Parma, 11 January 2024 - Ascoli will be the team that Parma faces in the first match of 2024, scheduled for Sunday, 14 January at the 'Ennio Tardini' stadium in Parma (16:15 CET, live on Sky Sport, Dazn, and Now) for Matchday 20 of the Serie BKT. Here are the statistics and full match pack before Sunday’s match:

• Among the teams faced at least 10 times in Serie B, only against Avellino (58% - 7/12) does Parma have a higher percentage of victories than against Ascoli in the second division (55% - 6/11).

• After keeping a clean sheet in 6 of the previous 7 clashes with Ascoli in Serie B (excluding the 1-1 draw on June 9, 1974), Parma has conceded a goal in all the last 4 games against Ascoli in the competition.

• Since early April, among teams that have played more than 10 league games in the regular season, no team has lost fewer matches than Parma in the top five European leagues and their respective second divisions (only 2, on par with Liverpool, Bayer Leverkusen, and St. Pauli).

• Parma has remained unbeaten in the last 15 home games in Serie B (10W, 5D) and could record more consecutive home games without defeat in Serie B for the first time since the period between October 2017 and August 2021 (17 - 11W, 5D with Roberto D'Aversa; 1W with Enzo Maresca).

• Since early November, only Südtirol (seven) has lost more matches than Ascoli in the league (five, on par with Catanzaro); additionally, Ascoli has scored the fewest goals in the competition during this period (only four).

• Ascoli has lost 10 of the last 15 away games in Serie B (1W, 4D), with as many away defeats as in the previous 33 away games in Serie B.(17W, 6D).

• Parma is both a team that has won the most games once ahead in the scoreline in this Serie B (12 out of 13 total) and the one that has lost the fewest points while in winning positions in this campaign (only three).

• On the one hand, Parma is a team that has scored the most goals in the second half of the game in this campaign (22). Ascoli on the other, is a team that has scored the fewest in the second half of matches in this current season (only six).

• Only Daniele Casiraghi (14) has been actively involved in more goals than Dennis Man (12 - consisting of eight goals and four assists) in this campaign; in addition, if he scores against Ascoli, the Gialloblù winger will surpass his own seasonal record of home goals in Serie B set last season (three).