Genoa vs Parma Preview: Team News & Prediction
by Alex Lawes ·
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Patrick Vieira isn’t quite under pressure at Genoa but they have started this season slowly as they now take on fellow likely strugglers Parma in Liguria this weekend.
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Genoa preview: Struggling Genoa
In November 2024, Genoa sacked Alberto Gilardino and opted to replace him with former Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira and the Frenchman led the hosts to a comfortable mid-table finish.
This time around, though, Genoa begin this weekend’s round of fixtures sitting in the bottom three and the relegation places in Serie A with just two points collected from their opening six matches.
Parma preview: Slow Parma
Over the summer, having lost manager Cristian Chivu to Internazionale before the 2025 FIFA World Cup, Parma opted to appoint Mikel Arteta’s former assistant coach Carlos Cuesta and things have been improving of late.
Parma come into this one on the back of a slender and surprising 1-0 defeat at home to Lecce at the Ennio Tardini a couple of weeks ago due to a 38th minute winner scored by attacker Riccardo Sottil.
Genoa team news: Key doubts
Genoa have key doubts for this weekend as Leo Ostigard is potentially sidelined alongside attacking trio Nicolae Stanciu, Maxwel Cornet and Junior Messias.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Leali; Sabelli, Marcandalli, Johan Vasquez, Ellertsson; Masini, Frendrup; Norton-Cuffy, Malinovskiy, Vitinha; Ekhator
Unavailable:
Questionable: Ostigard (Injured), Stanciu (Injured), Cornet (Injured), Junior Messias (Injured)
Parma team news: Key doubts
Parma have key doubts for this weekend with defender Lautaro Valenti potentially sidelined alongside midfielder Hernani and attacker Gaetano Pio Oristanio.
Predicted XI (3-5-2): Suzuki; Del Prato, Circati, Ndiaye; Britschgi, Sorensen, Keita, Adrian Bernabe, Ordonez; Cutrone, Mateo Pellegrino
Unavailable: Valeri (Injured), Ondrejka (Injured), Frigan (Injured)
Questionable: Valenti (Injured), Hernani (Injured), Oristanio (Injured)
Genoa vs Parma prediction
Surprisingly, given his reputation and the way in which he tried to get his Crystal Palace to play, Patrick Vieira has implemented more of a safety first approach at Genoa. They face a Parma side that head to this one with very little by way of quality, albeit Carlos Cuesta is expected to turn into an impressive head coach. Micro management is the way of modern football and that is certainly Carlos Cuesta’s operandi and that should lead to quite a lot of low-scoring encounters.
Genoa vs Parma tip: Under 2.5 goals
