Raimondo's early double sends Frosinone 3-2 past a fighting Venezia

Frosinone made a fast start count, then had to survive one from Venezia to keep all three points. A 3-2 win at the Stadio Benito Stirpe leaves the promoted side firmly in the top half after three rounds.

Antonio Raimondo scored twice before the half-hour mark to put the hosts in charge, and although Venezia hit back with two goals in eight second-half minutes, Giorgi Kvernadze restored the two-goal cushion — and this time it held. 🟡🔵

Raimondo strikes twice before the break

Raimondo opened the scoring on 21' and doubled it on 39', continuing the scoring form that had already produced a brace at Fiorentina the round before. Frosinone went into the break 2-0 up and controlling the game from the front.

Raimondo's early tally

Raimondo, a 22-year-old forward born in March 2004, wears the number 9 at the Stirpe. The Venezia brace took him to four goals from five Serie A starts by the time of the international break — the same tally he had already banked with a first-half double at Fiorentina the round before this one, meaning every one of his goals in a Frosinone shirt this season came inside these two matches. Guido Calo and Giorgi Kvernadze took turns finishing after that, in the draw at Genoa and the win over Como, so the goals were shared out even as Raimondo set the early pace.

Venezia hit back, but Kvernadze has the last word

Venezia, who arrived back in Serie A still searching for their first points, gave themselves a route back into it: John Yeboah pulled one back on 66', and Richie Sagrado made it 2-2 on 74'. Frosinone needed an answer, and Giorgi Kvernadze gave them one on 83', restoring the lead and this time seeing the game out.

Match facts

• 21' — Antonio Raimondo (Frosinone)
• 39' — Antonio Raimondo (Frosinone)
• 66' — John Yeboah (Venezia)
• 74' — Richie Sagrado (Venezia)
• 83' — Giorgi Kvernadze (Frosinone)
• Stadio Benito Stirpe, Frosinone — Serie A matchday 3, Sunday 6 September 2026

Since the Stirpe

Frosinone's form after this win zig-zagged rather than climbed in a straight line: a 1-1 draw away at Genoa followed on matchday 4, then a 2-0 win over Como on matchday 5. Three wins, a draw and one defeat from five rounds have Massimiliano Alvini's side 4th in Serie A on 10 points by the international break — level with Juventus and Lazio, holding the place on a plus-five goal difference that is the best of that group — a striking position for a club that came up from Serie B as runners-up only months earlier.

Venezia's afternoon at the Stirpe turned out to be the start of a pattern, not a one-off: a 2-4 home defeat to Fiorentina followed on matchday 4, then a 0-2 loss to Lazio on matchday 5. Five rounds in, Giovanni Stroppa's side are still without a point, 20th and last in Serie A, with four goals scored and a division-worst 13 conceded — four points adrift of 17th-placed safety. Only the two goals they took off Frosinone in this game and two more against Fiorentina have come against anyone.

What's next

The win takes Frosinone to 6 points from two wins and a defeat, sixth in the table after three rounds. Venezia remain bottom of Serie A without a point from three games, sitting in the relegation zone on goal difference. Both sides are next in action after the international break, for matchday 4 — Frosinone will look to build on a promising start, while Venezia need a first result to stop the gap opening up.