Parma vs Bologna 1-2

Bologna won 2-1 at Parma after a disciplined performance, with Riccardo Orsolini’s penalty on 72 minutes and Vincent Sierro’s reply from the spot on 81 minutes settling it after Parma had gone down to 10 men early on.

There were no goals before half-time, and the break came with the game still 0-0. Parma had already been hit by a VAR intervention in the 7th minute, when Abdoulaye Niakhate Ndiaye’s yellow card was upgraded and he was sent off in the 9th minute.

Bologna made the breakthrough in the 53rd minute, when Arthur Theate scored from Nicolo Cambiaghi’s assist to make it 1-0. VAR then ruled out a Bologna penalty for Federico Bernardeschi on 54 minutes, before another review on 68 minutes confirmed a spot-kick for Nicolo Cambiaghi’s challenge and Orsolini, who had come on in the 45th minute, converted to make it 2-0. Parma were given a route back when VAR confirmed a penalty for Giovanni Fabbian on 77 minutes, and Sierro converted four minutes later to make it 2-1, but Bologna saw it out after making two changes at 59 minutes and two more on 75 minutes, while Parma had made two changes at 45 minutes and two at 82 minutes.

The numbers backed Bologna’s control. They had 68% of the possession, 473 passes to Parma’s 218, 33 shots to 11, and 10 on target to 2, with 3.79 expected goals against Parma’s 1.51. Bologna also won 15 corners to Parma’s 1, while Parma made 8 saves to Bologna’s 1.

Parma had three yellow cards, for José David Romero on 14 minutes, Mariano Troilo on 42 minutes and Enrico DelPrato on 72 minutes. Bologna had two, for Nicolo Casale on 20 minutes and Martin Vitik on 80 minutes. Abdoulaye Niakhate Ndiaye was sent off in the 9th minute after the VAR upgrade.