Match Report
Parma, 5th with 60 points, sat 25 points above Benevento (20th, 35). Benevento ranked 13th in the league on five-round form, well above their 20th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Benevento 0.87 scored and 1.29 conceded per game, Parma 1.26 and 1.03, with the league averaging 1.17.
Benevento had not won in 9 games. Over the last five, Benevento had taken 2 of 15 points to Parma's 10.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 Benevento win, 1 for Parma, 3 draws, at 1.2 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 20% of the wins in this fixture. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 20% of the meetings.
The venue was Stadio Ciro Vigorito in Benevento, with room for 12,847 spectators. On the scoreboard, Parma led 2-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-2.