Serie A: Parma vs Juventus is 11 vs 11

Parma vs Juventus

Take a look at the Serie A: Parma vs Juventus odds and you might think one of the teams may as well take the day off. But football doesn’t work like that!

The Ennio Tardini Stadium in Parma is the venue for Serie A: Parma vs Juventus and with the hosts at over 15.00 to win on their home soil surely we can expect a walkover.

Let me tell you this. Max Allegri’s champions take nothing for granted. How do you think they have won seven Scudetto’s on the bounce?

Roberto D’Aversa’s Parma can enjoy this game. They can play without pressure and it’s almost a free hit in football terms. And that’s what will make them dangerous opponents.

Talking Points

As if he was in need of any more adulation, Cristiano Ronaldo has just been awarded the UEFA Goal of the Season for his spectacular overhead kick for Real Madrid against Juventus last April. Some Bianconeri fans have been a little baffled by the club congratulating him…for scoring against their own team; and you can see their point!

The new darling of Turin succeeds a team-mate as the winner of the prize, Mario Mandzukic bagging it last with his own overhead kick against guess who? Yep, Real Madrid!

The Croatian star was on target again in a comfortable home win over Lazio last week but the Bianconeri’s opening fixture against Chievo was far from easy. The champions had to wait until the 93^rd minute before Federico Bernadeschi grabbed the decider in a five goal thriller. That’s the type of information D’Aversa will use to encourage his underdogs.

Parma are back in the top flight after a dramatic last-day away win gave them the second automatic promotion place. It’s the first time the Crociati have been in Serie A since 2015 when they were dumped out unceremoniously having been declared bankrupt, with debts of £54m. It was a humiliating end to a campaign in which the players went unpaid, washed their own kit and drove the team bus!

Parma were then reformed as a Serie D club and have worked its way back to the top with three successive promotions. But even that success has been tainted by scandal.

As recently as 23^rd July, the club was given a five-point deduction for the upcoming Serie A season following the exposure of text messages from player Emanuele Calaio, asking for ‘reduced effort’ from two players of Spezia before Parma beat them 2-0 to secure promotion.

The points deduction has since been rescinded, but how do the Parma fans feel about it after all they’ve had to endure?

They’re a patient bunch in Parma but will have been seriously disappointed not to win their first home game, against Udinese, having led 2-0 early in the second half. And then the Crociati suffered a first defeat since their return to the top flight, losing by a single goal away to SPAL who worked hard to survive their debut in Serie A last season.

Bruno Alves plans to stop his Portugal teammate Cristiano Ronaldo when they meet at the Serie A: Parma vs Juventus game — Portugal’s Bruno Alves juggles the ball during the team’s official training before World Cup match against Spain

Goakeeper Luigi Sepe and experienced Portugal centre back Bruno Alves will be in for a difficult day against Ronaldo and chums, but if they can somehow keep the Bianconeri out then loan striker Roberto Inglese could be the man to test the visitors’ own rearguard.

History

Juventus are aiming for a record eighth Scudetto and a 35^th in their long and illustrious history; while the northern Italy city of Parma is more famous for its ham. But the Crociati have had 25 seasons in the top flight of Italian football, winning the Coppa Italia three times, and had its best season in 1997, finishing as runners ups.

Serie A: Parma vs Juventus results tell an interesting story. The head-to-heads are not as one-sided as you may think with nine Parma wins, 13 draws and 20 Juventus victories. Argentine midfielder Jose Mauri was on target as Parma won the last game between these two teams, back in 2015.

The previous four went rather more to form though with Juve winning them all, three by a single goal and one 7-0 massacre.

Betting Tip

	Parma vs Juventus	Parma Asian Handicap +2.00 @ 1.94
	September 2, 02:30 (GMT+8)

If Parma can fight as hard as they have in their recent meetings, bar one, with the Bianconeri then they could be good value.

1.18 for Juventus away from home, and hosts Parma at 15.50 suggest an easy afternoon for the visitors. But the SBOBET offer for a draw is 6.20, and that’s not entirely out of the question when you consider the early performances of each side.

Parma are available at 2.81 to be hanging on at half time and 0-2 is the most likely result at odds of 5.00.

Ronaldo is bound to announce his arrival sooner or later; Parma had better hope it’s after this weekend!