Serie B forecast and preview: Ascoli modest thought to beat Cittadella

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Mon 25.April
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca (20550 seats)

A story of good and bad for these two contenders so far this season, sitting in positions near the midsection of the Serie B table. Here's the Ascoli - Cittadella latest:

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Ascoli form and stats

The story so far in the Serie B for Ascoli at their home stadium (Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca) is 7 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Ascoli here at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The Ascoli goalkeeper Nicola Leali is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 242 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie B.

It's back home for Ascoli, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Parma away with the result 1-0. Bidaoui found the net in that victory. Defender Botteghin got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.05/10. Botteghin won 5 of 8 duels.

Ahead of that match, Ascoli won a home game hosting Reggina (2-0).

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 Ascoli have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost one.

Ascoli are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 17 games.

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Cittadella form and stats

6 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Cittadella playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Cittadella in their previous game as they lost hosting Alessandria, 1-2. Midfield player Branca was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.42/10. Branca hit two key passes and had 50 successful passes (of 58 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Como with the score of 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Cittadella have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were two victories, five draws and four defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cittadella as they have only managed to score 16 times from 17 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

Cittadella - Ascoli 2-0 was the output when this pair of contenders last played each other, also in this season. Ascoli-Cittadella H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ascoli four wins, Cittadella four wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CittadellaE. Baldini
E. Baldini
10 goals
AscoliF. Dionisi
F. Dionisi
9 goals
AscoliS. Bidaoui
S. Bidaoui
8 goals

Ascoli missing players

Cittadella missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ascoli Cittadella
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 4 Played P 5 17 35
17 7 1 Won W 2 6 12
7 5 2 Drew D 3 7 12
11 5 1 Lost L 0 4 11
47 20 3 Scored S 5 16 37
41 17 2 Conceded C 3 17 35
97% 94% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 86%
77% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 53% 60%
40% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 24% 34%
23% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 11%
11% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
51% 47% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 46%
29% 35% 50% Clean Sheets C S 40% 35% 40%
23% 24% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 29%
 
4.3 3.7 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 5.1 5.2
5.7 5.5 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 4.1 3.8
2.7 2.9 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.4 3.8 3.6
4 4 1 Red cards R C 1 4 6
 
13.8 14.5 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 12.9 13.5
4.6 5.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.8 4.5
29% 23% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 25% 23%
 
12.4 11 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.6 13.5 11.4
3.9 3.9 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.4 3.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cremonese 35 19 9 7 54 34 18 11 6 1 32 17 17 8 3 6 22 17 20 66
2 Lecce 35 17 14 4 55 29 17 11 5 1 34 14 18 6 9 3 21 15 26 65
3 Monza 35 18 10 7 56 33 18 12 4 2 34 14 17 6 6 5 22 19 23 64
4 Benevento 35 18 9 8 60 32 17 10 4 3 36 16 18 8 5 5 24 16 28 63
5 Pisa 35 17 12 6 45 31 18 10 7 1 25 12 17 7 5 5 20 19 14 63
6 Brescia 35 16 14 5 51 33 17 7 7 3 26 19 18 9 7 2 25 14 18 62
7 Ascoli 35 17 7 11 47 41 17 7 5 5 20 17 18 10 2 6 27 24 6 58
8 Frosinone 35 14 13 8 53 39 17 9 6 2 29 13 18 5 7 6 24 26 14 55
9 Perugia 35 12 16 7 37 30 17 4 8 5 16 15 18 8 8 2 21 15 7 52
10 Cittadella 35 12 12 11 37 35 18 6 5 7 21 18 17 6 7 4 16 17 2 48
11 Ternana 35 13 9 13 54 56 18 8 2 8 29 27 17 5 7 5 25 29 -2 48
12 Reggina 35 13 8 14 30 42 18 9 2 7 18 20 17 4 6 7 12 22 -12 47
13 Parma 35 10 15 10 44 39 18 5 8 5 23 18 17 5 7 5 21 21 5 45
14 Como 35 10 14 11 44 49 17 5 7 5 19 17 18 5 7 6 25 32 -5 44
15 SPAL 35 7 14 14 40 52 18 3 8 7 27 28 17 4 6 7 13 24 -12 35
16 Alessandria 35 8 8 19 35 56 17 5 5 7 16 22 18 3 3 12 19 34 -21 32
17 Cosenza 35 6 10 19 31 57 17 6 3 8 17 22 18 0 7 11 14 35 -26 28
18 Vicenza 35 6 7 22 33 58 18 4 5 9 20 25 17 2 2 13 13 33 -25 25
19 Crotone 35 3 13 19 35 56 17 3 8 6 20 23 18 0 5 13 15 33 -21 22
20 Pordenone 35 3 8 24 25 64 18 2 6 10 16 31 17 1 2 14 9 33 -39 17

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 Cremonese 35 19 9 7 54 34 18 11 6 1 32 17 17 8 3 6 22 17 20 66
2 Lecce 35 17 14 4 55 29 17 11 5 1 34 14 18 6 9 3 21 15 26 65
3 Monza 35 18 10 7 56 33 18 12 4 2 34 14 17 6 6 5 22 19 23 64
4 Benevento 35 18 9 8 60 32 17 10 4 3 36 16 18 8 5 5 24 16 28 63
5 Pisa 35 17 12 6 45 31 18 10 7 1 25 12 17 7 5 5 20 19 14 63
6 Brescia 35 16 14 5 51 33 17 7 7 3 26 19 18 9 7 2 25 14 18 62
7 Ascoli 35 17 7 11 47 41 17 7 5 5 20 17 18 10 2 6 27 24 6 58
8 Frosinone 35 14 13 8 53 39 17 9 6 2 29 13 18 5 7 6 24 26 14 55
9 Perugia 35 12 16 7 37 30 17 4 8 5 16 15 18 8 8 2 21 15 7 52
10 Cittadella 35 12 12 11 37 35 18 6 5 7 21 18 17 6 7 4 16 17 2 48
11 Ternana 35 13 9 13 54 56 18 8 2 8 29 27 17 5 7 5 25 29 -2 48
12 Reggina 35 13 8 14 30 42 18 9 2 7 18 20 17 4 6 7 12 22 -12 47
13 Parma 35 10 15 10 44 39 18 5 8 5 23 18 17 5 7 5 21 21 5 45
14 Como 35 10 14 11 44 49 17 5 7 5 19 17 18 5 7 6 25 32 -5 44
15 SPAL 35 7 14 14 40 52 18 3 8 7 27 28 17 4 6 7 13 24 -12 35
16 Alessandria 35 8 8 19 35 56 17 5 5 7 16 22 18 3 3 12 19 34 -21 32
17 Cosenza 35 6 10 19 31 57 17 6 3 8 17 22 18 0 7 11 14 35 -26 28
18 Vicenza 35 6 7 22 33 58 18 4 5 9 20 25 17 2 2 13 13 33 -25 25
19 Crotone 35 3 13 19 35 56 17 3 8 6 20 23 18 0 5 13 15 33 -21 22
20 Pordenone 35 3 8 24 25 64 18 2 6 10 16 31 17 1 2 14 9 33 -39 17

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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.