Serie B match prediction: Little separates Ascoli and Chievo in quality

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Wed 04.March
Match begins: 17:50 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca (20550 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Ascoli languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Chievo will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

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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Ascoli form and stats

Ascoli are steadily winning Serie B games and points here at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca. 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 11 games.

Ascoli are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Pescara. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Spezia (1-3).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ascoli as they are travelling to their away game against Virtus Entella in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.

A decent goal production from Ascoli in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. Ascoli have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Chievo form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 3 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats.

Chievo might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Livorno proved too strong as Chievo slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Pordenone.

Chievo are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 13 games (in the league). 13 goals have been conceded by Chievo in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Ascoli - Chievo 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Ascoli, three draws and six wins for Chievo. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Ascoli
G. Scamacca
7 goals
ChievoR. Meggiorini
R. Meggiorini
7 goals
Ascoli
N. Ninković
5 goals

Ascoli missing players

Chievo missing players

Ascoli Chievo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 11 4 Played P 4 13 26
9 7 3 Won W 2 3 9
4 2 0 Drew D 1 7 10
12 2 1 Lost L 1 3 7
35 18 6 Scored S 7 13 31
37 10 3 Conceded C 5 13 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 92%
84% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 73%
60% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 15% 27%
32% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 8% 12%
8% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 8%
60% 45% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 54%
20% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 31% 31%
20% 18% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 23%
 
4.2 4.2 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.7 4.3
4.7 4.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.4 4.2
2.9 2.6 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.2 2.8
7 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
295 117 40 Total Shots T S 36 139 317
115 46 16 Shots on Target S O 12 46 107
30% 39% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 58% 28% 29%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Ascoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 27 20 6 1 50 15 14 11 3 0 30 6 13 9 3 1 20 9 35 66
2 Frosinone 27 13 8 6 33 21 13 9 3 1 22 7 14 4 5 5 11 14 12 47
3 Crotone 27 14 4 9 44 32 14 9 3 2 26 12 13 5 1 7 18 20 12 46
4 Cittadella 27 12 7 8 35 30 14 5 4 5 18 19 13 7 3 3 17 11 5 43
5 Salernitana 27 12 6 9 36 31 13 8 4 1 22 11 14 4 2 8 14 20 5 42
6 Pordenone 27 12 6 9 35 34 14 9 3 2 20 9 13 3 3 7 15 25 1 42
7 Spezia 26 11 8 7 37 29 13 7 3 3 21 14 13 4 5 4 16 15 8 41
8 Empoli 27 10 9 8 32 33 14 6 6 2 20 13 13 4 3 6 12 20 -1 39
9 Chievo 26 9 10 7 31 26 13 6 3 4 18 13 13 3 7 3 13 13 5 37
10 Pescara 26 10 5 11 38 38 14 5 5 4 23 18 12 5 0 7 15 20 0 35
11 Virtus Entella 27 9 8 10 32 36 13 6 4 3 13 11 14 3 4 7 19 25 -4 35
12 Pisa 27 8 9 10 34 35 14 5 5 4 19 17 13 3 4 6 15 18 -1 33
13 Perugia 27 9 6 12 28 36 14 6 3 5 16 15 13 3 3 7 12 21 -8 33
14 Juve Stabia 27 9 6 12 32 42 14 7 2 5 20 20 13 2 4 7 12 22 -10 33
15 Venezia 27 7 11 9 25 30 13 2 5 6 10 16 14 5 6 3 15 14 -5 32
16 Ascoli 25 9 4 12 35 37 11 7 2 2 18 10 14 2 2 10 17 27 -2 31
17 Cremonese 26 6 9 11 26 32 13 5 4 4 18 14 13 1 5 7 8 18 -6 27
18 Cosenza 27 5 9 13 29 33 13 2 4 7 10 15 14 3 5 6 19 18 -4 24
19 Trapani 27 5 9 13 30 51 13 3 5 5 17 19 14 2 4 8 13 32 -21 24
20 Livorno 27 4 6 17 23 44 13 3 2 8 17 28 14 1 4 9 6 16 -21 18

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.