Parma vs Catania - prediction, team news, lineups

Parma Calcio 1913 volition big Catania FC astatine the Stadio Ennio Tardini successful the Coppa Italia circular of 64 connected Friday.

The Serie A broadside are beardown favourites, portion Catania are dealing with registration issues that person ruled respective caller signings retired of the fixture.

Match preview

Parma closed the 2025-26 Serie A play 13th, a comfy endurance that arrived nether Carlos Cuesta, who took the occupation successful June 2025 arsenic a first-time caput manager aft 5 years arsenic Mikel Arteta's adjunct astatine Arsenal.

Matteo Pellegrino topped the Gialloblu's scoring charts with 9 league goals arsenic Parma finished with 28 scored against 46 conceded, a antiaircraft grounds Cuesta inactive has to address.

The Crociati opened 2026/27 preparations astatine the Mutti Training Center successful Collecchio connected July 13 earlier decamping to Trentino for a campy successful Pinzolo, which included a triangular tourney astatine Trento's Briamasco Stadium connected July 25 against Sassuolo and the hosts.

Parma drew their archetypal summertime affable 1-1 against Arezzo successful Pinzolo connected July 30, Kouda finishing an Almqvist assistance earlier Sala equalised from distance, with Cuesta rotating his full broadside astatine the interruption and Frigan aboriginal hitting the crossbar.

A 2nd 1-1 followed connected August 2 against Walter Mazzarri's Iraklis Thessaloniki, Koljic putting the Greek broadside up aft the hr earlier substitute Mikolajewski levelled connected 75 minutes from a Kouda through-ball.

Cuesta's men closed their pre-season with a 0-2 decision to Sampdoria astatine the Tardini connected August 9, leaving attacking patterns inactive to sharpen earlier the run due begins.

The attraction present turns to Friday successful the Coppa Italia against Catania arsenic they look to spell past the circular of 16 this season.

Catania finished arsenic runners-up successful Serie C Group C with 19 wins, 13 draws and six defeats, a play that ended successful heartbreak erstwhile a 4-0 first-leg mauling astatine Ascoli successful the play-off semi-final proved excessively overmuch to overturn contempt a 2-1 triumph backmost astatine the Massimino.

The summertime since has been dominated by a registration crisis: the Rossazzurri missed the August 10 deadline to lodge a supplementary slope warrant with the federation, leaving astir 10 caller signings unregistered and exposing the nine to a points deduction — reported astatine 2 to 5 — erstwhile Serie C sporting justness rules connected the matter.

Emilio Longo, appointed from Crotone connected July 3 to regenerate Domenico Toscano, took his weakened Elefanti done the Coppa Italia preliminary circular anyway, drafting 1-1 with recently promoted Vicenza, Cicerelli's punishment cancelling retired Moncini's bicycle-kick opener earlier winning 5-4 connected spot-kicks.

That effect sends Longo's broadside to the Stadio Ennio Tardini connected Friday successful the circular of 32 necktie against Cuesta's Parma, a crisp measurement up from thing the Etnei faced successful the 3rd tier and a accidental to salvage immoderate momentum from a chaotic adjacent season.

Catania Coppa Italia form:

W

Team News

Zion Suzuki's near-complete €35m determination to PSG and whitethorn not beryllium progressive this weekend, which leaves Edoardo Corvi arsenic Parma's apt starting goalkeeper.

El Bilal Toure, connected indebtedness from Atalanta, debuted against Sampdoria and should commencement alongside Pellegrino and Frigan up front; caller accomplishment David Romero lone lands successful Parma the time earlier the match, ruling him out.

Emilio Longo again faces a threadbare squad aft Catania missed a 2nd bank-guarantee deadline connected August 10, leaving caller signings unregistered. 

Dini deputised successful extremity for the blocked Rinaldi against Filippo Vicenza and should commencement again, with lone astir 16 elder players available, Salvatore Caturano is eligible since his suspension applies lone to league matches, and defender Fabio Ponsi has been added arsenic exigency cover.

Parma imaginable starting lineup:

Corvi; Delprato, Trolio, Circati, Valeri; Ordonez, Sorensen, Keita; Frigan, Toure, Pellegrino

Catania imaginable starting lineup:

Dini; Raimo, Ierardi, Quaini, Donnarumma; Tacchio, Corbari, Jimenez; Cicerelli, Lunetta; Caturano

We say: Parma 2-0 Catania

Parma should caput into this fixture with confidence, with Carlos Cuesta aiming to usher his broadside into the adjacent circular of the competition.

The visitors are struggling for signifier but managed to bushed Vicenza successful the erstwhile round, however, Parma should person capable prime to debar an upset and unafraid their spot successful the adjacent round.

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