Juventus made a successful start to the new Serie A season as they held on to beat Parma 2-0 at the Allianz Stadium, extending the visitors' poor record in 2025 to just three wins in 21 league matches.
2025/2026 Serie A
2-0
Match Report
Juventus set out on a third successive campaign with a new permanent manager at the helm, with Igor Tudor looking to bridge the gap to champions Napoli. The Old lady were dominant throughout the first half here, but a lack of cutting edge in the final third undermined their attacking endeavours. Debutant Jonathan David was in the thick of the action, but lacked the precision to earn himself a yard of space. The only strenuous work required of Zion Suzuki in the Parma goal came when he tipped Francisco Conceição's header over the bar, with neither side realistically threatening an opener before HT.
Parma offered very little in an attacking sense before the break, but had the first big chance of the second period when Pontus Almqvist found space on the left and picked out Mateo Pellegrino in the middle, only for his shot to be blocked by Gleison Bremer. The hosts responded in kind, piling on the pressure with a series of strikes from distance. Federico Gatti and Kenan Yildiz missed the target, before Conceição saw an effort deflected against the post. Just shy of the hour mark, though, Juve's pressure eventually told as Yıldız’s cutback was turned home by David to open his account for the Bianconeri.
That marked the first time in four H2Hs that Juventus had opened the scoring, and only an impressive save from Suzuki to deny Yıldız prevented them from doubling their lead. Any notion that the hosts would comfortably see out victory looked to have been banished when Andrea Cambiaso was sent off for a petulant swipe at the face of Mathias Løvik. However, Juve went straight up the other end and put the result beyond doubt, as substitute Dušan Vlahović turned home from Yildiz's cutback.
That put the seal on a first victory in three H2Hs for Juventus, while it condemned Carlos Cuesta to defeat in his first match in charge of Parma. While there were some encouraging signs, it continued an alarming run of form that may not be immediately fixable with Atalanta their next opponent.
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Line-ups
Juventus XI: Locatelli, Di Gregorio, Gleison, Lloyd Kelly, Jonathan David, Khéphren Thuram, Francisco Conceição, Kalulu, Andrea Cambiaso, Gatti, Yıldız
Subs: Pinsoglio, Kostic, Rugani, Koopmeiners, Vlahovic, N. Gonzalez, McKennie, João Mário, Rouhi, Matteo Fuscaldo, Adzic
Parma XI: Pontus Almqvist, Emanuele Valeri, Zion Suzuki, Enrico Delprato, Bernabe, Lautaro Valenti, Mathias Løvik, Mandela Keita, Alessandro Circati, Mateo Pellegrino, Christian Ordóñez
Subs: Milan Djuric, Nahuel Estévez, Adrian Benedyczak, Oliver Sørensen, Filippo Rinaldi, Edoardo Corvi, Tjas Begic, Dario Sits, Peter Amoran, Antoine Joujou, Elia Plicco