Roma made light of a 15-point gap to main rivals Lazio early in the match to continue That of Claudio Ranieri perfect record in the Rome derby in his third spell as Giallorossi coach on Sunday.
The result extends Roma’s unbeaten streak to four matches in all competitions and ends their opponent’s three-match away winning streak.
18′ SAELEMAEKEEERS! Raddoppio Roma, 2-0 all’Olimpico!!🔥🔥#RomaLazio pic.twitter.com/nl7b0t1U5a
– Serie A League (@SerieA) January 5, 2025
Monza hosted Cagliari, Genoa visited Lecce and Parma traveled to Turin in the other Serie A matches that will take place.
101GreatGoals has all the details on the day’s Italian football action, including results, goals and standings implications.
Lorenzo Pellegrini put the finishing touches on a stunning team goal as Roma beat Lazio 1-0 in the Derby della Capitale 🐺
📺 @tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/LwThTWraol
– Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) January 5, 2025
Rome vs Lazio: Capital Derby
Lorenzo Pellegrini scored a stylish opener, the culmination of a fine team move after 10 minutes at the Stadio Olimpico, where Alexis Saelemaekers fired home eight minutes later to put Roma up 2-0.
Striker Valentin Castellanos was sent off during added time for fourth-placed Lazio, who are three points clear of Juventus with an inferior goal difference. Roma move up to 10th placetwo points behind Udinese.
4/4 – Claudio #Ranieri became the first manager of #SeriesA history capable of winning all of its first four derbies against Lazio as #Rome coach. King.#RomaLazio pic.twitter.com/S066TPui23
– OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) January 5, 2025
Turin vs Parma: stalemate in Turin
Four points above the relegation zone, Torino have gone five home matches without a win and more than five hours without a goal on their own turf after sharing a 0-0 draw with Parma, although Che Adams reportedly put in front if he had scored with a header. was not warned by Zion Suzuki.
Parma, who are two points clear of the bottom three, saw a Matteo Cancellieri goal ruled out for offside and hit the woodwork through Valentin Mihaila.
Naples returned to the top 💙🔝 pic.twitter.com/sDmKFkS07Y
– Serie A League (@SerieA_EN) January 5, 2025
Monza vs Cagliari: Piccoli goal seals away victory
Cagliari came from behind to climb out of the relegation zone on goal difference with a 2-1 victory at Monza, who are bottom and seven points from safety.
After Mattia Felici volleyed against the woodwork inside two minutes for the visitors, Gianluca Caprari opened the scoring with a penalty.
Nadir Zortea equalized from distance and Roberto Piccoli opened the scoring 11 minutes after the break, while Danilo D’Ambrosio was sent off for Monza seven minutes later.
⚽️🔥#MonzaCagliari pic.twitter.com/haEJ9lClBr
– Cagliari Calcio (@CagliariCalcio) January 5, 2025
Lecce vs Genoa: Woodwork saves both teams
Nikola Krstovic hit the post from distance as third-bottom Lecce threatened to open the scoring en route to a first point in three games.
Morten Thorsby and Andrea Pinamonti also hit the woodwork for Genoa before half-time in the 0-0 draw, leaving Il Grifone three points above the relegation zone.
