Last year Parma never managed to beat Perugia in a league double-header. The feeling is that this spell may come to an end on the second day of this championship. Not only because both have changed, and a lot, but also because of the qualities that will take the field at Perugia’s Curi. The guests, objectively speaking, by taking Fabio Pecchia on the bench after his promotion with Cremonese, have definitely sent an important signal to all the others. They do not want to stay another year in Serie B, even though a home draw against Bari came on their debut. Of course, last year Parma would certainly have lost those matches. In short, there have been improvements.
It didn’t go well at all for Perugia, who lost on the field of the newly-promoted Palermo, never giving the feeling of being able to put the Rosanero in difficulty. Corini’s side had the better of all areas of the pitch, while Castori’s side showed how many of their mechanisms still needed to be ironed out.
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The Prediction
Parma have what it takes to find their first league win against Perugia, who have changed a lot since last year and don’t look like a team that is ready yet. For Pecchia’s side the opportunity is a big one and they are unlikely to let it slip through their fingers.
Perugia v Parma
likely line-ups
PERUGIA (3-5-2): Gori; Sgarbi, Curado, Dell’Orco; Casasola, Iannoni, Vulic, Kouan, Righetti; Melchiorri, Di Serio.
PARMA (4-2-3-1): Chichizola; Del Prato, Rmagnoli, Valenti, Oosterwolde; Estevez, Bernabe; Man, Vazquez, Mihaila; Inglese.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-3
