In the current campaign, Parma and Cagliari are responsible for the excitement in the top tier of Italian football. Ahead of their head-to-head clash, bookmakers highlight the hosts as favourites, giving them slightly better odds for victory. However, the Sardinian side could still surprise — it's risky to bet on a straightforward win for the hosts.
In the first five rounds, Parma delighted their fans with a win over AC Milan (2:1) and eight goals — in the bottom ten, only Hellas Verona (10) and Atalanta (11) have scored more. According to xG, the team ranks in the top seven of Serie A (9.14), and a 2:2 draw away to US Lecce showed they can snatch results through sheer determination. In that match, the team scored twice in injury time, with all the goals coming from players who came off the bench.
In the middle of last week, Cagliari ended their five-match winless streak — all their victories so far have come in the Coppa Italia against lower division opponents. Setbacks against US Lecce (0:1), SSC Napoli (0:4), and Empoli (0:2) have left the team at the bottom of the league table — they are already the main candidates for relegation. The Sardinian side has only one goal to their name — the departure of Claudio Ranieri has been a painful process.
We’ll go for a reliable handicap (0) on the hosts, who are performing more consistently and cohesively. Parma will create more chances than crisis-hit Cagliari.
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Fabio Pecchia
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coach | ||
| Player | Matches | Goals | |
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In squad
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Zion Suzuki
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gk. | 4 | -4 |
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Leandro Chichizola
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gk. | 1 | -3 |
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Edoardo Corvi
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gk. | 0 | 0 |
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Botond Balogh
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df. | 5 | 0 |
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Woyo Coulibaly
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df. | 5 | 0 |
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Alessandro Circati
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df. | 4 | 0 |
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Enrico Del Prato
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df. | 4 | 1 |
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Emanuele Valeri
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df. | 3 | 0 |
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Yordan Osorio
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df. | 2 | 0 |
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Gianluca Di Chiara
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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Lautaro Valenti
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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Adrián Bernabé
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mf. | 5 | 0 |
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Simon Sohm
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mf. | 5 | 0 |
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Antoine Hainaut
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mf. | 3 | 0 |
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Drissa Camara
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mf. | 2 | 0 |
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Hernani
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mf. | 2 | 0 |
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Nahuel Estévez
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mf. | 2 | 0 |
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Wylan Cyprien
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mf. | 2 | 0 |
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Mandela Keita
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mf. | 1 | 0 |
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Ange-Yoan Bonny
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fw. | 5 | 2 |
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Dennis Man
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fw. | 5 | 2 |
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Matteo Cancellieri
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fw. | 5 | 1 |
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Pontus Almqvist
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fw. | 5 | 0 |
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Valentin Mihaila
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fw. | 5 | 0 |
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Anas Haj Mohamed
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fw. | 1 | 0 |
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Gabriel Charpentier
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fw. | 1 | 0 |
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Mateusz Kowalski
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fw. | 1 | 0 |
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Adrian Benedyczak
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fw. | 0 | 0 |
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Davide Nicola
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coach | ||
| Player | Matches | Goals | |
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In squad
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Simone Scuffet
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gk. | 5 | -8 |
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Alen Sherri
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gk. | 0 | 0 |
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Giuseppe Ciocci
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gk. | 0 | 0 |
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Gabriele Zappa
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df. | 5 | 0 |
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Paulo Azzi
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df. | 5 | 0 |
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Sebastiano Luperto
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df. | 5 | 0 |
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Tommaso Augello
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df. | 5 | 0 |
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Yerry Mina
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df. | 4 | 0 |
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José Luis Palomino
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df. | 2 | 0 |
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Adam Obert
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df. | 1 | 0 |
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Mateusz Wieteska
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df. | 1 | 0 |
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Alessandro Deiola
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mf. | 5 | 0 |
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Răzvan Marin
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mf. | 5 | 0 |
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Matteo Prati
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mf. | 3 | 0 |
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Michel Adopo
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mf. | 3 | 0 |
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Antoine Makoumbou
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mf. | 2 | 0 |
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Gianluca Gaetano
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mf. | 2 | 0 |
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Nadir Zortea
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mf. | 2 | 0 |
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Nicolas Viola
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mf. | 2 | 0 |
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Jakub Jankto
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mf. | 0 | 0 |
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Leonardo Pavoletti
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fw. | 5 | 0 |
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Roberto Piccoli
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fw. | 5 | 1 |
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Zito Luvumbo
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fw. | 5 | 0 |
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Gianluca Lapadula
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fw. | 4 | 0 |
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Kingstone Mutandwa
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fw. | 1 | 0 |
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Mattia Felici
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fw. | 1 | 0 |
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