Soccer betting preview: Como welcomes Ascoli in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia (13602 seats)

This is football, this is Serie B and this is Como - Ascoli. Check out our comprehensive guide!

Insights:
  • Como haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Ascoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Both sides have had plenty of rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an active match!

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Como form and stats

The story so far in the Serie B for Como at their home stadium (Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia) is 7 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

An away draw last time out for Como, facing Bari 1908 in a game that ended 2-2. Opportunity lost for Como in the Bari 1908 match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. Midfielder Parigini was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.31 (out of ten) in that game. Parigini hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Genoa that ended 2-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Como perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Como as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Como has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.

The Como fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 23 in 16 matches. 17 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Ascoli form and stats

6-4-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ascoli in their Serie B matches away. Ascoli has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Impressive finishing from Gondo secured the home win 1-0 against Südtirol in their previous game. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Breda when Gondo scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 70th minute. Botteghin, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.0. Botteghin hit the woodwork once and won 8 of 14 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Frosinone wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Ascoli in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Ascoli, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Lacking goals? 8 of this side's most recent 10 league rounds have contained two or less goals.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Ascoli have scored 18 goals in 16 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 21 goals have been conceded by Ascoli in these games.

Head 2 Head

Ascoli have avoided defeat in the last 5 games (3-2-0) versus Como.

Ascoli - Como 3-3 was the outcome when this pair of teams last met, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

ComoP. Cutrone
P. Cutrone
8 goals
ComoA. Cerri
A. Cerri
7 goals
AscoliC. Gondo
C. Gondo
7 goals

Como missing players

Ascoli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Como Ascoli
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 3 Played P 5 16 33
9 7 2 Won W 3 6 11
14 5 1 Drew D 0 4 9
10 4 0 Lost L 2 6 13
41 23 5 Scored S 5 18 35
43 17 2 Conceded C 5 21 41
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
70% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 75% 61%
36% 31% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 31% 36%
30% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 21%
15% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 12%
48% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 20% 44% 45%
30% 31% 67% Clean Sheets C S 40% 25% 27%
30% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 31% 36%
 
4.4 4.6 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.6 5.1
6.3 5.8 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 4.8 4.2
2.8 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 3.1 3
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 9
 
13.6 14.4 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.4 10.9 12.7
4.3 4.9 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.4 3.6
29% 29% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 33% 29%
 
14.6 14.5 14.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.6 13.8 12.3
4.1 3.4 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 4.2 3.9
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Ascoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Como haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Frosinone 33 20 7 6 51 20 16 12 2 2 29 8 17 8 5 4 22 12 31 67
2 Genoa 33 18 10 5 44 21 17 10 6 1 23 6 16 8 4 4 21 15 23 63
3 Bari 1908 33 15 12 6 50 30 17 6 8 3 28 18 16 9 4 3 22 12 20 57
4 Südtirol 33 13 13 7 35 31 17 6 8 3 20 17 16 7 5 4 15 14 4 52
5 Reggina 33 15 4 14 44 38 16 8 2 6 24 19 17 7 2 8 20 19 6 49
6 Cagliari 33 11 15 7 39 30 17 9 6 2 24 15 16 2 9 5 15 15 9 48
7 Parma 33 13 9 11 39 35 16 8 2 6 20 14 17 5 7 5 19 21 4 48
8 Pisa 32 11 13 8 42 30 16 7 5 4 24 14 16 4 8 4 18 16 12 46
9 Modena 33 12 7 14 43 44 16 6 6 4 23 16 17 6 1 10 20 28 -1 43
10 Palermo 33 10 13 10 41 42 16 7 6 3 20 13 17 3 7 7 21 29 -1 43
11 Ascoli 33 11 9 13 35 41 17 5 5 7 17 20 16 6 4 6 18 21 -6 42
12 Como 33 9 14 10 41 43 16 7 5 4 23 17 17 2 9 6 18 26 -2 41
13 Ternana 32 10 10 12 30 38 15 7 5 3 16 12 17 3 5 9 14 26 -8 40
14 Venezia 33 10 9 14 37 44 17 5 5 7 21 25 16 5 4 7 16 19 -7 39
15 Cittadella 33 8 13 12 29 41 16 4 7 5 16 20 17 4 6 7 13 21 -12 37
16 Cosenza 33 9 10 14 27 48 17 7 6 4 19 16 16 2 4 10 8 32 -21 37
17 Perugia 33 9 7 17 34 41 16 5 5 6 19 19 17 4 2 11 15 22 -7 34
18 SPAL 33 7 12 14 37 46 17 4 6 7 24 25 16 3 6 7 13 21 -9 33
19 Brescia 33 7 11 15 29 50 17 5 5 7 14 20 16 2 6 8 15 30 -21 32
20 Benevento 33 6 12 15 25 39 17 3 5 9 12 22 16 3 7 6 13 17 -14 30

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Frosinone 33 20 7 6 51 20 16 12 2 2 29 8 17 8 5 4 22 12 31 67
2 Genoa 33 18 10 5 44 21 17 10 6 1 23 6 16 8 4 4 21 15 23 63
3 Bari 1908 33 15 12 6 50 30 17 6 8 3 28 18 16 9 4 3 22 12 20 57
4 Südtirol 33 13 13 7 35 31 17 6 8 3 20 17 16 7 5 4 15 14 4 52
5 Reggina 33 15 4 14 44 38 16 8 2 6 24 19 17 7 2 8 20 19 6 49
6 Cagliari 33 11 15 7 39 30 17 9 6 2 24 15 16 2 9 5 15 15 9 48
7 Parma 33 13 9 11 39 35 16 8 2 6 20 14 17 5 7 5 19 21 4 48
8 Pisa 32 11 13 8 42 30 16 7 5 4 24 14 16 4 8 4 18 16 12 46
9 Modena 33 12 7 14 43 44 16 6 6 4 23 16 17 6 1 10 20 28 -1 43
10 Palermo 33 10 13 10 41 42 16 7 6 3 20 13 17 3 7 7 21 29 -1 43
11 Ascoli 33 11 9 13 35 41 17 5 5 7 17 20 16 6 4 6 18 21 -6 42
12 Como 33 9 14 10 41 43 16 7 5 4 23 17 17 2 9 6 18 26 -2 41
13 Ternana 32 10 10 12 30 38 15 7 5 3 16 12 17 3 5 9 14 26 -8 40
14 Venezia 33 10 9 14 37 44 17 5 5 7 21 25 16 5 4 7 16 19 -7 39
15 Cittadella 33 8 13 12 29 41 16 4 7 5 16 20 17 4 6 7 13 21 -12 37
16 Cosenza 33 9 10 14 27 48 17 7 6 4 19 16 16 2 4 10 8 32 -21 37
17 Perugia 33 9 7 17 34 41 16 5 5 6 19 19 17 4 2 11 15 22 -7 34
18 SPAL 33 7 12 14 37 46 17 4 6 7 24 25 16 3 6 7 13 21 -9 33
19 Brescia 33 7 11 15 29 50 17 5 5 7 14 20 16 2 6 8 15 30 -21 32
20 Benevento 33 6 12 15 25 39 17 3 5 9 12 22 16 3 7 6 13 17 -14 30

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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.