The Serie B league standings tell a tale about these participants up until now, with Parma leading SPAL by 9 points. Match preview to follow:
- Parma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- SPAL is in the worst form (0-3-3)
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Parma form and stats
5 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Parma have to build on here at Stadio Ennio Tardini in the Serie B. Parma are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Stadio Ennio Tardini, having lost their two previous games here.
A good away victory last time out for Parma, who won 2-0 against Brescia (placed 7th). At last, a league victory after three games without one. Defender Valenti got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.03/10. Valenti served one assist, hit one key pass and won 2 of 3 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Benevento with the scoreline 0-1.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Parma's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 1 match, drawn 0 and lost 3.
Low-scoring affair? Looking at this team's last 10 league games, 8 have had zero, one or two goals.
Parma have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Ennio Tardini with 14 goals in 9 league matches. Parma have conceded 10 in these home matches.
SPAL form and stats
SPAL have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 0-6-2 (8 played).
SPAL's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Palermo that finished 1-1. Meccariello was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.03. The defender Meccariello scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 4 of 6 duels.
A 0-0 draw at Perugia's stadium before that.The attacking power of SPAL when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. SPAL have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: one - one - four (Parma wins - draws - SPAL wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Inglese 4 goals |  D. Man 4 goals |   A. La Mantia 4 goals |
Parma missing players
SPAL missing players
| Parma | SPAL | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 23 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| 17 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 62% | 82% |
| 59% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 76% |
| 41% | 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 35% |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 29% |
| 12% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 47% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 47% |
| 35% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| 29% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 62% | 35% |
| 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 14.7 | 13.9 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| 4.8 | 5.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 28% | 30% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 19% | 27% |
| 9.7 | 9.7 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 12.8 | 13.6 |
| 3 | 3.4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4 | 4.6 |
- Parma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Parma have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SPAL have scored away.
- Parma haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- SPAL have yet to win a game away.
- SPAL is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Frosinone | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 36 |
| 2 | Reggina | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 32 |
| 3 | Bari 1908 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 29 |
| 4 | Genoa | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Ternana | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | Parma | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 7 | Brescia | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 24 |
| 8 | Sudtirol | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 23 |
| 9 | Pisa | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 23 |
| 10 | Cagliari | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Ascoli | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| 12 | Modena | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 21 |
| 13 | Benevento | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 21 |
| 14 | Palermo | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 15 | Cittadella | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 19 |
| 16 | Venezia | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 17 | Cosenza | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -11 | 17 |
| 18 | SPAL | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 19 | Como | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 16 |
| 20 | Perugia | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 13 |
