Where to watch Juventus vs Parma

Juventus vs Parma: what's at stake in round 2

Juventus host Parma at the Allianz Stadium in Turin on Saturday 29 August, with kickoff at 6:45pm UTC. It's round 2 of the new Serie A season, which means there's no table to speak of yet, just two clubs at the very start of a long campaign.

Officially, Juventus sit 9th and Parma sit 15th. Neither position means much. Both clubs have played zero, won zero, drawn zero and lost zero. The placings are simply where the alphabet or the fixture list has dropped them before a ball's been kicked in anger this season. Don't read anything into them beyond that.

What the fixture does tell you is the gap in ambition. Juventus will expect to be competing at the top end of Italian football again this season. Parma, promoted or freshly re-established in the top flight in recent years, will measure success differently: points on the board, distance from the bottom three, nothing more romantic than that. A home game against Juventus in August is exactly the sort of fixture where that gap gets tested early.

Recent form: there isn't any yet

This is round 2, and neither side has a completed league match on the board this season. That means there's no run of results to lean on, no "four wins in five" to reach for, nothing genuine to say about how either side is actually playing right now. Anyone telling you Juventus are "flying" or Parma are "struggling" based on last season's form is guessing. We'd rather tell you plainly: this is a form guide with nothing in it yet, and it will start to matter from here.

Players to watch: not confirmed

We don't have team news, injury lists or squad numbers for this one yet, so we're not going to invent a name to fill the space. Once teams start naming lineups closer to kickoff, the players worth watching will become obvious quickly enough, particularly given how early in the season this is and how much both sides are likely to rotate or experiment with personnel. Check back nearer the day.

Head-to-head: no record on file

We don't hold any previous meetings between these two clubs in our records, so there's no head-to-head trend to draw on here, no "Juventus have won the last five" or anything close to it. If there is history between them, it isn't something we can verify, so we'd rather say nothing than make it up.

How to watch Juventus vs Parma

The one broadcaster confirmed so far is TSN 4 in Malta, which will carry the match for viewers there. If you're outside Malta, we don't have a confirmed channel for you yet, and we're not going to guess one. Broadcast listings for Serie A fixtures tend to firm up closer to kickoff, so it's worth checking the TV guide again nearer the day for updates in your region.

For now: mark the date, know the kickoff time, and treat everything else about this one, form, key men, history, as still to be written. Round 2 of a new season is like that. Come back once there's something real to say.