Stat Attack: Facts to know before Parma visit

Roma welcome Parma to the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday, looking to stretch their unbeaten league run to seven matches.

Here are 10 pre-match facts worth knowing ahead of the fixture, which kicks-off at 15:00 CET…

A lot of losses on one side...

No team has beaten Parma more times than Roma in Serie A, with the Giallorossi bagging 32 wins out of 52 league meetings (61.5 per cent) between the two.

… And not a lot on the other

This weekend’s visitors have actually only beaten Roma at the Olimpico once in 26 matches in the capital throughout the two clubs’ histories; a 1-0 Parma victory back in April, 1997.

A long unbeaten run

Roma’s home record against the Gialloblu rams home their dominance in this fixture and they are unbeaten in their last 19 when hosting Parma in Serie A - a run that dates back to 1998 and includes 15 wins and four draws.

Even more home comforts

Paulo Fonseca’s men are currently nine games without a loss in all competitions on home soil (W6, D3) and have won each of their last two at the Olimpico.

Best in show

Since the beginning of October, Roma have picked up more Serie A points than any other side as they’ve clinched 13 points from a possible 15 (W4, D1).

Heading for the top-10

Edin Dzeko has scored a total of 197 goals across Europe’s top-five leagues and is three strikes from joining an elite selection of nine players to have grabbed 200 or more such goals since the Roma captain made his debut for Wolfsburg in 2007-08: Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Edison Cavanni, Sergio Aguero, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Robert Lewandowski, Gonzalo Higuain, Luis Suarez and Karim Benzema.

Straight from the training ground

Six of Roma’s 16 league goals so far this term have come from set pieces (three from corners, three from penalties), a record that cannot be bettered in Serie A going into Matchday 8.

A record start

Henrikh Mkhitaryan has already been involved in seven goals this season - scoring three of his own and laying on another four - which represents the best return after seven league matches of his career in Europe's top-five leagues.

Goals galore

Only Sassuolo and Atalanta (18) have scored more goals than Roma’s 16 ahead of this weekend’s set of fixtures and since Fonseca took charge, his side have scored 117 goals in 59 matches; a return at this stage of a Roma coach’s career that is only bettered by Herbert Burgess (142 goals in his first 60 games) in the Giallorossi’s history.

Francesco’s favourite

Roma legend Francesco Totti scored 19 goals in 32 Serie A games against Parma - more than any other player in this fixture and more than he managed against any other club in the Italian top-flight.