Comments and predictions for Parma vs Fiorentina: Tormenting the rookie

Latest Parma vs Fiorentina squad information

Parma have a few fitness issues ahead of Saturday's game. Brazilian midfielder Hernani is out with a calf injury, while French striker Yoan Bonny is also a doubt with the same problem. Gabriel Charpentier is out with a muscle strain, but Emanuele Valeri and Japanese goalkeeper Zion Suzuki could be given a chance to start.

While Bonny remains a doubt, Romanian winger Dennis Man will be available. Man completed the most dribbles in Serie B last season and was involved in 17 goals.

Parma, meanwhile, will be without captain Enrico Del Prato through suspension, and defensive duo Luca Ranieri and Yerry Mina will also be sidelined through suspensions stemming from their Fiorentina days. Andrea Colpani, who scored eight goals in Serie A last season, followed coach Raffaele Palladino to Parma from Monza. He could make his debut, along with ex-Juventus striker Moise Kean and Croatian defender Marin Pongracic. David de Gea, a standout signing, could start on the bench.

Pongracic was signed to replace Nikola Milenkovic, who left for Nottingham Forest. This summer, Fiorentina also parted ways with several key players, including Andrea Belotti, Giacomo Bonaventura, Gaetano Castrovilli, Alfred Duncan, and Arthur. Although Nico Gonzalez was the club's top scorer with 12 goals last season, transfer rumors involving Juventus or Atalanta BC mean his chances of playing at the Stadio Tardini are still in doubt.

Latest expected lineup for Parma vs Fiorentina

Parma: Suzuki; Coulibaly, Osorio, Balogh, Valeri; Sohm, Estevez; Man, Bernabe, Mihaila; Bonny

Fiorentina: Terracciano; Martinez Quarta, Pongracic, Biraghi; Dodo, Amrabat, Mandragora, Parisi; Sotil, Colpani; Kean

Latest comments before the match Parma vs Fiorentina

Parma have officially returned to Serie A after winning the Serie B title, three points ahead of second-placed Como. This is Parma's first time in the top flight since 2021. The Emilian side, who enjoyed great success in the 1990s, have had a difficult time after facing a financial crisis, leading to them being relegated to the lower divisions.

However, under coach Fabio Pecchia, Parma came back strongly, winning 76 points and equaling the club's record points tally in a Serie B season.

Three years ago, Parma ended the Serie A season in dismal form, losing all nine of their last 29 games and winning just one of their last 29. This season, they returned to action in the first round of the Coppa Italia, but a 1-0 defeat to Palermo saw them exit the competition early. Attention now turns to Serie A, where Parma kick off the new campaign against Fiorentina, a team they lost just once in nine home games before leaving Serie A.

Fiorentina, under new coach Raffaele Palladino, will start the 2024-25 season after suffering disappointing defeats in the Europa Conference League and Coppa Italia finals under Vincenzo Italiano. Palladino, who has just moved from Monza, will be tasked with taking Fiorentina past the heartbreak of last season and continuing to compete in the Conference League.

Despite struggling in friendlies in England, Fiorentina have enjoyed impressive wins over Montpellier and Grosseto, scoring seven goals in the most recent game.

Parma will enter the new season with home advantage and familiarity with Pecchia’s tactics, while Fiorentina, under Palladino, will need time to adapt to the new system and continue to strengthen their squad through the transfer market. The two teams will meet in the opening match of Serie A, marking a new start full of expectations for both sides.

Parma vs Fiorentina score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Parma vs Fiorentinaas follows:

• Sportsmole:Parma 1-1 Fiorentina

• WhoScore:Parma 0-1 Fiorentina
• Our newspaper predicts:Parma 1-2 Fiorentina

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