Serie A | Verona 1-2 Parma: Pellegrino pounces for two soft goals

Verona slipped to the bottom of the Serie A standings after a 2-1 defeat at home against Parma on Sunday evening: A Mateo Pellegrino brace getting the better of Giovane’s second-half equaliser. 

Verona were without Suslov, Serdar and Kastanos, while Parma travelled to the Bentegodi without Frigan, Circati, Estevez, Suzuki and Ndiaye. 

The hosts started brightly, and had the ball in the back of the net through Gift Orban early on, but the Nigerian was adjudged to have been offside in the build-up and saw his goal ruled out. Orban dragged his next opportunity marginally wide of the post. 

Though they had struggled to get into the game for most of the first half, Parma stole the lead against the run of play: Oliver Sorensen’s volley rattled off the crossbar from a long throw into the area, but Pellegrino was on hand to head home the rebound for 1-0. 

Verona’s equaliser arrived, in comical fashion, shortly after the hour mark. 

A battling Daniel Mosquera, who had come on just moments earlier, saw Verona break into the Parma half on the counter attack. The Colombian made his way into the area and squared to Giovane, whose attempted tap-in flicked upwards, hit him in the face and bounced into the back of the net for 1-1. 

Giovane was involved again for the following goal, but unfortunately, it was Parma who ran away celebrating. 

The Brazilian attempted to head back Lorenzo Montipo’s clearance to one of his teammates, but got far too much on it and played the ball straight into the path of Pellegrino, who was able to lift the ball over the Verona keeper with his first touch. 

Sunday’s result lifts Parma up to 15th place in the Serie A table with 11 points from 12 matches, while Verona remain rooted to the bottom of the league table on six points, dropping below Fiorentina on goal difference. 

Pellegrino 18, 80 (P), Giovane 65 (V)

23-11-2025 11:30

MatchDay 12

Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi

VER

PAR

1 – 2

Player statistic

1st half

8′

Enrico Delprato

18′

Mateo Pellegrino

39′

Mateo Pellegrino

Giovane

42′
 
 

2nd half

48′

Sascha Britschgi

Moatasem Al-Musrati

55′
 
 

Giovane(Assist: Daniel Mosquera)

65′
 
 

Unai Núñez

70′
 
 

80′

Mateo Pellegrino

Martin Frese

89′
 
 

Match statistic

59

Possession %

41

10

Total shots

15

2

Shots on target

7

3

Shots off target

3

5

Blocked shots

5

4

Corners

4

5

Offsides

1

24

Fouls

6

VER

PAR

Starting lineups

1

Lorenzo Montipò
Goalkeeper

37

Armel Bella-Kotchap
Defender

88′

12

Domagoj Bradaric
Defender

3

Martin Frese
Defender

7

Rafik Belghali
Defender

15

Victor Nelsson
Defender

64′

24

Antoine Bernede
Midfielder

54′

11

Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro
Midfielder

46′

63

Roberto Gagliardini
Midfielder

16

Gift Orban
Attacker

64′

17

Giovane
Attacker

40

Edoardo Corvi
Goalkeeper

15

Enrico Delprato
Defender

5

Lautaro Valenti
Defender

37

Mariano Troilo
Defender

27

Sascha Britschgi
Defender

77′

10

Adrián Bernabé
Midfielder

85′

16

Mandela Keita
Midfielder

18

Mathias Løvik
Midfielder

22

Oliver Sörensen
Midfielder

9

Mateo Pellegrino
Attacker

32

Patrick Cutrone
Attacker

77′

Substitutes

34

Simone Perilli
Goalkeeper

36

Cheikh Niasse
Attacker

23

Enzo Ebosse
Defender

94

Giacomo Toniolo
Goalkeeper

72

Junior Ajayi
Attacker

2

Daniel Oyegoke
Defender

Nicolás Valentini
Defender

19

Tobias Slotsager
Defender

4

Yellu Santiago
Midfielder

70

Fallou Cham
Defender

73

Moatasem Al-Musrati
Midfielder

46′

25

Daniel Mosquera
Attacker

54′

9

Amin Sarr
Attacker

64′

5

Unai Núñez
Defender

64′

21

Abdou Harroui
Midfielder

88′

23

Hernani
Midfielder

30

Milan Djuric
Attacker

66

Filippo Rinaldi
Goalkeeper

11

Pontus Almqvist
Attacker

21

Gaetano Oristanio
Midfielder

19

Tjas Begic
Attacker

17

Jacob Ondrejka
Attacker

63

Nicolas Trabucchi
Defender

25

Benja Cremaschi
Midfielder

24

Christian Ordoñez
Midfielder

13

Vicente Guaita
Goalkeeper

70

Bernardo Conde
Defender

7

Adrian Benedyczak
Attacker

77′

14

Emanuele Valeri
Defender

77′

8

Nahuel Estévez
Midfielder

85′