Delightful dogfight as daring Benevento duel with determined Ternana

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 15.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ciro Vigorito (12847 seats)

Benevento will plan to employ their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The hosts are currently 7 points behind Ternana.

Insights:
  • Benevento have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Serie B
  • Ternana have scored more than double the goals of Benevento.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Benevento form and stats

Benevento have played 4 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to Stadio Ciro Vigorito after drawing with Sudtirol (placed 10th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Pastina, defender, was given a rating of 7.5/10 in that game, top of the team. Pastina scored one goal and won 4 of 7 duels.

In the match before that, Benevento hosted Ascoli and drew the game 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Benevento have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Sports betting people who enjoy looking for low-scoring matches might like to know that this team have played 5 league rounds in a row with two goals or less (under 2.5).

Benevento have scored {3 league goals} here from 4 matches, not a lot. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Ternana form and stats

2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Ternana playing as the away team in the Serie B this season. The fact that Ternana have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

The Ternana goalkeeper Antony Iannarilli is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 309 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Palumbo, Partipilo and Moro scored in Ternana's previous match, the home game against Palermo that ended 3-0. Midfield player Palumbo was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.1/10. Palumbo scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Cittadella with the score of 2-0.

We have checked recent matches where Ternana have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 2 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Ternana's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three Benevento victories, zero draws and three Ternana wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last six duels.

Top Goalscorers

TernanaA. Partipilo
A. Partipilo
3 goals
TernanaA. Favilli
A. Favilli
3 goals
BeneventoF. Forte
F. Forte
2 goals

Benevento missing players

Ternana missing players

Benevento Ternana
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 3 4 8
2 1 1 Won W 1 2 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 2 0 Lost L 2 2 2
6 3 2 Scored S 5 7 13
7 5 1 Conceded C 8 8 9
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 75%
12% 25% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 50% 25%
38% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 50%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 50%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.6 6.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4 4.5
5.5 4.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.5 3.6
3.2 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.2 2.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11 12 8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 8.8 11.1
3.1 3.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.5 4.4
24% 20% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 39% 37%
 
11.9 12 14 Shots against (avg) S A 15.3 15 11.8
4.5 3.8 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.8 3.9
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • All of Ternana's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Benevento have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Benevento have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Benevento have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Serie B
  • Benevento have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Serie B
  • Benevento haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Ternana have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ternana have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Ternana have scored more than double the goals of Benevento.
  • Ternana haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Reggina 8 6 0 2 17 3 4 4 0 0 13 0 4 2 0 2 4 3 14 18
2 Bari 1908 8 5 3 0 18 9 3 1 2 0 9 5 5 4 1 0 9 4 9 18
3 Ternana 8 5 1 2 13 9 4 3 1 0 6 1 4 2 0 2 7 8 4 16
4 Brescia 8 5 1 2 12 12 4 3 1 0 6 2 4 2 0 2 6 10 0 16
5 Frosinone 8 5 0 3 11 5 4 4 0 0 8 0 4 1 0 3 3 5 6 15
6 Genoa 8 4 3 1 9 5 4 1 3 0 4 3 4 3 0 1 5 2 4 15
7 Parma 8 3 4 1 13 10 4 2 1 1 7 6 4 1 3 0 6 4 3 13
8 Cosenza 8 3 2 3 8 9 3 2 0 1 5 3 5 1 2 2 3 6 -1 11
9 Cagliari 8 3 2 3 7 8 4 2 0 2 4 6 4 1 2 1 3 2 -1 11
10 Sudtirol 8 3 2 3 8 11 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 2 0 2 3 6 -3 11
11 Modena 8 3 0 5 9 10 4 2 0 2 6 5 4 1 0 3 3 5 -1 9
12 Benevento 8 2 3 3 6 7 4 1 1 2 3 5 4 1 2 1 3 2 -1 9
13 Ascoli 8 2 3 3 9 11 5 1 2 2 5 7 3 1 1 1 4 4 -2 9
14 SPAL 8 2 3 3 10 13 4 2 0 2 4 5 4 0 3 1 6 8 -3 9
15 Cittadella 8 2 3 3 8 12 4 2 1 1 6 6 4 0 2 2 2 6 -4 9
16 Venezia 8 2 2 4 10 12 4 0 1 3 3 7 4 2 1 1 7 5 -2 8
17 Palermo 8 2 1 5 6 12 4 2 0 2 5 4 4 0 1 3 1 8 -6 7
18 Pisa 8 1 3 4 10 12 4 0 2 2 2 4 4 1 1 2 8 8 -2 6
19 Como 8 1 3 4 8 14 5 1 2 2 5 7 3 0 1 2 3 7 -6 6
20 Perugia 8 1 1 6 4 12 4 1 1 2 3 6 4 0 0 4 1 6 -8 4

Read more about Serie B

Serie B is the second highest division in Italian football. It usually has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other. The two top teams of the league table are automatically promoted, with a third following depending on standings and/or a playoff. Matches are usually played on Saturdays.