Parma and Empoli are set to clash in the Serie A Week 9 match on Sunday, October 27, at the Ennio Tardini Stadium in Parma, Italy. In their last six encounters in Serie A, neither team has managed to replicate the same result twice in a row: Parma has secured two victories, while Empoli has claimed one, along with three draws, including their most recent face-off, which ended in a thrilling 3-3 tie on March 2, 2019.

Stats before the game

Empoli have not won any of their last seven Serie A matches (D4, L3) against newly promoted opponents, remaining dry of goals in the four most recent ones (three of these ended 0-0).

Parma have drawn three of their last four Serie A matches (L1), including the two most recent ones; the last time the Gialloblù collected three consecutive draws in the competition dates back to December 2020.

Empoli, close to totaling 600 points in their history in Serie A (currently 598), have lost their last two league games after remaining unbeaten in the previous eight (W3, D5); the last time the Tuscans recorded more consecutive defeats in the competition was last April (four in that case).

Parma have not won any of their last six Serie A games (D2, L4) played in the Sunday advance, after having found success in the previous three. On the other side, Empoli have lost without scoring five of their six most recent league games (W1) played on Sunday at 12:30.

Empoli's games have seen the fewest goals in the current top five European leagues: 11 in total, with six goals scored (only more than Lecce, Venezia, Crystal Palace and St. Pauli) and five conceded (only more than Juventus, Leipzig, Liverpool, Monaco, Union Berlin and Lens).

Players Stats

Ange-Yoan Bonny has scored three goals so far in the current tournament; only two Parma players have scored more goals in their debut season in Serie A in the first nine games of the season for the Ducali in the competition: Alessandro Melli (five in 1990/91) and Hristo Stoichkov (four in 1995/96).

Parma player Dennis Man is the player who has been involved in the most sequences of action ending with a shot in this Serie A: 48 (five of these ending with a goal); behind him are Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (47) and the Gialloblu Adrián Bernabé (47).

Emmanuel Gyasi, close to 150 appearances in Serie A (currently at 149), scored his only multiple goals in Serie A against Parma, on 27 February 2021; furthermore, in the current tournament he is the striker who has recovered the most possessions (32).



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