Inter tightened control of the Serie A title race with a 2-0 win at Parma, moving four points clear at the top. The result came after Napoli drew 2-2 with Verona, allowing Inter to extend the gap over
both the Scudetto holders and AC Milan, though Inter have played one match more than Milan.
Simone Inzaghi rotated heavily before Sunday’s meeting with Napoli, yet Inter still managed the pressure. Alessandro Bastoni stayed on the bench, while Nicolo Barella, Francesco Acerbi, Ange-Yoan Bonny and Marcus Thuram all started as substitutes before later entering the match to help close out the victory.
The first half showed Inter’s threat and Parma’s resistance, with the woodwork struck three times. Yann Bisseck hit the frame from a set-piece, then teenager Francesco Pio Esposito was denied by another deflection onto the post. Parma also went close when Jacob Ondrejka’s acrobatic volley was tipped onto the upright by Yann Sommer.
Inter finally made their pressure count shortly before the interval. Federico Dimarco arrived at the near post and finished in the 42nd minute, but the flag went up. After a VAR review checked the offside decision, the goal stood, giving Inter a narrow but deserved half-time advantage away from home.
After the restart, Parma pushed higher, yet Inter still created the clearer chance to extend the lead. Petar Sucic broke through one-on-one with the goalkeeper but failed to convert, dragging the shot wide. That miss kept the contest tense until stoppage time, with Parma hoping to steal a late equaliser on the counterattack.
The closing minutes were lively as Inter’s substitutes settled the result. Bonny thought he had scored, only for the referee to rule the effort out for handball in the build-up. Moments later, Barella slipped a precise throughball to Thuram, who finished calmly eight minutes into added time to seal the 2-0 scoreline.
Inter’s form places them alongside the club’s strongest Serie A starts. They have now won six consecutive league matches and recorded 14 victories from 18 games in the 2025-26 season. That is the seventh time Inter have reached 14 wins after 18 fixtures, and the fifth since the introduction of three points for a win.
Only during the 2006-07 campaign did Inter collect more wins at this stage, achieving 15 from 18. The current side have also scored at least 40 goals in five of the last six Serie A seasons, matching the total number of such campaigns from their previous 70 seasons in the Italian top flight.
Dimarco’s opener continued an impressive individual run within Europe’s leading leagues. Across the 2025-26 campaign, Dimarco now has eight goal involvements, with three goals and five assists. That tally is the joint-highest for any defender in Europe’s top five divisions, level with Bayer Leverkusen full-back Alejandro Grimaldo, underlining Dimarco’s influence on Inter’s Scudetto push.
