Parma vs. Inter, stats and numbers: guide to the match

After the win against Bologna that officially began Inter’s 2026, the Nerazzurri are preparing for their first away match of the year, to be played at the Tardini against Parma, coached by Carlos Cuesta. Thanks to the three points earned at San Siro, Chivu’s side have confirmed their place at the top of the table on 39 points, while Parma, coming off a 1-1 draw with Sassuolo, sit on 18 points from 4 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats. The midweek league fixture, on Serie A matchday 19, is scheduled for Wednesday 7 January at 20:45 CET.

PARMA VS. INTER | PREVIOUS MEETINGS

Wednesday’s match will be the 57th Serie A meeting between Parma and Inter: the Nerazzurri lead the head-to-head with 23 wins to 16, alongside 17 draws. Inter are unbeaten in their last seven league games against Parma (4 wins, 3 draws). There has been great balance in the 19 Serie A matches at the Tardini since 2000: seven wins apiece and five draws, with 25 goals scored by Parma and 23 by Inter.

INTER'S NUMBERS

The Nerazzurri head into the Tardini clash top of the table and with the league’s best attack, having scored 38 goals. Leading the individual charts is also Lautaro Martínez, the current top scorer with 10 goals. Inter have won six of their eight away matches this season (2 draws) and have recorded five consecutive league victories for the first time in this Serie A campaign.

No team has scored more headed goals than the Nerazzurri in the current league season (six, level with Napoli and Cremonese). Chivu’s side are also the team that have scored the most goals following high turnovers in this Serie A, with six, at least two more than any other side.

STATS AND NUMBERS

- Lautaro Martínez has scored in five consecutive Serie A appearances: the last Inter player to find the net in six straight league matches was Julio Cruz between October and December 2007 (he actually reached seven on that occasion). Only Alessandro Altobelli (eight), Giuseppe Meazza and Benito Lorenzi (nine each) have recorded more different seasons with double-digit goals in Inter’s history than Lautaro Martínez (seven, including 10 goals in the current Serie A season).

- Parma, along with Como, are one of the two teams Marcus Thuram has always scored against in Serie A. The French forward found the net in both of his previous top-flight appearances against the Ducali, scoring in both the home and away fixtures in last season’s campaign.

- Federico Dimarco is the player who has created the most clear-cut chances for his teammates this season across the top five European leagues (16). Dimarco has also reached 40 goal involvements in Serie A with Inter (17 goals and 23 assists) and is one of only two Inter defenders to reach this milestone since the league returned to a 20-team format (from 2004/05), alongside Maicon (58). His first-ever Serie A goal came while wearing the Parma shirt, ironically against Inter, on 15 September 2018 at San Siro.

- Parma (3 goals + 4 assists) is one of the two teams against which Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been involved in the most goals in his career across the top five European leagues: seven goal contributions, tied with Werder Bremen – including a brace against Parma on 22 November 2020 while playing for Roma.

- Among the former players in the match are Ange-Yoan Bonny, who made 109 Serie A appearances with Parma, and Alessandro Bastoni, who played 24 Serie A games for Parma in the 2018/19 season, scoring his first Serie A goal on 5 May 2019 against Sampdoria.

- Hakan Çalhanoğlu has been involved in four Serie A goals against Parma (one goal and three assists), all of which came while he was playing for Milan in 2020.

THE OPPOSITION | PARMA

Parma head into the clash with Inter sitting 14th in the table with 18 points and a game in hand. The Gialloblù have so far recorded four wins, six draws and seven defeats, scoring 24 goals and conceding 14. They come into the midweek league fixture on the back of two positive results, having beaten Fiorentina and drawn against Sassuolo.

With 12 goals scored, Carlos Cuesta’s side have one of the two weakest attacks in the league, level with Lecce. Almost half of Parma’s goals have been scored by Mateo Pellegrino, the team’s top scorer with five goals. Along with Cremonese, Parma are one of the teams with the highest percentage of headed goals in this Serie A season: 33% (4 out of 12). Overall, no team have scored more headers than Inter in the current championship (six, level with Napoli and Cremonese).

DISCIPLINARY SITUATION

SUSPENDED Parma: - Inter: -

CAUTIONED Parma: - Inter: -

REFEREE

L'arbitro di Parma-Inter, gara valida per la 19ª giornata di Serie A, sarà Andrea Colombo della sezione di Como Arbitro: Colombo Assistenti: Vecchi – Palermo Quarto ufficiale: Perenzoni VAR: La Penna Assistente VAR: Camplone

PARMA VS. INTER, HOW TO WATCH ON TV

Parma vs. Inter, a match valid for Matchday 19 of the 2025/26 Serie A, will be played on Wednesday 7 January at 20:45 CET and will be broadcast live exclusively on DAZN and on Sky. The match will be available via the DAZN app on smart TVs and streamed on PCs, smartphones and tablets, as well as on Sky Go and NOW TV on supported mobile devices.

UPDATES ON INTER TV

As always, Inter TV will provide updates and live connections in the build-up to the match, with the latest news from Parma ahead of kick-off. Our Live Match pre-show will be on air from 19:15 CET and will also be available until 20:00 on YouTube and Twitch via the Club’s official channels. After the final whistle, there will be in-depth analysis and interviews.