Parma vs. Monza as a fight for survival

Parma vs. Monza will be playing for important points in the fight for survival at 15:00 CET. The last weekend of action in 2024 starts with weighty games: Parma host Monza at the Tardini. The Ducali will want to put the heavy defeat to Roma behind them immediately and will need to get some points on the board to avoid further complications. Five positions lower than them in the table is Monza, last on 10 points. They come off the back of four consecutive defeats and have only picked up one win this season on 22 October in Verona. The Brianzoli need a change of speed.

HEAD TO HEAD

This is the first match between Parma and Monza in Serie A. The last league match between the two teams was back on 2nd March 2022 in Serie B: a 1-1 draw at the home of the Brianza team in that case. Considering Serie B, Parma have remained unbeaten in their last six matches against Monza (W1 D5), the last success of the Brianza team against the Emilians in the championship dates to 24th March 1985 (3-0).

DID YOU KNOW?

Parma are, together with Monza, one of only two teams yet to have kept a clean sheet in home games in this championship. More generally, they have conceded goals in each of their last 14 home games in Serie A (34 goals conceded, 2.4 on average), their last clean sheet at the Tardini in the tournament dates to 14 March 2021 (2-0 against Roma). Monza are the team that have earned the highest percentage of points away from home this Serie A season: 70% (seven of their 10 points have in fact come away from home). Monza are unbeaten in their final match of the calendar year in Serie A: 0-0 draw against Napoli on 29 December 2023 and 3-0 win against Salernitana on 13 November 2022.

PLAYERS

Dennis Man is the Parma player who has been involved in the most goals in the calendar year 2024 across all competitions: 12 (seven goals and five assists); he is also the Ducali player with the most appearances as a starter in the period (32). After scoring four goals in his first six appearances this season, Dany Mota has remained dry in his last nine Serie A games; he is still just one goal away from his record for goals in a Serie A season: five in 2022/23.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none Cautioned: none

REFEREE

LA PENNA (MASTRODONATO – RICCI), IV: ZUFFERLI, VAR: MARINI, AVAR: ABISSO

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Torino-Parma (Sunday 5 January, 18.00 CET) Monza-Cagliari (Sunday 5 January, 12.30 CET) (Photo LaPresse)