Parma vs. Pisa opens Saturday’s fixtures
Serie A

Parma vs. Pisa opens Saturday’s fixtures

Parma host Pisa aiming to all but secure survival, while the Tuscan side are hanging by a thread.

Parma and Pisa meet at the Tardini on matchday 34 of Serie A. With 15 points still up for grabs, including today’s game, the Ducali are looking to extend their unbeaten run to four matches and all but secure their survival. Pisa, meanwhile, must win to end a run of four consecutive defeats and keep their slim hopes of staying in Serie A alive.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

The head-to-head record between the two sides in Emilia stands at 19 meetings: 8 Ducali wins (the most recent 3-2, Serie B 2023/24), 6 draws (the most recent 1-1, Serie B 2021/22) and 5 Tuscan victories (the most recent 0-1, Serie B 2022/23).

The only Serie A meeting between the two sides to date dates back to 24 March 1991: a 2-3 away win for Pisa, with a Padovano brace and a Neri goal for the Tuscans, while Brolin and Melli from the penalty spot replied for the hosts. That match remains to this day the last away victory in Pisa's top-flight history.

DID YOU KNOW?

Parma have collected 16 points in their last 10 matchdays: 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. More broadly, since the club's bankruptcy in 2015 and subsequent rebirth, only in the 2019/20 season (40 points) has Parma performed better than this season after 33 matchdays (39).

Parma are the 2025/26 Serie A side that has benefited from the most opposition red cards (7).

Parma are one of 3 sides in the 2025/26 Serie A season with the fewest penalties awarded in their favour (2), level with Cagliari and Lecce.

The second and fourth lowest-scoring sides in the 2025/26 Serie A season go head-to-head: Pisa have scored 23 goals (level with Verona), Parma 24.

Pisa are on a run of 4 consecutive defeats: 11 goals conceded in that period. Their last positive result was the 3-1 home win over Cagliari on 15 March.

Pisa are the 2025/26 Serie A side that concedes the most goals (58).

Pisa are the 2025/26 Serie A side that concedes the most goals from opposition substitutes (11, level with Lecce and Verona).

COACHES and PLAYERS

This is the first official meeting between Carlos Cuesta and Oscar Hiljemark.

Only Victor Nelsson (143) and Thiago Gabriel (138) have won more aerial duels than Idrissa Touré (132) and Simone Canestrelli (118) in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

Mateo Pellegrino (487) is the player who contests the most duels in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

Nesta Elphége on the scoresheet against Udinese: the Parma striker's first Serie A goal — and the first top-flight goal of his career.

DISCIPLINE 

Suspended: none 

Cautioned: Britschgi, Nicolussi Caviglia (Parma); Tourè (Pisa)

REFEREE

CALZAVARA (TRINCHIERI – FONTANI) IV: AYROLDI, VAR: GIUA, AVAR: ABISSO

UPCOMING MATCHES

Inter-Parma (Sunday May 3rd, 20.45 CEST)

Pisa-Lecce (Friday May 1st, 20.45 CEST)

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