📏 Form Guide

Parma

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Parma will be wanting a better result here after the 2-1 Serie A defeat in their last game at the hands of Empoli.

In that game, Parma had 54% possession and 3 attempts on goal with 1 on target. The only player to score for Parma was Milan Đurić (73'). On the other side, Empoli got 15 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Jacopo Fazzini (11') and Tino Anjorin (86') scored for Empoli.

Over their preceding six fixtures, Cristian Chivu's Parma have scored a combined total of 6 times resulting in an average number of goals scored per match of 1.

Going into this one, Parma are winless against SSC Napoli in their last 3 league games.

SSC Napoli

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Previously, Napoli drew 2-2 in the Serie A tie with Genoa.

In that game, SSC Napoli had 59% possession and 22 shots at goal with 11 on target. For SSC Napoli, the scorers were Romelu Lukaku (15'), Alex Meret (32' Own goal) and Giacomo Raspadori (64'). On the other side, Genoa got 8 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Johan Vásquez (84') scored for Genoa.

Over the course of their previous half-dozen clashes, SSC Napoli have bagged a total of 10 goals. SSC Napoli have also managed to score on each one of those occasions. Over that period, they’ve seen 3 goals scored by their opponents. That pattern might not be carried forward into this game, however.

Heading into this contest, SSC Napoli are unbeaten in their previous 4 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 24/02/2019 shows us that Parma have won 2 of them & Napoli 4, with the tally of drawn matches being 0.

A combined sum of 17 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 5 from I Crociati and 12 belonging to Partenopei. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

The previous league game between the two was Serie A match day 3 on 31/08/2024 when it finished SSC Napoli 2-1 Parma.

The referee was Paride Tremolada.

ℹ️ Team News: Parma

Yordan Osorio (Herniated disc), Matteo Cancellieri (Thigh problems), Dennis Man (unknown injury), Valentin Mihăilă (Hamstring injury), Mateusz Kowalski (Cruciate ligament tear) and Gabriel Charpentier (Achilles tendon rupture) won’t be playing for Parma manager Cristian Chivu.

It’s our opinion that I Crociati will possibly make use of the 3-5-2 system for this game, beginning the first half with Semuel Pizzignacco, Kacper Urbanski, Tomas Palacios, Andrea Carboni, Samuele Birindelli, Patrick Ciurria, Alessandro Bianco, J. Akpa-Akpro, G. Kyriakopoulos, Andrea Petagna and Gianluca Caprari.

📰 Team News: Napoli

Napoli boss Antonio Conte has a number of players out of action. Alessandro Buongiorno (Adductor injury), Stanislav Lobotka (Ankle sprain) and Juan Jesus (Torn thigh muscle) won’t be making appearances.

From our viewpoint, Partenopei might elect for a 3-4-2-1 formation using Devis Vasquez, Luca Marianucci, Ardian Ismajli, Mattia Viti, E. Quartsin Gyasi, Alberto Grassi, Liam Henderson, Giuseppe Pezzella, Jacopo Fazzini, Liberato Cacace and Sebastiano Esposito.

⚡ Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that SSC Napoli have it within them to get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

At the same time, Parma won’t find it easy getting on the scoresheet but we think it’s quite likely that they will be seeing enough of the ball to score, too.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a fairly comfortable 1-3 margin for SSC Napoli after 90 minutes.

Lucas Pereira, 18:02 18/05/2025