SERIE A

Across eight league matches, Parma’s 1-1-6 record and 19th-place standing fit a team struggling to keep games under control. They’ve scored 5 goals, but their xG total is 6.89, so the attack has actually run a little below expectation. Defensively, 15 goals allowed against 15.72 xGA shows the raw goals column looks bad, yet the shot quality they’ve conceded is still poor enough to keep pressure on them. Bologna are 2-2-4 and 13th, but their 12.72 xG and 11.08 xGA suggest a stronger side than the record shows. Shot volume leans Bologna as well, with 3.8 shots on target per match compared with Parma’s 3.5. Bologna have also been the more efficient chance creator, even if their finishing has come in below their xG, while Parma’s scoring rate has stayed modest for most of the season. That gap fits our projected 2-1 away result, because Bologna’s larger chance edge lines up better with the full-time result market than with a comfortable margin.
Our Parma vs Bologna prediction is Parma 1-2 Bologna. We like Bologna to win, with the playable entry threshold at -108, because their chance creation and overall xG profile are better than Parma’s. The biggest support is Parma’s weak xGA rate and Bologna’s stronger shot volume.