Serie B: Pisa - Ascoli pre-match thoughts and facts

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Thu 08.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani (14869 seats)

Data, recent trends, recent fixtures, player info, head to head, lineups and a lot else: Get all you want to know about Pisa - Ascoli!

Insights:
  • Pisa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ascoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Pisa form and stats

Pisa have collected 11 points from their Serie B home games so far after 3-2-2. Pisa has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away).

Pisa travelled for their previous game, a trip to Bari 1908 that ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Livieri got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.0 out of ten. Livieri topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Pisa had a home game versus Ternana which ended with a victory 3-1.

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 Pisa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 6 and lost 1.

Pisa are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Frosinone awaits in three days.

A decent goal production from Pisa in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 7 league matches. Pisa have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Ascoli form and stats

Playing away, Ascoli have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Serie B this season. Two points from the last two away games for Ascoli, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

There were no winners in Ascoli's previous match, the home game that ended 3-3 vs Como (placed 19th). A mental match with masses of goals last time out for Ascoli, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fixture, will this game be as much fun? Ciciretti, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.21. Ciciretti scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Südtirol that ended 2-2.

Ascoli are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 7 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 17 matches.

After this away game Ascoli return home for a Serie B game against Genoa. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The travelling fans enjoy Ascoli's attacking play in away games, having scored 11 goals in 7 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Pisa wins - draws - Ascoli wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PisaE. Gliozzi
E. Gliozzi
5 goals
PisaO. Moruţan
O. Moruţan
4 goals
AscoliF. Dionisi
F. Dionisi
4 goals

Pisa missing players

Ascoli missing players

Pisa Ascoli
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 1 7 15
4 3 2 Won W 0 3 5
7 2 0 Drew D 1 3 6
4 2 0 Lost L 0 1 4
24 12 7 Scored S 2 11 21
20 8 3 Conceded C 2 7 19
80% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
67% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 80%
53% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 29% 47%
47% 57% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 29% 27%
20% 14% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 13%
67% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 67%
20% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 20%
33% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 20%
 
4.3 5.6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.6 4.7
5.7 5.1 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 1 5.3 4.7
2.5 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 6 3.6 3.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 6
 
12.4 13.6 15 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11.3 11.6
4.5 4.4 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4 3.5
36% 39% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 39% 40%
 
13.1 12.7 14 Shots against (avg) S A 16 12.4 12.5
4.3 4.1 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.9 3.9
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Ascoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Pisa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pisa 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 15 10 2 3 22 10 7 6 1 0 12 2 8 4 1 3 10 8 12 32
2 Reggina 15 9 2 4 28 13 7 5 1 1 19 6 8 4 1 3 9 7 15 29
3 Bari 1908 15 5 8 2 22 16 7 1 5 1 11 9 8 4 3 1 11 7 6 23
4 Parma 15 6 5 4 21 16 8 5 1 2 14 9 7 1 4 2 7 7 5 23
5 Genoa 15 6 5 4 16 13 7 1 5 1 6 6 8 5 0 3 10 7 3 23
6 Brescia 15 6 5 4 18 19 8 4 3 1 10 6 7 2 2 3 8 13 -1 23
7 Ternana 15 6 4 5 19 18 7 3 3 1 7 3 8 3 1 4 12 15 1 22
8 Südtirol 15 5 7 3 19 20 8 2 5 1 11 10 7 3 2 2 8 10 -1 22
9 Ascoli 15 5 6 4 21 19 8 2 3 3 10 12 7 3 3 1 11 7 2 21
10 Modena 15 6 2 7 22 21 7 3 1 3 12 9 8 3 1 4 10 12 1 20
11 Pisa 15 4 7 4 24 20 7 3 2 2 12 8 8 1 5 2 12 12 4 19
12 Cagliari 15 4 7 4 17 18 8 3 3 2 9 10 7 1 4 2 8 8 -1 19
13 Cittadella 15 4 7 4 13 16 7 2 4 1 7 7 8 2 3 3 6 9 -3 19
14 Palermo 15 5 3 7 15 19 8 3 2 3 9 8 7 2 1 4 6 11 -4 18
15 Cosenza 15 4 4 7 15 24 7 3 1 3 10 9 8 1 3 4 5 15 -9 16
16 SPAL 15 3 6 6 19 21 8 3 1 4 13 11 7 0 5 2 6 10 -2 15
17 Benevento 15 3 6 6 14 17 8 1 3 4 6 10 7 2 3 2 8 7 -3 15
18 Venezia 15 4 3 8 16 22 8 1 1 6 7 15 7 3 2 2 9 7 -6 15
19 Como 15 3 6 6 17 26 8 3 3 2 9 9 7 0 3 4 8 17 -9 15
20 Perugia 15 3 3 9 10 20 7 2 1 4 5 10 8 1 2 5 5 10 -10 12

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.