Football match betting preview: Palermo vs Benevento

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Renzo Barbera (36349 seats)

Palermo have harvested 27 of their 43 in total here at their home arena. What will happen versus Benevento?

Insights:
  • Palermo have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Benevento have the fewest scored goals (25) in Serie B

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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Palermo form and stats

The story so far in the Serie B for Palermo at their home stadium (Stadio Renzo Barbera) is 7 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats.

The regulars are hoping that Palermo will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the match against Venezia (placed 14th). The forward Brunori was named "man of the match" for Palermo with a rating of 7.4/10. Brunori scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Cosenza.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Palermo have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 5 and lost 4.

Observe: 13 of the most recent 17 league games from this football club have had at least one goal from each side.

Palermo has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Palermo have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Benevento form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Benevento so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 3-7-6 (win-draw-lose). Benevento seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

There were no winners in Benevento's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Reggina (placed 5th). The draw against Reggina came from a losing position. The Benevento manager Agostinelli brought on Ciano as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Glik, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.6. Glik won 8 of 9 duels.

A loss against SPAL was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Benevento playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 2 Benevento wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Lacking goals? 8 of this side's latest 10 league matches have had two goals or less.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Benevento have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have battled before this season: Benevento - Palermo 0-1. Palermo-Benevento H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Palermo two wins, Benevento zero wins, one draw. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PalermoM. Brunori Sandri
M. Brunori Sandri
15 goals
BeneventoA. Tello Muñoz
A. Tello Muñoz
5 goals
PalermoE. Soleri
E. Soleri
4 goals

Palermo missing players

Benevento missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Palermo Benevento
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 6 16 33
10 7 1 Won W 1 3 6
13 6 2 Drew D 3 7 12
10 3 1 Lost L 2 6 15
41 20 2 Scored S 5 13 25
42 13 1 Conceded C 7 17 39
88% 75% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 88% 88%
67% 44% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 64%
39% 31% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 27%
21% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 12% 12%
21% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
52% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 45%
30% 50% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 24%
30% 38% 75% Failed to Score F T 33% 44% 42%
 
4.7 5.7 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.2 5.1
4.7 4.6 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.2 4.5
2.4 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 3.5 3.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 3 5 8
 
12.2 13.4 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 10.5 11.4
4.1 4.4 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.1 3
30% 29% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 26% 25%
 
13 13.2 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 12.1 12.3
4.6 4.4 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.4 4.5
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Benevento have the fewest scored goals (25) in Serie B
  • Benevento have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Serie B
  • Palermo have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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.