Serie B match preview and statistics: Ascoli fight Chievo

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 23.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca (20550 seats)

Ascoli hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 13 points and a 20th position in the Serie B table. Visiting Chievo holds 7th place with 28 pts.

Insights:
  • Ascoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

The visiting Chievo played their last game only four days ago, a Serie B match. That game, against Vicenza, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Chievo.

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Ascoli form and stats

3-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Ascoli so far this season. Ascoli has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Ascoli lost their last game at Cittadella (placed 2nd) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Reggina.

Nicola Leali had a busy but productive day in the Cittadella match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ascoli here at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 8 games). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Chievo form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 3 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Vicenza (placed 12th) in their previous outing. The Serie B match ended in a draw 1-1. Before that, Chievo secured a home win against Virtus Entella with the score 2-1.

The draw against Vicenza came from a losing position. The Chievo manager A. Aglietti brought on Francesco Margiotta as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

A quick return to home after this game, as Chievo are hosting Cittadella in the Serie B only four days away.

Chievo find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Chievo are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

AscoliR. Bajić
R. Bajić
6 goals
AscoliA. Sabiri
A. Sabiri
5 goals
ChievoL. Garritano
L. Garritano
4 goals

Ascoli missing players

Chievo missing players

Ascoli Chievo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 1 Played P 3 9 17
3 3 0 Won W 2 3 7
4 1 0 Drew D 1 5 7
11 4 1 Lost L 0 1 3
15 7 0 Scored S 3 11 23
27 11 1 Conceded C 0 8 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 78% 88%
78% 88% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 76%
39% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 41%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 12%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 6%
50% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 56% 59%
6% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 44% 41%
44% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 22% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.8 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.6
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
11.9 11 9 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 15.2 13.9
4.1 3.4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 3.8 3.9
20% 26% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 32% 34%
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 Empoli 18 10 7 1 34 14 9 5 4 0 17 5 9 5 3 1 17 9 20 37
2 Cittadella 17 10 3 4 30 14 9 6 2 1 17 6 8 4 1 3 13 8 16 33
3 SPAL 18 9 5 4 25 16 9 6 2 1 17 6 9 3 3 3 8 10 9 32
4 Monza 18 8 7 3 27 14 9 5 3 1 17 5 9 3 4 2 10 9 13 31
5 Salernitana 18 9 4 5 22 23 9 6 2 1 15 7 9 3 2 4 7 16 -1 31
6 Lecce 18 7 8 3 32 22 9 3 5 1 18 12 9 4 3 2 14 10 10 29
7 Chievo 17 7 7 3 23 15 8 4 2 2 12 7 9 3 5 1 11 8 8 28
8 Pordenone 18 6 9 3 22 15 9 2 6 1 14 10 9 4 3 2 8 5 7 27
9 Frosinone 17 7 5 5 17 16 9 3 3 3 7 9 8 4 2 2 10 7 1 26
10 Venezia 18 6 7 5 21 18 9 4 2 3 11 8 9 2 5 2 10 10 3 25
11 Pisa 17 5 8 4 24 29 8 3 4 1 9 9 9 2 4 3 15 20 -5 23
12 Vicenza 18 4 9 5 24 25 9 1 7 1 11 11 9 3 2 4 13 14 -1 21
13 Brescia 18 5 6 7 26 29 9 3 3 3 16 15 9 2 3 4 10 14 -3 21
14 Cremonese 18 4 6 8 17 23 9 2 3 4 8 13 9 2 3 4 9 10 -6 18
15 Reggina 18 4 5 9 16 25 9 3 1 5 9 11 9 1 4 4 7 14 -9 17
16 Cosenza 18 2 10 6 13 16 9 0 5 4 4 9 9 2 5 2 9 7 -3 16
17 Pescara 18 4 4 10 15 30 10 2 3 5 10 15 8 2 1 5 5 15 -15 16
18 Reggiana 18 4 3 11 15 31 9 2 2 5 9 11 9 2 1 6 6 20 -16 15
19 Virtus Entella 18 3 5 10 15 31 9 2 1 6 8 17 9 1 4 4 7 14 -16 14
20 Ascoli 18 3 4 11 15 27 8 3 1 4 7 11 10 0 3 7 8 16 -12 13

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.