Seven-point Como host Parma after visitors score once in three games

Como’s unbeaten start meets Parma’s two-game losing run today at 16:30 UTC, with sixth-placed Como hosting 16th-placed Parma at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia. Como have seven points from three matches, while Parma have one; G. Mucera will referee the Round 4 fixture.

What's at stake

Como are three points behind Lazio’s league-leading 10 and six points clear of Parma. A Como win would keep their early push near the top moving, while a Parma victory would immediately cut the gap from six points and give the visitors a first league win of the season. A defeat would leave Parma with only one point after four rounds.

The numbers

Como have scored seven goals and conceded three across their first three games, compared with Parma’s one scored and four conceded. The form lines point in opposite directions: Como’s most recent results are draw, win, win, while Parma’s are loss, loss, draw.

Parma’s away record is 0W 0D 1L, with no goals scored and two conceded. Como have not yet played a home match in the available season data, so today is their first listed fixture at the Sinigaglia; their overall goal difference is plus four.

One to watch

M. Baturina has produced two goals and one assist in three appearances for Como, placing him level with Assane Diao on the scorer chart among players from these squads. Baturina’s contribution gives Como a direct attacking reference against a Parma side that has scored once in three league games.

Why it matters

Como can strengthen a 2W 1D 0L start and stay within three points of Lazio, but J. Addai is unavailable with an Achilles tendon injury. Parma need a response after two consecutive losses; H. Nicolussi Caviglia is out with a groin injury, while A. Bernabe, S. Britschgi and O. Diallo are listed as questionable.