At the moment, Parma are fighting for survival, sitting in 16th place, while Inter are confidently leading the league

Parma vs. Inter is getting closer. The Nerazzurri take to the field on Saturday 5 April at 18:00 CEST at Stadio Tardini, on Serie A matchday 31. In the first meeting this season, Simone Inzaghi’s side won 3-1 at San Siro thanks to goals from Dimarco, Barella and Thuram.

This will be the 56th meeting between Parma and Inter in the Serie A. The overall balance favours the Nerazzurri who have 23 wins, compared to the Ducali’s 16 wins. There have been 16 draws in total between the teams. Inter are unbeaten in the last six matches in the league, confirming a positive trend in recent meetings. The Nerazzurri have scored at least two goals in each of the last five league meetings against the Gialloblù.

Simone Inzaghi’s side continue to impress this season and the statistics prove evident dominance: Inter have scored 13 headed goals, scored by seven different players. The Nerazzurri are also lethal in dead ball situations, in fact, they’re the side to have scored the goals from dead ball situations: 20, 10 from corners.

A perpetual source of inspiration on the left flank who possesses quality and proves to be ever more decisive. Federico Dimarco is having an extraordinary season: having scored four goals this year. He has only score more goals in two editions: five goals in the 2023/24 season (with Inter) and the 2020/21 season (Hellas Verona). In addition, he has recorded his highest number of assists in Serie A, six this season.

With his goal against Udinese, Davide Frattesi reached eleven goals in the Serie A since the start of last season. In terms of midfielders with at least ten goals, he has the best ratio of minutes to goals: one goal every 167 minutes.

Parma are one of Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s favourite sides to face: three goals scored in his career against the Gialloblù in the Serie A – the Inter number 22 has not scored more goals against any other side. Furthermore, he has contributed six goals against Parma, scoring three goals and recording three assists, two of which came in the clash in December, for Dimarco and Barella.

Parma have been coached by our former player and former Primavera coach, Cristian Chivu, and currently sit in 16th with 26 points. They have five wins and eleven draws, with 35 goals scored and 49 conceded. Nel mese di marzo sono state quattro le gare giocate dagli emiliani, con tre pareggi una sconfitta: al ko esterno sul campo dell’Udinese hanno fatto seguito il 2-2 contro il Torino, l’1-1 contro il Monza e lo 0-0 a Verona contro l’Hellas.

In the month of March, they played four games against the Emiliani, with three draws and a defeat: alongside their loss away to Udinese, they drew 2-2 against Torino, 1-1 against Monza then 0-0 against Hellas Verona.

Chivu prefers to go with a 4-3-3 with Suzuki in goal, a back four of Delprato, Vogliacco, Valenti and Valeri, the midfield is made up of Sohm, Keita and Bernabé and Man, Bonny and Almqvist lead the attack. The players unavailable for the match are: Benedyczak, Charpentier, Circati, Kowalski, Mihaila and Osorio.