Benevento claimed a 3:1 victory over Verona at the Stadio Ciro Vigorito in the fourth round of Serie B's regular season on 11 September 2026. The hosts opened the scoring before Verona equalised, then took control after the break to secure their first points of the campaign.
Edoardo Pierozzi gave Benevento the lead in the 17th minute, and by then the visitors were already searching for answers. Amin Sarr found the net for Verona in the 24th minute to level the score, but his celebration was short-lived — a yellow card followed in the 32nd minute for the midfielder. And here's the thing about early exchanges: they set the tone more than the scoreboard.
Verona came into the match with more momentum, having beaten Cagliari 2:1 and drawn with Padova, while Benevento carried a winless record with just two draws from four games. The visitors dominated possession at 58 per cent and created three big chances compared to Benevento's two, but the difference lay in efficiency. Verona registered only three shots on target from six attempts, while Benevento found the woodwork less often but struck when it mattered.
The turning point came in the 59th minute when David Okereke restored Benevento's lead. Davide Lamesta added a second in the 65th minute to put the result beyond doubt. Verona had already made two substitutions at the hour mark, bringing on Mattia Compagnon and Andrea Le Borgne, but the changes did not shift the momentum. The hosts then replaced Okereke in the 78th minute and Lamesta in the 71st, seeing the game out with clinical restraint.
Benevento finished with 12 shots — six on target, six off — and converted two of their chances from two big opportunities created. Verona pushed forward with 34 crosses and 114 attacks but could only manage three shots on target from those efforts. The statistics tell a familiar story: possession without penetration leaves teams searching for explanations.
The result lifts Benevento off the bottom of the table with four points from five games, while Verona remain in 10th place on five points from four matches. It was a match decided in the second half, where Benevento's composure outweighed Verona's territorial dominance.