National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Bologna U19 or Ascoli U19 that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Bologna U19 form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Primavera Cup for Bologna U19, as the manager Vigiani led his troops to eliminate Pescara U19, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season their Primavera Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.The total PrimaVera 1 results playing at home this season for Bologna U19 are 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Bologna are returning here after visiting Sampdoria U19 and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Urbanski and Raimondo (2) scored the goal(s).
Ahead of that match, Bologna U19 lost 0-3 at home to Fiorentina U19.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the PrimaVera 1 game versus Empoli U19 in only four days. This game is also played here at Centro Tecnico Niccolò Galli.
Bologna has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Bologna U19 defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Ascoli U19 form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Empoli U19, Imolese U19 and Perugia U19 in order to reach 2nd round of Primavera Cup. Ascoli's mission in Primavera Cup last season failed in the round of 16.Ascoli U19 had fun at their own home (Centro Tecnico Niccolò Galli) last time out, beating Perugia U19 3-1.
It was a Primavera 2 defeat before that one as the away game against Virtus Entella U19 wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.The schedule is very tough for Ascoli U19 now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Primavera 2 game at Ternana U19 is waiting in only four days.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - two - zero (Bologna U19 wins - draws - Ascoli U19 wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Raimondo 4 goals |  G. Anatriello 2 goals | K. Paananen 2 goals |
Bologna U19 missing players
Ascoli U19 missing players
| Bologna U19 | Ascoli U19 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 36 | 20 | Scored | S | 16 | 43 | ||
| 37 | 11 | Conceded | C | 21 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 4.6 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.3 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.4 | 6.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.2 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 6.1 | ||
| 31% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 41% | ||
| 11.8 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Roma U19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 17 | 26 |
| 2 | Juventus U19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 23 |
| 3 | Sassuolo U19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Frosinone U19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Fiorentina U19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Torino U19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Bologna U19 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 8 | Verona U19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | Cagliari U19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 16 |
| 10 | Milan U19 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 11 | Lecce U19 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 12 | Empoli U19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 13 | Napoli U19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | Atalanta U19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Sampdoria U19 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Inter U19 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Udinese U19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -14 | 4 |
| 18 | Cesena U19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -17 | 4 |
