Roma vs Parma Preview: Team News & Prediction
by Alex Lawes ·
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Title challenging Roma continue a strong start to the 2025/26 Serie A season with the visit of a stubborn but still struggling Parma side to the Stadio Olimpico this midweek.
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Roma preview: Grinding it out
Gian Piero Gasperini was one of the most entertaining coaches in European football but his Roma side have been a little more reactive than to be expected, albeit they are still getting results as they sit second, behind champions Napoli on goal difference.
The Giallorossi recovered from recent losses to Internazionale and then Viktoria Plzen by edging past newly-promoted Sassuolo by a goal to nil at the weekend, courtesy of a 16th minute winner scored by Argentina international Paulo Dybala.
Parma preview: Stubborn Parma
Following the appointment of Mikel Arteta’s former assistant coach Carlos Cuesta, Parma begin the round of fixtures sitting just outside of the bottom three and the relegation places with just one win in their opening eight matches.
However, the visitors have been steadily improving in the last couple of months as they come into this one on the back of back-to-back goalless draws against Genoa and Como after the October international break.
Roma team news: Focus on Dybala
Paulo Dybala has been injury prone during his career at Roma but ‘La Joya’, as he is nicknamed, will be key to the Gasperini style and system now that he is fully fit.
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Svilar; Celik, Mancini, Ndicka; Wesley, Cristante, Kone, Tsimikas; Bailey, El Aynaoui; Dybala
Unavailable: Bove (Illness)
Questionable: Angelino (Illness)
Parma team news: Almqvist a doubt
Versatile attacker Pontus Almqvist is a doubt for the visitors, with fellow attackers, such as Matija Frigan, Jacob Ondrejka and Gaetano Pio Oristanio confirmed absentees.
Predicted XI (3-5-2): Suzuki; Del Prato, Circati, Valenti; Ordonez, Nahuel Estevez, Adrian Bernabe, Keita, Britschgi; Cutrone, Mateo Pellegrino
Unavailable: Valeri (Injured), Oristanio (Injured), Frigan (Injured), Ondrejka (Injured)
Questionable: Almqvist (Injured)
Roma vs Parma prediction
Roma have scored just eight goals in their eight games thus far. That is quite surprising for the Romans after the appointment of Gasperini, but it will be encouraging if they can begin to really gel and connect in attack. They face a Parma side at the Olimpico that have, staggeringly, notched just three goals in eight games and a low-scoring home win would appear the likeliest outcome for this one in midweek.
Roma vs Parma tip: Roma to win & under 3.5 goals
