Lazio beat Parma 2-1 in matchday eight of Serie A

Lazio beat Parma 2-1 in the match between them in matchday eight of Serie A for the 2026/27 season, which was held on 24 October at 21:45 Damascus time.

Kenneth Taylor opened the scoring for Lazio in the 50th minute, before Diego Carlos added Lazio's second goal with an own goal in the 58th minute. Minutes before the end of the match, Simone Lontani narrowed the gap for Parma in the 90+5th minute, but time did not allow his team to equalise.

The match did not see any red cards, while referee Alberto Rubin Arena issued just one yellow card to each team.

Kenneth Taylor received the man of the match award after scoring a goal and playing for 71 minutes, with a rating of 8.18.

Lazio dominated proceedings in the match, holding possession at 68 percent compared to 32 percent for Parma, and recording 21 shots compared to 10 for their visitors, including 5 shots on target compared to 4 for Parma. Lazio also recorded an expected goals rate of 1.76 compared to 0.91 for Parma, and won 8 corner kicks compared to 3 for Parma, while Parma committed 12 fouls compared to 5 for Lazio.

With this win, Lazio raised their tally to 19 points from 7 matches with 6 wins and a draw without any defeats, placing them second in the table, after scoring 14 goals and conceding just 4. In contrast, Parma's tally remained frozen at 4 points from 7 matches after 1 win, 1 draw and 5 defeats, keeping them in 19th place having scored 4 goals and conceded 13.