Before the match
Atalanta came into the game with one win, two draws and two defeats from their last five outings, scoring 11 goals and conceding 12. On 29 October, Atalanta recorded a 2-2 draw visiting Fiorentina.
29 October: Atalanta drew 2-2 against Fiorentina away from home in Serie A, scoring two goals and allowing two. Against Frosinone in Serie A, Atalanta scored four and conceded four on 25 October; the at home result was 4-4. Atalanta's away from home game on 18 October (Serie A) ended 2-3 against Milan, with two goals for and three against. On 12 October, Venezia FC faced Atalanta in Serie A: Atalanta won 3-1 at home, having scored three and conceded one. Serie A, 20 September brought an away meeting with Juventus; Atalanta lost 0-2, a return of zero goals scored and two conceded.
Atalanta stood 13th in the results-based Serie A table before kickoff, with 11 points from nine matches.
Parma: one win, one draw and three defeats over five games; three goals scored, nine conceded, failing to score in three of those games. Latest: a 0-0 draw at home to Udinese on 28 October.
On 28 October, Udinese faced Parma in Serie A: Parma drew 0-0 at home, having scored zero and conceded zero. Serie A, 24 October brought an away meeting with Lazio; Parma lost 1-2, a return of one goal scored and two conceded. Parma hosted Torino on 19 October (Serie A) and lost 0-3; their goals totalled zero, compared with three conceded. Inter hosted Parma (Serie A) on 10 October. For Parma, the score was 0-3: zero goals scored, three allowed. 2-1 was Parma's result against Genoa on 20 September (Serie A), playing at home; Parma won, with two scored to one conceded.
five points in nine matches put Parma 18th in the pre-match results-based Serie A standings.
Previous meetings in our records: a 4-0 home win for Atalanta on 25 January and a 1-1 draw at Parma on 30 August 2025.
After the match
Giovanni Fabbian opened the scoring in the 41st minute for Parma, set up by Vincent Sierro, to make it 1-0. Davide Zappacosta (an own goal) added to the tally 47 minutes into the game for Parma to make it 2-0. With the 3rd goal, Parma extended the lead through Simone Lontani 58 minutes into the game, set up by Giovanni Fabbian, to make it 3-0. Our current Elo ratings make Atalanta slightly the stronger side, by 66 rating points over Parma, even though it was Parma who won this one. On current ratings our Elo-Poisson model gives Parma only a 20.2% chance in this pairing, the least likely of the three outcomes. Atalanta made four changes. Parma: five substitutions. Parma conceded no goals.