Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca: Ascoli vs Benevento Serie B preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Fri 31.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca (20550 seats)

Struggling Ascoli will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Benevento in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ascoli and Benevento.

Ascoli are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Happy, happy days for Benevento who are already winners of the Serie B. This could affect their motivation.

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Ascoli form and stats

9-5-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Ascoli so far this season.

Ascoli faced defeat in their previous match, away at Pisa (0-1). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Pordenone.

A decent goal production from Ascoli in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 18 league matches. On the other hand, Ascoli have conceded 20 goals.

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Benevento form and stats

The away team, who have the most clean sheets (19) in Serie B, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 11 wins, 4 draws and only 3 losses in the Serie B.

Home advantage was not enough for Benevento in their previous game, as they lost their Serie B-match, hosting Chievo, 0-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Frosinone with the score of 3-2.

The visiting Benevento have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 24 goals from 18 games. Benevento are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 16 times in 18 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Benevento - Ascoli 4-0 entered in the official records. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's one Ascoli victory, three draws and three Benevento wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BeneventoM. Sau
M. Sau
12 goals
AscoliN. Ninković
N. Ninković
9 goals
AscoliG. Scamacca
G. Scamacca
9 goals

Ascoli missing players

Benevento missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ascoli Benevento
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 18 37
13 9 2 Won W 3 11 25
7 5 3 Drew D 1 4 8
17 4 0 Lost L 2 3 4
48 27 8 Scored S 6 24 63
54 20 4 Conceded C 8 16 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
78% 72% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 72% 73%
57% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 39% 38%
30% 33% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 17% 24%
8% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 8%
59% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 38%
19% 28% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 50% 51%
22% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 28% 16%
 
4.2 4.1 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 4.7 4.7
4.7 4.4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 4.7 4.5
3 2.9 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.3 2.2
7 2 0 Red cards R C 2 3 6
 
423 193 52 Total Shots T S 78 219 538
148 66 17 Shots on Target S O 26 69 175
32% 41% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 35% 36%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Ascoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Benevento has the fewest conceded goals (25)
  • Benevento has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10)
  • Benevento has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15)
  • Benevento has the most clean sheets (19)
  • Benevento has the most clean sheets (9) away
  • Benevento has the most points (37) away
  • Benevento has the the best goal difference (+38)
  • Benevento has the the best goal difference (+8) away
  • Benevento have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Benevento have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Benevento 37 25 8 4 63 25 19 14 4 1 39 9 18 11 4 3 24 16 38 83
2 Crotone 37 20 8 9 63 38 19 12 5 2 33 14 18 8 3 7 30 24 25 68
3 Spezia 37 16 10 11 52 39 19 10 4 5 30 18 18 6 6 6 22 21 13 58
4 Pordenone 37 16 9 12 46 44 19 11 5 3 25 12 18 5 4 9 21 32 2 57
5 Cittadella 37 16 7 14 46 47 19 7 4 8 23 26 18 9 3 6 23 21 -1 55
6 Chievo 37 13 14 10 47 38 18 9 4 5 28 18 19 4 10 5 19 20 9 53
7 Pisa 37 14 11 12 48 44 19 10 5 4 28 20 18 4 6 8 20 24 4 53
8 Frosinone 37 14 11 12 40 37 18 10 4 4 28 17 19 4 7 8 12 20 3 53
9 Salernitana 37 14 10 13 52 48 18 10 6 2 34 21 19 4 4 11 18 27 4 52
10 Empoli 37 13 12 12 45 48 19 7 8 4 26 23 18 6 4 8 19 25 -3 51
11 Cremonese 37 12 12 13 40 41 18 7 5 6 20 17 19 5 7 7 20 24 -1 48
12 Virtus Entella 37 12 12 13 44 47 18 8 6 4 19 15 19 4 6 9 25 32 -3 48
13 Venezia 37 11 14 12 34 39 18 4 6 8 15 23 19 7 8 4 19 16 -5 47
14 Ascoli 37 13 7 17 48 54 18 9 5 4 27 20 19 4 2 13 21 34 -6 46
15 Pescara 37 12 9 16 48 54 19 7 8 4 31 23 18 5 1 12 17 31 -6 45
16 Perugia 37 12 9 16 37 46 19 7 5 7 19 19 18 5 4 9 18 27 -9 45
17 Cosenza 37 11 10 16 47 48 18 5 5 8 18 21 19 6 5 8 29 27 -1 43
18 Juve Stabia 37 11 8 18 46 60 19 9 3 7 30 29 18 2 5 11 16 31 -14 41
19 Trapani 37 10 13 14 46 60 18 7 6 5 25 20 19 3 7 9 21 40 -14 41
20 Livorno 37 5 6 26 30 65 18 3 2 13 19 40 19 2 4 13 11 25 -35 21

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 Benevento 37 25 8 4 63 25 19 14 4 1 39 9 18 11 4 3 24 16 38 83
2 Crotone 37 20 8 9 63 38 19 12 5 2 33 14 18 8 3 7 30 24 25 68
3 Spezia 37 16 10 11 52 39 19 10 4 5 30 18 18 6 6 6 22 21 13 58
4 Pordenone 37 16 9 12 46 44 19 11 5 3 25 12 18 5 4 9 21 32 2 57
5 Cittadella 37 16 7 14 46 47 19 7 4 8 23 26 18 9 3 6 23 21 -1 55
6 Chievo 37 13 14 10 47 38 18 9 4 5 28 18 19 4 10 5 19 20 9 53
7 Pisa 37 14 11 12 48 44 19 10 5 4 28 20 18 4 6 8 20 24 4 53
8 Frosinone 37 14 11 12 40 37 18 10 4 4 28 17 19 4 7 8 12 20 3 53
9 Salernitana 37 14 10 13 52 48 18 10 6 2 34 21 19 4 4 11 18 27 4 52
10 Empoli 37 13 12 12 45 48 19 7 8 4 26 23 18 6 4 8 19 25 -3 51
11 Cremonese 37 12 12 13 40 41 18 7 5 6 20 17 19 5 7 7 20 24 -1 48
12 Virtus Entella 37 12 12 13 44 47 18 8 6 4 19 15 19 4 6 9 25 32 -3 48
13 Venezia 37 11 14 12 34 39 18 4 6 8 15 23 19 7 8 4 19 16 -5 47
14 Ascoli 37 13 7 17 48 54 18 9 5 4 27 20 19 4 2 13 21 34 -6 46
15 Pescara 37 12 9 16 48 54 19 7 8 4 31 23 18 5 1 12 17 31 -6 45
16 Perugia 37 12 9 16 37 46 19 7 5 7 19 19 18 5 4 9 18 27 -9 45
17 Cosenza 37 11 10 16 47 48 18 5 5 8 18 21 19 6 5 8 29 27 -1 43
18 Juve Stabia 37 11 8 18 46 60 19 9 3 7 30 29 18 2 5 11 16 31 -14 41
19 Trapani 37 10 13 14 46 60 18 7 6 5 25 20 19 3 7 9 21 40 -14 41
20 Livorno 37 5 6 26 30 65 18 3 2 13 19 40 19 2 4 13 11 25 -35 21

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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.