Parma-Spal is a Serie B Week 18 match to be played on Sunday at 14:00: odds, predictions, TV and streaming.
Despite numerous injuries and a poor continuity of performance, Fabio Pecchia’s Parma manage to keep themselves stable in the playoff zone, in that small group of teams trying not to lose contact with the top two positions. That of the Gialloblù is certainly not the top championship that the ambitious ownership dreamed of last summer, but nothing is compromised yet. Fundamental, meanwhile, was the victory obtained on Monday at home against Brescia.
The Ducali needed to get out of the mini-crisis they had fallen into as soon as possible due to the previous three matches, in which they had barely managed a point between Modena, Cagliari and Benevento, losing two games in front of their own public. Furthermore, the success in Lombardy, which bore the signatures of Man and Bonny – one goal each – put an end to an away win streak that had been going on since last September. Now Pecchia is looking for confirmations to find out if the complicated moment is definitely behind them. And there is no better way to find out than in another all-Emilian derby – the second in a few weeks after the one with Modena – with Daniele De Rossi’s Spal.
The former Roma captain has yet to make a breakthrough since being appointed by the Ferrara club, which is floundering in the lower reaches of the table. Spal have not won since that 5-0 win over Cosenza last October, racking up two defeats and four draws. The last one came on Sunday against Palermo: Meccariello had put the Estense side ahead, but a few minutes later came the equaliser from Rosanero Brunori. If Serie B ended today for Spal there would be a risky playout
Parma-Spal: latest line-up news
Striker Charpentier returns to Pecchia’s side but will start from the bench. The coach opts for a 4-3-3 with Vazquez as a false nueve. The list of unavailable players is still very long, including Ansaldi, Buffon and Mihaila.
De Rossi
Spal’s only absentee is Moncini. De Rossi then has the goalkeeper doubt: Thiam should undermine Alfonso. It will be 3-5-2 with Finotto and La Mantia forming the attacking tandem
The Prediction
Parma should be able to avoid defeat this time – it would be their third at home – and the away win in Brescia could be a turning point. The Ducali seem to be slight favourites against a Spal side who have not won for seven days. The total goals will most likely be at least two on the afternoon at the ‘Tardini’.
The likely line-up for Parma v Spal
- PARMA (4-3-3): Chichizola; Delprato, Osorio, Valenti, Oosterwolde; Estevez, Bernabé, Juric; Man, Vazquez, Tutino.
- SPAL (3-5-2): Thiam; Dalle Mura, Meccariello, Peda; Dickmann, Murgia, Esposito, Maistro, Celia; La Mantia, Finotto.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-1
