Serie A | Parma 2-1 Genoa: Almqvist decisive for relegation battle

Pontus Almqvist came off the bench to give Parma a potentially huge victory in the relegation dogfight, leaving Genoa stranded on one point.

This was already shaping up to be a massive result for the relegation zone, as both teams had just one point after four rounds. The Ducali missed Hans Nicolussi Caviglia and Adrian Bernabé, while Lautaro Valenti was dropped over disciplinary reasons. Johan Vasquez sat out a ban for Genoa, with Lorenzo Venturino, Elias Havel and Alex Amorim injured after this week’s Coppa Italia win over Sudtirol.

Milutin Osmajic had a shot charged down by Diego Carlos, while Mandela Keita ran a huge risk under pressure from Tommaso Baldanzi in the final third.

Parma took the lead with a great solo goal, as David Romero dribbled away from Leo Ostigard and drilled the low drive into the bottom corner from the edge of the box while taking on another defender.

El Bilal Touré wasted a golden opportunity to make it 2-0 before the break, turning a free header off target at the far post from the Emanuele Valeri cross.

Edoardo Corvi parried the Junior Messias free kick, but Genoa equalised when Lorenzo Colombo flicked on the ball to send Osmajic on the counter, beating the on-rushing goalkeeper with a lob from the edge of the area.

However, Parma restored the advantage when Nesta Elphege with his back to goal flicked on the ball to send Pontus Almqvist on the counter, sprinting away from Alessandro Marcandalli to beat Justin Bijlow when off balance. It was his first goal of the season to seal the first Parma victory.

Parma 2-1 Genoa

Romero 38 (P), Osmajic 70 (G), Almqvist 80 (P)

20-09-2026 14:00

MatchDay 5

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Player statistic

1st half

2nd half

Parma

Genoa

Starting lineups

40 Edoardo Corvi Goalkeeper

Diego Carlos Defender 81'

72 Dominik Drobnic Defender

14 Emanuele Valeri Defender

15 Enrico Delprato Defender

37 Mariano Troilo Defender

98 David Romero Midfielder 57'

16 Mandela Keita Midfielder

Vincent Sierro Midfielder 81'

19 El Bilal Touré Attacker 57'

76 Simone Lontani Attacker 67'

1 Justin Bijlow Goalkeeper

27 Alessandro Marcandalli Defender

Kingsley Ehizibue Defender 60'

5 Leo Östigard Defender

34 Sebastian Otoa Defender 60'

97 Djibril Sow Midfielder 85'

32 Morten Frendrup Midfielder

8 Tommaso Baldanzi Midfielder 69'

10 Junior Messias Attacker 85'

77 Mikael Egill Ellertsson Attacker

18 Milutin Osmajic Attacker

Substitutes

29 Franco Carboni Defender

Simone Ghidotti Goalkeeper

20 Matija Frigan Attacker

30 Giovanni Daffara Goalkeeper

3 Abdoulaye Ndiaye Defender

8 Benja Cremaschi Midfielder

47 Abdou-Salam Konate Midfielder

7 Ousmane Diallo Attacker

11 Pontus Almqvist Attacker 57'

23 Nesta Elphege Attacker 57'

Giovanni Fabbian Midfielder 67'

32 Christian Ordoñez Midfielder 81'

27 Sascha Britschgi Defender 81'

20 Stefano Sabelli Defender

39 Daniele Sommariva Goalkeeper

2 Mario Mitaj Defender

99 Franz Stolz Goalkeeper

4 Amorim Midfielder

71 Samuel Wiafe Midfielder

11 Franz-Ethan Meichtry Midfielder

Cody Drameh Defender

Stephan El Shaarawy Attacker 60'

31 David Puczka Defender 60'

29 Lorenzo Colombo Attacker 69'

25 Hamed Traorè Midfielder 85'

9 Vitinha Attacker 85'