Parma, 26 October 2023 - The Crociati’s next opponents will be Ascoli on matchday 11 of Serie BKT, scheduled for Saturday 28 October at 16:15 CEST at the Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca in Ascoli (like on Sky Sports and DAZN).
- Ascoli have won two of the last three games against Parma in Serie B (1L), after not winning any of their first seven games against the Crociati (3D, 4L).
- Parma hasn’t lost in their last five home games in Serie B against Ascoli (3W, 2D), keeping three clean sheets. They have faced the Marche side the most times (5) of the squads that the Crociati have never lost away to.
- Ascoli won their last league game, against Lecco, and are currently unbeaten in five games (2W, 3D); the side hasn't won six consecutive games in a single season since December 2021 when Adrea Sottil was manager.
- Ascoli has won five of their last eight home games in Serie B (2D, 1L), the same number of wins as in the previous 18 league games at home (6D, 7L).
- Parma has won 23 points in the first 10 games this season, an average of 2.3 points per game; the highest end-of-season average in the era of 3 points for a win in Serie B was 2.26 or 86 points in 36 games for Benevento in 2019/20.
- After a series of 4 away wins, Parma lost their last Serie B away day 2-3 against Venezia. The Crociati have scored at least 2 goals in the last 4 away games in the competition, the only time they have done better was in 2009 when they scored at least 2 goals in 9 games away from home.
- Ascoli and Parma are two of the three squads that have scored the most first-half goals this season (8, equal to Catanzaro); the Marche side have the highest percentage of goals scored in the first 45 minutes this Serie B season (67%).
- Parma has scored 20 goals with an Expected Goals value of 13.5, the 6.5 difference is the highest of any Serie B side. Regarding the defence, Pecchia’s side has conceded 8 goals compared to the 11.4 xG against, only Brescia has a better difference (5 v 3.4).
In the top 5 European leagues and their second divisions, Adrian Benedyczak is one of only five players born in 2001 to have scored more than 5 goals and get at least 1 assist so far this season. He is the youngest player in Serie A and Serie B to boast this tally.