Parma, 13 August 2024 – The Serie A Enilive season opener between Parma and Fiorentina is set for Saturday, 17 August, at the Ennio Tardini Stadium in Parma (kick-off at 18:30 CEST, live on Dazn). This match marks Parma’s return to the top flight.

Here are the stats and historical records for the match.

Parma have remained unbeaten in 8 of their last 9 Serie A encounters at the Tardini against Fiorentina (2 wins, 6 draws). The only away win for Fiorentina during this period was on 5 July 2020 (2-1 with all three goals coming from penalties: a brace from Erick Pulgar and a goal by Juraj Kucka). Only once in their Serie A history have Fiorentina and Parma faced each other on the opening day of the season: on 1 October 2000, also at the Tardini. The match ended in a 2-2 draw between Fatih Terim’s Fiorentina (with goals from Alessandro Pierini and Christian Amoroso) and Alberto Malesani’s Parma (with a brace from Marcio Amoroso). Fiorentina have not drawn any of their last 13 season-opening matches in Serie A (8 wins, 5 losses), winning the last two. The most recent opening day draw for Fiorentina was on 29 August 2010 (1-1 against Napoli).

• Parma earned 76 points in 38 matches in last season’s Serie B, equalling their record for points in a single Serie B season, set in 2008/09, though that season featured 42 matches. The Gialloblu also set a new club record for goals in a Serie B season, with 66 goals scored in the 2023/24 campaign.

• Parma have lost their last 9 Serie A matches, setting a new negative record for the club in the competition. Overall, the Gialloblu have won only one of their last 29 Serie A games (8 draws, 20 losses): a 2-0 victory over Roma on 14 March 2021.

• Fiorentina were the team that scored the most headed goals in last season’s Serie A (18). Extending this statistic to the top five European leagues in 2023/24, only Bayern Munich (19) scored more headers.

• Dennis Man completed the most dribbles in Serie B during the 2023/24 season (76). Additionally, the 25-year-old was the youngest among those who scored at least 10 goals and provided at least 5 assists in the last Serie B campaign, with 11 goals and 6 assists, totalling 17 goal contributions, 5 more than the 12 he had managed in the previous two seasons combined in the competition (9 goals and 3 assists).