Parma-Benevento is a Week 16 match of Serie B to be played on Thursday at 12:30: odds, predictions, live TV and streaming
Fabio Pecchia’s Parma, who were considered one of the favourites to win the Serie B at the start of the season, have been on a shaky run to say the least. And instead, after fifteen days, the ducali proceed in waves and struggle to find the right continuity, with the risk of making an anonymous tournament as it happened last year. After the 1-1 draw in Cagliari, the Gialloblù are fourth in the standings with 23 points, the same as Bari, Genoa and Brescia. The problem is that the first two, Frosinone and Reggina, have put the turbo into gear: the Calabrians have sprinted to +6 after their success in Brescia, while the Ciociari are even nine points ahead. The championship is still very long, but in the city of Emilia there is not to be too satisfied with the first part of the championship of Vazquez and his companions.
The home defeat to Palermo has thrown Fabio Cannavaro and his Benevento side, the great disappointment of this first part of the season, into despair. The decisive goal by Rosanero striker Brunori (0-1) interrupted a positive series that had lasted four days, causing the Campani to plunge once again into the playout zone. The coach, world champion as a player in the 2006 World Cup, has not yet found the right cure for a team that should have been fighting for decidedly more ambitious goals.
Parma-Benevento: latest line-up news
Improta
Pecchia should confirm Camara from the 1′ after the goal that put Parma ahead in Cagliari: the young Ivorian will be preferred again to Mihaila. In attack, Inglese should win in the duel with Tutino. In the midfield of Benevento, Karic, disqualified against Palermo, returns and Glik, back from the World Cup with his Poland, is among the summoned players. The two strikers should be Forte and Farias. La Gumina, struggling with muscle problems, is unlikely to make it.
The Prediction
Parma are one of the teams that, after Frosinone and Reggina, have scored the most points at home. And the recent derby defeat to Modena was an exception. The feeling is that we could see a hard-fought match between two teams fundamentally equipped for promotion, in which both are likely to score. The Emilians should take at least a point.
Parma-Benevento
From Parma v Benevento
- PARMA (4-2-3-1): Chichizola; Delprato, Osorio, Valenti, Oosterwolde; Juric, Estevez; Bernabé, Vazquez, Camara; Inglese.
- BENEVENTO (3-5-2): Paleari; Capellini, Glik, Pastina; Letizia, Improta, Schiattarella, Karic, Acampora; Forte, Farias.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-1
