Matchday 5 | Verona Win First Derby del Veneto in Nine Years | Frosinone Shock Como to Sit 6th | Cagliari's Historic 5 games

Matchday 5 closes out the opening stretch of the 2026-27 season before a two-week international break, and Bottom Half Calcio's match of the week is the first Derby del Veneto in Serie B in nine years. Hellas Verona come from behind to beat Vicenza 2-1 at the Bentegodi, Daniel Mosquera scoring a stunning brace off the bench in his first appearance of the season. Elsewhere in Serie B, Palermo see off Padova 2-1 behind a Vavasori brace, Sampdoria finally win 2-1 over Catanzaro in a chaotic game with a red card and a horror own-goal, Avellino beat Ascoli 3-1 behind a Silipo double, table-topping Sudtirol thrash Arezzo 4-1, Mantova and Pisa share a wild 2-2 draw, and Modena edge Empoli 2-1 on an Andrea Belotti bicycle kick. In Serie A, Frosinone provide the shock of the week, beating Como 2-0 to sit sixth in the table, above Napoli, Juventus and Atalanta. Cagliari's unbeaten start continues with a 1-0 win at Udinese, putting them fourth and matching their best five-game start since their 1969-70 Scudetto season. Venezia miss a penalty and fall to Lazio, still the league's only winless side, Bologna and Torino play out a 1-1 draw in Fabio Paladino's first match in charge, Monza pick up their first win of the season over Sassuolo, Parma beat Genoa in a relegation six-pointer, and Milan thrash Lecce 3-0 behind a Christian Pulisic goal. Five matchdays down, no nil-nil in sight, and this episode wraps up before the international break with every twist from Verona's derby joy to Frosinone's stunning rise. Follow Bottom Half Calcio for weekly Serie A bottom-half and Serie B coverage. @bottomhalfcalcio 🎙️ Timestamps(00:00:00) Intro(00:01:30) Verona Vicenza(00:55:52) Monza Sassuolo(00:59:30) Venezia Lazio(01:11:17) Udinese Cagliari(01:26:22) Frosinone Como