Parma vs Genoa Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Parma are extremely competitive down in the bottom-half of the Serie A table as they take on fellow stubborn strugglers Genoa at the Ennio Tardini this weekend.
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Parma preview: Battling Parma
Under the management of Mikel Arteta’s former assistant coach Carlos Cuesta, Parma have battled hard in Serie A with five victories, seven draws and eight defeats and their performances continually improving as the season has gone on.
The home team come into this one on the back of a hard-fought goalless draw with defending champions Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in midweek to mean that they have suffered just one defeat in their last five matches.
Genoa preview: De Rossi’s stubborn Genoa
Having gone winless in their opening nine matches of the campaign, Genoa decided to part company with Patrick Vieira and they have been improved since the appointment of Daniele De Rossi, as they sit just outside of the danger zone.
The visitors most recently managed to defeat Cagliari by three goals to nil at the Luigi Ferraris in Liguria last week, courtesy of an early strike from Lorenzo Colombo as well as second-half goals scored by Morten Frendrup and Leo Ostigard.
Parma team news: Lots of injuries
Parma are dealing with lots of injuries this weekend with key issues at either end with Zion Suzuki a confirmed absentee in net and Vicente Guaita now a doubt, too.
Predicted XI (4-3-3): Rinaldi; Britschgi, Circati, Valenti, Del Prato; Nahuel Estevez, Keita, Sorensen; Ordonez, Cutrone, Ondrejka
Unavailable: Suzuki (Injured), Ndiaye (Injured), Frigan (Injured)
Questionable: Vicente Guaita (Injured), Troilo (Injured), Lovik (Injured), Almqvist (Injured)
Genoa team news: Several doubts
Second-choice goalkeeper Benjamin Siegrist remains an injury doubt for this weekend alongside versatile attacking duo Maxwel Cornet and Albert Gronbaek.
Predicted XI (3-5-2): Leali; Marcandalli, Ostigard, Johan Vasquez; Norton-Cuffy, Malinovskiy, Frendrup, Ellertsson, Caricol; Vitinha, Colombo
Unavailable: Ekuban (Injured)
Questionable: Siegrist (Injured), Cornet (Injured), Gronbaek (Injured)
Parma vs Genoa prediction
Carlos Cuesta, with his own tactical preferences and the fact that the hosts have quite a limited squad in terms of attacking personnel, has got his Parma side to play quite a reactive and safety first style of football. Genoa themselves also lack a fair bit of quality, too, and, as the two sides are fairly evenly matched, too, a low-scoring encounter is to be expected here.
Parma vs Genoa tip: Under 2.5 goals
