Lazio Beat Parma 2-1 to Stay Top of Serie A as Taylor Scores at the Olimpico

Lazio beat Parma 2-1 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Saturday, October 24, 2026, in Serie A Matchday 8. The first half finished 0-0, and both Lazio goals and the Parma goal came in the second half. The win kept Lazio top of the Serie A table, and it sent Parma to a third straight defeat.

A quiet first half, then two goals in eight minutes

Kenneth Taylor scored the opening goal in the 50th minute. Eight minutes later, in the 58th minute, Diego Carlos scored an own goal to make it 2-0 to Lazio. Football Italia reported that Taylor had shaken off a knock to keep his place, and Lazio named the same starting XI that had won in Turin in the previous round. Parma stayed in the game without creating a way back, and the second half looked settled well before the end.

Lontani makes the finish tense

Parma scored in the 95th minute through Simone Lontani. The Football Italia liveblog described the goal as a cross from the byline that bounced off the inside of the far post and crossed the line. It came too late to change the result, but it turned a controlled finish into a nervous one for the home crowd, and it stands as the only goal Lazio conceded in a game they had led by two for most of the second half.

Top of the table after the Juventus win

Lazio came into the match after a 3-0 win away to Juventus in Matchday 7, with the chance to consolidate joint leadership with Inter and move clear of the chasing pack. The win over Parma took that chance. The same XI that won in Turin played again in Rome, and the result extended the run that has put Lazio at the front of the title race after eight rounds. On the injury side, Football Italia reported that Albert Gudmundsson, Nicolo Rovella and Adam Marusic were still out of action for Lazio, and that Andrea Pinamonti was suffering from a sore throat.

The shape of the win

The scoring came in one burst and one late reply. Nothing separated the teams for 50 minutes, then Taylor and the Diego Carlos own goal put Lazio two clear in the space of eight minutes. Parma's only goal arrived in the 95th minute, after the game had been played on Lazio's terms for almost the whole second half. For Parma, the defeat is a third in a row. For Lazio, it is a home win that protects first place.