Juventus 2-2 Parma: Weah salvages point as hosts dealt title race blow

Juventus twice came from behind to salvage a 2-2 draw at home to Parma on Wednesday, maintaining their unbeaten record but dropping to fourth in the Serie A standings.

Parma, who have won just once this season, took the lead in the third minute through Enrico Delprato’s header which Juventus cancelled out in the 31st minute with a Weston McKennie goal.

Simon Sohm put the visitors back in front seven minutes later as Dennis Man put the ball on a plate for the striker to finish at close range.

Yet Juventus again replied through a Timothy Weah volley four minutes after the break.

Juventus, still undefeated in the league this season, are on 18 points, seven adrift of leaders Napoli and slipped to fourth as Atalanta moved a point ahead after their 2-0 win over Monza.

Parma now sit 14th on nine points, with the joint fewest wins in the league (one).

16 – Juventus have drawn 16 out of 30 Serie A games in 2024 (W10 L4): record in the Big-5 European leagues; only once the Bianconeri recorded more draws in a single calendar year in their history in the Italian top-flight: 17 in 1956. Handbrake.#JuveParma pic.twitter.com/ES6hg6hCaj

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Data Debrief: No shirkers for youthful Parma

Sohm was Parma’s ninth different scorer in this Serie A season, only Fiorentina (11), AC Milan and Inter (both 10) have had more separate scorers.

Delprato’s goal, with an assist from Botond Balogh, was the first in which two Parma defenders were involved in a Serie A game since January 2015.

Fabio Pecchia’s side was also the youngest starting line-up to face Juventus in a Serie A game in the three-points-for-a-win era (since 1994-95), aged 23 years and 202 days.