Bologna is in fourth place, Parma beaten 2-1 in the Emilian derby

Bologna wins the derby and celebrates their fourth victory in a row against Parma with ten men for 80 minutes plus injury time. Goals from Theate and Orsolini decide, while for the Crociati a lot of heart and Sierro's late penalty goal aren't enough: the rossoblù thus continue their climb in the standings.

At the start Palladino relaunches Darmian and confirms ten elevenths of the team that beat Monza seven days earlier, Odgaard acts as center forward, Bernardeschi and Cambiaghi move to the sides. The new player at Parma is Cremaschi on the right, in attack there are the new Italian player Lontani and Romero. The guests started strong and immediately gained numerical superiority: in the 9th minute the home team found themselves exposed on the counterattack and Ndiaye held back Odgaard who was launched into the net. Zufferli lets it go but the VAR calls him back: review on the sideline and red card for the Crociati defender. Some doubts remain, the Danish striker was also holding on to his opponent's shorts.

Gilardino pushes Lontani back and switches to 4-4-1, the script of the match remains in Bologna's hands but the man less compacts Parma who, in the first twenty minutes, only concede corners (two headers by Casale) and shots from outside. In the 22nd minute the ducals also lose Romero: foul by Casale (yellow) and the Argentine falls on his right shoulder, Tourè enters.

Another tile that doesn't knock Delprato and his teammates down: it's the Crociati captain who comes close to taking the lead: Sierro's free kick from the right, header into the near post, ball just wide. Shortly afterwards Valeri is dangerous with a low shot from the edge. In the 29th minute Bologna loses Miranda due to injury, Palladino brings on Mbangula. The rossoblù are more offensive and there is a lot of work for Daffara, the goalkeeper rejects the attempts of the new substitute, Odgaard and Pobega: Bologna made 21 shots at the end of the first half, but only 3 on target.

At the beginning of the second half the two coaches change again: Gilardino chooses Elphege and Britschgi instead of Lontani and Cremaschi, Palladino also inserts Orsolini for Zortea and switches the wingers. An effective move by the rossoblù coach, Bologna creates and passes in the 8th minute: Cambiaghi, moved to the right, escapes from Valeri and puts it in the middle for Theate who, all alone, gives his team the lead with a header. In the 14th minute there was a chance to equalise: Touré appeared alone in front of Skorupski but shot at the goalkeeper. Daffara kept the Crociati afloat on several occasions but had to capitulate in the 27th minute when Orsolini powerfully converted the penalty to make it two-nil. Penalty granted following a review on the field for a foul by Elphege on Cambiaghi, his best. The match seems closed, but two minutes later Vitik reopens it who, following the development of a corner, delivers a kick to Fabbian. Sierro beats Skorupski from the spot. At the end, the Crusader siege: lots of chaos but no danger for the guests. When Zufferli blows the whistle, the almost 4,000 people in the visiting sector celebrate. For Parma it is the third defeat in a row at the Tardini.