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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 13.February
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca (20550 seats)

Which team will get all the points when Como visit Ascoli? In this match guide you'll learn all the relevant information and stats necessary to enjoy the game more.

Insights:
  • Ascoli have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Como have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Serie B

Ascoli and Como should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Ascoli form and stats

Ascoli's struggle is real here at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca with only 9 points collected from 10 Serie B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-5. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Ascoli, their manager Sottil and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The Ascoli crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Perugia here at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca. Midfielder Caligara was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.42 (out of ten) in that game. Caligara hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Cosenza and winning 3-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ascoli have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost three.

Ascoli are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Benevento awaits in three days.

Ascoli aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca in the league, with only 8 goals from 10 games. Ascoli have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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Como form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Como playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.

Como's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Lecce that finished 1-1.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Crotone.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Como in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Como, two draws and five defeats.

Como have another fixture that requires travelling in just three nights, a Serie B fixture against Frosinone. A hard fixture list for them!

The travelling fans enjoy Como's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 10 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Como have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams meet this season, as the history books show this recent match: Como - Ascoli 0-1. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: three - zero - zero (Ascoli wins - draws - Como wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AscoliF. Dionisi
F. Dionisi
7 goals
ComoA. Cerri
A. Cerri
7 goals
ComoA. La Gumina
A. La Gumina
5 goals

Ascoli missing players

Como missing players

Ascoli Como
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 10 21
9 2 0 Won W 1 3 6
5 3 2 Drew D 1 4 9
7 5 1 Lost L 1 3 6
29 8 1 Scored S 6 15 27
28 14 2 Conceded C 6 16 26
95% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 60% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 81%
48% 30% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 29%
33% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 40% 24%
19% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 14%
62% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 70% 62%
19% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 14%
24% 40% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 24%
 
4 3.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3.9 4.2
5.8 5.8 9 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 6.9 6.2
3.1 3.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.9 2.5
3 3 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
12.6 13.3 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 11.2 13.5
4.2 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.2 4.6
33% 20% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 36% 28%
 
12.9 11.5 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 20 19.2 16.5
4.1 4.2 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 6.8 5.3
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Ascoli have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Como have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Como have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Serie B
  • Como 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 Lecce 21 11 8 2 35 18 10 7 3 0 23 9 11 4 5 2 12 9 17 41
2 Pisa 21 11 7 3 28 16 10 6 3 1 13 7 11 5 4 2 15 9 12 40
3 Brescia 21 11 6 4 33 21 10 3 4 3 14 13 11 8 2 1 19 8 12 39
4 Cremonese 21 11 5 5 33 21 11 6 4 1 19 11 10 5 1 4 14 10 12 38
5 Frosinone 21 9 10 2 34 18 11 4 6 1 17 10 10 5 4 1 17 8 16 37
6 Benevento 21 10 6 5 33 20 11 6 3 2 21 11 10 4 3 3 12 9 13 36
7 Monza 21 9 8 4 30 24 10 8 2 0 20 9 11 1 6 4 10 15 6 35
8 Cittadella 21 8 8 5 25 22 10 5 3 2 15 9 11 3 5 3 10 13 3 32
9 Ascoli 21 9 5 7 29 28 10 2 3 5 8 14 11 7 2 2 21 14 1 32
10 Perugia 21 7 10 4 22 19 10 3 4 3 10 10 11 4 6 1 12 9 3 31
11 Como 21 6 9 6 27 26 11 3 5 3 12 10 10 3 4 3 15 16 1 27
12 Ternana 21 7 6 8 32 32 11 5 1 5 17 16 10 2 5 3 15 16 0 27
13 Parma 21 5 10 6 22 23 10 2 5 3 7 8 11 3 5 3 15 15 -1 25
14 SPAL 21 5 8 8 24 28 11 2 5 4 17 17 10 3 3 4 7 11 -4 23
15 Reggina 21 6 5 10 16 29 10 3 2 5 9 15 11 3 3 5 7 14 -13 23
16 Alessandria 21 6 3 12 23 32 11 4 2 5 9 13 10 2 1 7 14 19 -9 21
17 Cosenza 21 4 6 11 17 33 11 4 2 5 10 12 10 0 4 6 7 21 -16 18
18 Crotone 21 2 8 11 22 34 11 2 5 4 13 16 10 0 3 7 9 18 -12 14
19 Pordenone 21 2 6 13 17 39 11 1 4 6 10 19 10 1 2 7 7 20 -22 12
20 Vicenza 21 3 2 16 21 40 10 1 2 7 11 19 11 2 0 9 10 21 -19 11

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.