Parma and Cagliari are set to sign off week six of Serie in the Monday night fixture, with both sides badly in need of a victory. This match marks only the second away game of the season for the Rossoblu, who are still in search of their first win under manager Davide Nicola.
In contrast, the home team, led by Fabio Pecchia, come into the game with high spirits following a strong start to the campaign. A positive victory against Milan was followed by a last-minute defeat to Napoli and a nail-biting 3-2 loss to Udinese, having gone down to 10 men.
The Gialloblu will be buoyed by last weekends draw against Lecce, a game where they were behind for 92 minutes, only to snatch two late goals in stoppages to share the spoils.
Cagliari are rooted firmly to the foot of the table, having managed to scrape just two points so far this season, followed by three losses in a row. Leonardo Pavlotelli is still expected to be out for this match, joined by Jakub Jankto and Matteo Prati.
Parma will be without the services of Matteo Cancellieri, following his red card, while Mateusz Kowalski and Nahuel Estévez are still struggling with injuries.
Probable Parma lineup (4-2-3-1): Suzuki; Coulibaly, Balogh, Osorio, Valeti; Mandela Keita, Bernabé; Man, Hernani, Mihaila; Bonny.
Probable Cagliari lineup (4-2-3-1): Scuffet; Zappa, Mina, Luperto, Augello; Deiola, Marin; Zortea, Gaetano, Luvumbo; Piccoli.
