Serie A Gameweek 26 Sun, Feb 28 · 17:30 Stadio Ennio Tardini, Parma
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Away travel27 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d2 · 2
Real contextStrength only
Parma—%
Draw—%
Sassuolo—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Parma)

Forecast from 13 Feb

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Parma and Sassuolo. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

ParmaSassuolo
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
28 Current StrengthIn forecast 32
20 AttackIn forecast 41
33 DefenceIn forecast 32
23 Form indexContext 32
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Parma

Attack—
Defense risk—

Sassuolo

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

ParmaSassuolo
0.57 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.71
1.86 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.00
0.67 xGVia Att/Def 1.55
1.72 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.31
-0.10 Goals minus xGContext +0.16
43% Scored inContext 100%
0% Clean sheetsContext 0%
10.57 ShotsContext 15.86
3.43 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 6.43
32% On target shareContext 41%
7.50 Shots in the boxContext 9.57
65% Box shareContext 60%
5% ConversionContext 11%
1.83 OffsidesContext 2.17
17.00 Shots allowedContext 15.71
5.29 On target allowedVia Att/Def 6.57
4.29 BlocksContext 4.43
3.57 Goalkeeper savesContext 4.57
68% Save rateContext 70%
43% PossessionIn forecast 48%
394 PassesContext 446
324 Accurate passesContext 387
82% Pass accuracyContext 87%
6.62 Team ratingContext 6.80
9.86 FoulsContext 9.71
15.43 Fouls sufferedContext 11.43
1.57 Yellow cardsContext 1.29
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
0.70 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.50
1.70 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.00
0.70 xGVia Att/Def 1.57
1.77 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.37
+0.00 Goals minus xGContext -0.07
50% Scored inContext 90%
10% Clean sheetsContext 0%
10.30 ShotsContext 14.30
3.20 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.80
31% On target shareContext 41%
7.50 Shots in the boxContext 9.00
63% Box shareContext 62%
7% ConversionContext 11%
2.11 OffsidesContext 2.00
16.20 Shots allowedContext 15.20
5.10 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.70
4.50 BlocksContext 3.80
3.60 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.80
71% Save rateContext 67%
42% PossessionIn forecast 51%
367 PassesContext 458
300 Accurate passesContext 397
82% Pass accuracyContext 87%
6.71 Team ratingContext 6.79
10.50 FoulsContext 9.80
14.10 Fouls sufferedContext 11.50
1.60 Yellow cardsContext 1.40
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Parma
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km1,272 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 23 · 4 pts vs 7.4 for an average club · -1.4 vs expected
  • L19 OctH · Torino0–31.3 xPts
  • L10 OctA · Inter0–30.3 xPts
  • W20 SepH · Genoa2–11.6 xPts
  • L14 SepA · Como1–20.4 xPts
  • D6 SepH · Monza1–11.8 xPts
Sassuolo
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel27 km471 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 32 · 5 pts vs 7.2 for an average club · -1.1 vs expected
  • L16 OctA · Frosinone2–41.3 xPts
  • D11 OctH · AC Milan1–11.2 xPts
  • L18 SepA · Monza1–21.6 xPts
  • W13 SepH · Juventus3–21.1 xPts
  • D6 SepA · Bologna2–20.9 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Parma Sassuolo
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Serie A 2026-2027, 21 Feb7Serie A 2026-2027, 21 Feb
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km27 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways1,272 km471 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 41 / 2 / 4
Next matchdays after this one77

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Parma Last XI · not confirmed
3-4-2-1 · vs Torino (H) 0–3, 19 Oct
40E. Corvi(G)
15E. Delprato 37Mariano Troilo 34Diego Carlos
14E. Valeri 16L. Keita 10Adrián Bernabé 27Sascha Britschgi
19E. Touré 80G. Fabbian
9D. Romero
Sassuolo Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Frosinone (A) 2–4, 16 Oct
49A. Murić(G)
3J. Doig 15D. Ćaleta-Car 26C. Odenthal 20I. Van der Brempt
50D. Bakola 18N. Matić
45A. Laurienté 42K. Thorstvedt 10D. Berardi
94S. Esposito

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Parma Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Sassuolo Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Parma · Home 1.00points per game · 4 home games
W-D-L
1-1-2
Scored
0.75
Conceded
1.50
Sassuolo · Away 0.25points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
0-1-3
Scored
1.50
Conceded
2.50

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 3 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 2 of 2 meetings

1 Parma wins1 draws0 Sassuolo wins
Goals per game1.00 – 0.50 Over 2.50% Both scored50% Clean sheets50% · 0%
  • 24 May 2026Parma1–0Sassuolo
  • 3 Jan 2026Sassuolo1–1Parma

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

Parma7 games · scored 4 · conceded 13
2 0-15
3 16-30
1 2 31-45
1 46-60
3 61-75
2 3 76-90
Sassuolo7 games · scored 12 · conceded 14
1 2 0-15
1 2 16-30
2 1 31-45
2 3 46-60
2 3 61-75
4 3 76-90
Parma10 games · scored 7 · conceded 17
2 0-15
4 16-30
1 2 31-45
2 1 46-60
3 61-75
4 5 76-90
Sassuolo10 games · scored 15 · conceded 20
1 3 0-15
2 3 16-30
2 1 31-45
3 3 46-60
2 5 61-75
5 5 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.