2015.
Kalinic signed a four-year deal with Fiorentina on 15 August, 2015 and he impressed in the 2015/2016 Serie A campaign, scoring 12 goals in 36 games. The Fiorentina striker made two appearances for Croatia at the 2016 European Championship in France and it has to be noted that he found the net in a 2-1 win over Spain in the group stages of the competition.
Highlighted Team (Genoa):
Genoa Football Club is an Italian football club founded in 1893 and is the oldest Italian football club in the nation. The club plays its home games in the Stadio Luigi Ferraris which holds a capacity of 41 000 seats. Genoa FC shares the stadium with their rival UC Sampdoria. The club colors of Genoa are Red and Blue. Genoa FC is also known as Grifoni.
Genoa FC has a very rich football history. The club won the Serie A in 1898, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1915, 1923 and 1924.Since 1924 the club didn’t won any major prizes. Like almost every football club in Italy the Genoa FC history has it’s black pages as well. Important players in the history of Genoa FC are: Gilardino, Toni and Hernan Crespo.