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Parma vs AC Milan: Preview, predictions, workforce information

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Each Parma and AC Milan will look to earn their first win of the 2024/25 Serie A season this weekend because the newly promoted aspect put together to host the Italian giants on Saturday.

Parma topped Serie B final season, incomes their place in Serie A for the primary time since 2021. Fabio Pecchia’s squad may need collected a hard-fought level in opposition to a strong Fiorentina workforce of their opening league fixture, however dealing with AC Milan shall be a a lot more durable take a look at. The house crowd shall be behind them, although, for a lift in opposition to the 19-time Serie A winners.

Milan additionally solely earned some extent final weekend in what was a late-game comeback in opposition to Torino, led by Alvaro Morata and Noah Okafor. The disappointing outcome just isn’t how Paulo Fonseca’s males needed to kickstart their contemporary marketing campaign, particularly after ending final season 19 factors behind Inter Milan. Now, they have to bounce again in opposition to final yr’s Serie B winners.

This is 90min’s information to Parma vs AC Milan on the Stadio Tardini.

Parma vs AC Milan H2H document (final 5 video games)

Present type (all competitions)

Parma

AC Milan

Parma 1-1 Foirentina – Aug. 17, 2024

Milan 2-2 Torino – Aug. 17, 2024

Parma 0-1 Palermo – Aug. 11, 2024

Barcelona 2-2 Milan (3-4 pens) – Aug. 6, 2024

Parma 4-1 Atalanta – Aug. 4, 2024

Milan 1-0 Actual Madrid – July 31, 2024

Heidenheim 1-0 Parma – July 31, 2024

Manchester Metropolis 2-3 Milan – July 27, 2024

Galatasaray 0-2 Parma – July 27, 2024

Speedy Wien 1-1 Milan – July 20, 2024

Nation

TV channel/dwell stream

United States

CBS, Paramount+, FuboTV

United Kingdom

OneFootball

Enrico Del Prato

Count on Enrico Del Prato to return to Parma’s beginning XI. / Ciancaphoto Studio/GettyImages

Parma’s backline will get a lift with the return of Enrico Del Prato from suspension. The 24-year-old made 35 appearances in his workforce’s Serie B successful marketing campaign final season, and can have to be at his finest to cease the the attacking prowess of Milan.

A number of gamers stay a doubt to characteristic within the match as a consequence of harm, together with Hernani and Gabriel Charpentier. Adrian Benedyczak remains to be recovering from ankle surgical procedure.

Parma predicted lineup vs AC Milan ( 4-2-3-1 ): Suzuki; Coulibaly, Del Prato, Circati, Valeri; Estevez, Bernabe; Man, Sohm, Mihaila; Bonny

Alvaro Morata

Alvaro Morata will miss Milan’s match in opposition to Parma. / Marco Mantovani/GettyImages

Milan shall be with out new signing, Alvaro Morata, after the previous Atletico Madrid man suffered a muscle harm to his left leg. The striker scored in his debut to kickstart his aspect’s comeback victory in opposition to Torino, however will now be sidelined for a minimum of three weeks.

Count on Theo Hernandez, together with new signings Strahinja Pavlovic and Youssouf Fofana, to characteristic in Paulo Fonseca’s XI after Milan struggled defensively final weekend. Emerson Royal might additionally get the nod over Davide Calabria ought to the supervisor need to make three adjustments on the again.

AC Milan predicted lineup vs Parma ( 4-2-3-1 ): Maignan; Calabria, Tomori, Pavlovic, Hernandez; Fofana, Loftus-Cheek; Chukwueze, Pulisic, Leao; Jovic

Even with out Morata up prime, Milan ought to nonetheless discover nice success in opposition to a Parma aspect that scored zero objectives in opposition to Serie B’s Palermo within the first spherical of the Coppa Italia simply two weeks in the past. So long as Fonseca shores up his backline, the 19-time Serie A winners ought to comfortably defeat the newly promoted Parma.

Prediction: Parma 0-2 AC Milan

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