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Bologna and Parma are set to clash in the Serie A Week 7 match on Sunday, October 6, 2024, at the Renato Dall'Ara Stadium in Bologna, Italy. Bologna has been on a remarkable run, remaining unbeaten in their last nine encounters against Parma in Serie A, with a record of four wins and five draws. This impressive streak marks a new high for the Rossoblu against the Ducali in the league. The last time Parma triumphed in this Emilian derby in the top division was on December 22, 2012, when they staged a comeback to win 2-1 at the Dall'Ara, thanks to goals from Jaime Valdés and Nicola Sansone after Frederik Sörensen had initially put Bologna ahead.
Bologna has secured victories in their last two encounters with Parma in Serie A during the 2020/21 season. However, they have yet to achieve a third consecutive win against the Gialloblu in the top division. Will today be the day they accomplish that?
Parma started strong with three wins in their first three away matches against Bologna in Serie A from April 1991 to March 1998. Since then, they've managed to win just one out of their last 15 away games against the Rossoblu, with a record of 6 draws and 8 losses, the lone victory being a 2-1 win on December 22, 2012.
This season, Bologna has drawn four out of their six matches (with one win and one loss). If they manage to secure five draws in their first seven Serie A games, it would mark the fifth time in their history, the last occurrence being in the 1989/90 season.
Bologna have drawn their last six league matches at the Dall’Ara and have never recorded more consecutive home draws in Serie A (six between May and November 1981).
In September 2024, no team has collected fewer points in Serie A than Parma (one, like Genoa) and no team has conceded more goals (eight like Genoa, Cagliari, Verona and Udinese).
Parma (eight) and Bologna (six) are two of the four teams that have lost the most points from leading situations in this Serie A season (Atalanta and Venezia also have six).
Parma's defense has struggled significantly in the second halves of this championship, allowing 10 goals, and they’ve been particularly vulnerable in the last 30 minutes of matches, conceding eight goals during that time. Overall, they share the title of having the weakest defense alongside Atalanta, with 12 goals conceded. Additionally, they are one of the teams that have faced the most shots from opponents, matching Torino with a total of 105.
Player Stats
Santiago Castro has scored in the last three league games; only two foreign players for Bologna have found the net in at least four consecutive Serie A games in the three points for a win era (since 1994/95): Julio Cruz (five between March and April 2002) and Musa Barrow (four on two occasions – between June and July 2020 and between September and October 2021).
Dennis Man has scored three goals in these first six matchdays of the championship (all at home): the last Parma player able to score at least four goals in the first seven games played by Parma in a Serie A tournament was Antonio Cassano (four in 2014/15).
