SERIE A: JUVENTUS VS PARMA

Allianz Stadium, Turin — Sunday, August 24, 2025 | Kick-off: 20:45 CET

The curtain rises on the new Serie A season in Turin as Juventus welcome Parma in a clash rich with history, tradition, and narrative. One side begins under the weight of expectation, the other with the hunger of a challenger eager to prove it belongs.

Juventus — Tudor’s First Test

• New era under Igor Tudor: he’s backing Jonathan David as lead striker, with Vlahović sidelined by transfer uncertainty.

• The Bianconeri closed preseason with a confidence-boosting friendly win over Atalanta and now regain defensive anchor Bremer.

• Long-term target Kolo Muani remains in play before the transfer window closes — Juventus are not hiding their ambitions.

For Juve, the mission is simple: deliver a strong home debut and remind Serie A who still rules in Turin.

Parma — Cuesta’s Bold Step

• Parma entrusted their bench to Carlos Cuesta, just 30 years old — the youngest debutant coach in Serie A since 1936.

• Summer was turbulent: key players Leoni, Man, Sohm, and Bonny departed, leaving Cuesta to rebuild.

• They arrive with modest momentum after a Coppa Italia win over Pescara — useful, but no real benchmark for what awaits in Turin.

• The board’s objective is clear: survival. Yet the first night offers Cuesta the biggest stage imaginable.

Parma steps into the Olimpico spotlight with history against them but opportunity in their hands.

Key Stats & Curiosities

• Juventus: 61 wins in Serie A openers — the most of any club. Milan are next with 52.​

• Parma: first time in back-to-back Serie A seasons since 2019–21. Their last season opener vs Juve? August 2019 — lost 0-1.​

• This is the 5th time Juve and Parma meet in a Serie A opener — Juve won all 4 previous, by a combined 9–2 scoreline.​

• Juve starts the season with a foreign coach for the first time since 1973/74 (Vycpalek). That season? A debut win at home.​

• Cuesta: the youngest foreign coach to debut with Parma and the 3rd-youngest in Serie A history.​

• Parma avoided defeat in both league matches vs Juve last season (1W, 1D). They’ve not gone 3 unbeaten vs Juve since 2010–11.​

• Jonathan David has scored 15+ goals in each of the last 4 Ligue 1 seasons, joining an elite group (Haaland, Kane, Lewandowski, Mbappé, Salah).​

• Delprato (Parma defender) scored at Allianz last season inside 3 minutes — Parma’s 2nd-fastest ever goal vs Juve.​

• Juve: won 8 of their last 9 Serie A home matches (only loss 0-4 vs Atalanta).​

• Parma: 1 away win in their last 13 competitive matches.

Tactical Lens

• Juve thrive on fast transitions — they were Serie A’s top counterattacking scorers last season (11).​

• Parma, meanwhile, were second only to Milan in counter-attacking attempts (46). This could be a chess match of rapid breaks and mistakes punished.​

Expect Juventus to dominate possession and Parma to sit deep and hope to sting on the break.

Master Algor Rithm’s Prediction

Juventus 2–0 Parma​

Too much quality, too much history. Parma fight, but Juve’s depth — and David’s finishing — should tilt the opener clearly.

Betting Keys

Juventus to Win​

Multigoals Home 2–4​

Jonathan David Anytime Goalscorer (if starting)

What’s at Stake

• Juventus: launch Tudor’s reign with authority and show Serie A that last season’s flashes of progress are the baseline, not the ceiling.

• Parma: survival may be the goal, but a result here would be seismic — a statement of resilience and defiance to start their campaign.​

The stage is set in Turin: the Old Lady’s grand entrance vs the Ducali’s daring gamble. One aims to reignite dominance; the other to resist the script.