Parma aiming to move towards safety against Como

Together with Cagliari vs. Udinese, Parma vs. Como will get the Saturday action underway on matchday 35. The Ducali, who haven’t lost since 1 March, want to win to take a big step towards survival, while the Lariani, who secured their Serie A status last week, want to extend their four-game winning streak to continue to climb the table.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Parma are unbeaten in Serie A against Como (W1 D2); Como could become the fifth club against which the Gialloblù have played at least four games and without ever losing in the competition, along with Cremonese, Venezia, Ancona and Padova. Between Serie A and Serie B, Parma have lost only two home games against Como, one in 1931 and one in 1956; the Gialloblù are unbeaten in their last 15 home league games against Como (W9 D6) and, considering these two competitions, only have a longer streak against Cagliari (23).

DID YOU KNOW?

Parma have drawn six of their first nine league games under Cristian Chivu (2W 1D); in the three points for a win era, only two managers have drawn seven of their first 10 games in Serie A: Alexander Blessin and Sinisa Mihajlovic. After losing seven of their 13 home games under Fabio Pecchia in the current league season (W3 D3), Parma are unbeaten in their last four home Serie A matches under Cristian Chivu (W2 D2). For only the second time Como have achieved four wins in a row in Serie A, after the streak in 1952 under Robert Winkler; they have never won five consecutive matches in the top-flight Como (five) have benefited from the most own goals in the Big-5 European leagues in 2024/25; the last team to have benefited from more own goals in a single Serie A season was Fiorentina in 1996/97 (six).

PLAYERS

Since 2004/05, Emanuele Valeri is the first Parma defender to provide at least six assists in a single Serie A season – overall, the last Gialloblù player with at least seven assists was Dejan Kulusevski in 2019/20 (eight), while the last Italian was Sebastian Giovinco in 2011/12 (11). Only Tijjani Reijnders (184) has taken part in more open play sequences that ended with a shot than Nico Paz in Serie A this season (173, 18 of which resulted in goals) – the Argentine has the most shots following a one-two (nine) and he is second only to Henrikh Mkhitaryan (seven) for sequences that ended with a goal in which he made the pass before the assist (five).

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none Cautioned: Valenti, Keita, Haj Mohamed, Balogh, Djuric (Parma); Da Cunha, Engelhardt, Goldaniga, Moreno, Sergi Roberto, Strefezza (Como)

REFEREE

DI BELLO (LO CICERO – MORO) IV: PERENZONI, VAR: MERAVIGLIA, AVAR: GHERSINI

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Empoli-Parma (Saturday 10 May, 20.45 CEST) Como-Cagliari (Saturday 10 May, 15.00 CEST) (Photo Getty Images)