Serie A | Lecce 1-2 Parma: Victory thrown away after costly red cards

Youssef Maleh came within inches of doubling the hosts’ advantage when he struck the post with an outswinging effort from the edge of the area. 

The game was turned on its head, though, when Banda attempted to press but ended up sliding in recklessly on Enrico Delprato. He was initially shown a yellow card, which was later upgraded to a straight red after a VAR review. 

Banda was distraught at the decision, and was consoled by Kialonda Gaspar and Wladimiro Falcone as he made his way off the pitch in tears. 

Parma capitalised on their numerical advantage a few minutes later. Adrian Bernabe’s cross in from the right half-space grazed the top of Tiago Gabriel’s head, which was enough to fool Falcone and go down as an own-goal. 

Bernabe was involved again as Parma stole the lead in the 72nd minute. It was his corner that was met by the head of leading goalscorer Pellegrino, who powered in his effort at the near post for 2-1.

To make matters worse for Lecce, Gaspar was given his marching orders in injury time. He was caught in a battle with Pellegrino on the halfway line and, right in front of the referee, kicked out at the Argentine who was still in control of the ball on the floor. 

Sunday’s result sends Parma up to 14th place in the Serie A table, while Lecce remain in 16th, just four points above the relegation zone and now with two suspensions to deal with heading into Wednesday evening’s clash with league leaders Inter.

Lecce 1-2 Parma

Stulic 1′, T.Gabriel OG 64′, Pellegrino 72′.

11-01-2026 11:30 MatchDay 20 Stadio Ettore Giardiniero - Via del Mare

Lecce

Parma 1 - 2

Player statistic

1st half

Nikola Stulic (Assist: Lameck Banda)		1'
Santiago Pierotti		23'

2nd half

Ylber Ramadani		55'
Lameck Banda		57'
Mohamed Kaba		62'
		64'

Tiago Gabriel     69'

Enrico Delprato     72'

Mateo Pellegrino (Assist: Adrián Bernabé) Kialonda Gaspar

90+3'    

Match statistic

41 Possession % 59 10 Total shots 12 1 Shots on target 2 6 Shots off target 6 3 Blocked shots 4 3 Corners 3 Offsides 2 16 Fouls 17 Lecce Parma

Starting lineups

30

Wladimiro Falcone Goalkeeper 3 Corrie Ndaba Defender 78' 17 Danilo Veiga Defender 4 Kialonda Gaspar Defender 44 Tiago Gabriel Defender 77 Mohamed Kaba Midfielder 20

Ylber Ramadani Midfielder 78' 93 Youssef Maleh Midfielder 78' 19

Lameck Banda Attacker 9 Nikola Stulic Attacker 65' 50 Santiago Pierotti Attacker 54' 40 Edoardo Corvi Goalkeeper 39 Alessandro Circati Defender 14 Emanuele Valeri Defender 15 Enrico Delprato Defender 5 Lautaro Valenti Defender 10

Adrián Bernabé Midfielder 81' 21 Gaetano Oristanio Midfielder 85' 16 Mandela Keita Midfielder 63' 22

Oliver Sörensen Midfielder 17 Jacob Ondrejka Attacker

80' 9

Mateo Pellegrino Attacker

Substitutes

14 Thórir Jóhann Helgason Midfielder 32 Jasper Samooja Goalkeeper 36

Filip Marchwinski Midfielder 13 Matías Pérez Defender 21 Christ-Owen Kouassi Defender 28 Olaf Gorter Midfielder 5 Jamil Siebert Defender 6 Álex Sala Midfielder 95 Daniele Bleve Goalkeeper 11

Konan N’Dri Attacker 54' 25

Antonino Gallo Defender 65' 23

Riccardo Sottil Attacker 78' 29

Lassana Coulibaly Midfielder 78' 16 Omri Gandelman Midfielder 78' 32

Patrick Cutrone Attacker 30

Milan Djuric Attacker 66 Filippo Rinaldi Goalkeeper 11 Pontus Almqvist Attacker 25 Benja Cremaschi Midfielder 37 Mariano Troilo Defender 13

Vicente Guaita Goalkeeper 8

Nahuel Estévez Midfielder 63' 7 Adrian Benedyczak Attacker 80' 24 Christian Ordoñez Midfielder 81' 27

Sascha Britschgi Defender

85'