Ascoli favourites for feisty fight facing Juve Stabia

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Date: Fri 07.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca (20550 seats)

With their 2 point advantage in the league table, Ascoli fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Juve Stabia.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Juve Stabia play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Juve Stabia when playing on grass are 16 wins, 18 draws and 9 defeats from 43 matches. They have scored 51 goals and conceded 36 times in these games.

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Ascoli form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca as Ascoli have scored 16 goals to get 22 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Serie B are 7-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Ascoli, who won 3-0 against Livorno (placed 20th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Frosinone (0-1).

Nicola Leali loved the game against Livorno. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-0 victory.

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 five games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost two.

Ascoli have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Ascoli are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.

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Juve Stabia form and stats

Juve Stabia have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 2-3-5 (10 played). Juve Stabia has drawn their two previous away games.

Juve Stabia failed to get anything from their last game, a Serie B home match vs Perugia (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 1-2. A 1-1 draw at Pisa's stadium before that.

Juve Stabia goalkeeper Ivan Provedel had a great day against Perugia, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.

Juve Stabia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and four defeats. From a total of six matches.

The attacking power of Juve Stabia when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Juve Stabia have conceded 15 goals on the road. 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 Juve Stabia - Ascoli 1-5 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Ascoli, two draws and two wins for Juve Stabia. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Juve StabiaF. Forte
F. Forte
9 goals
AscoliG. Scamacca
G. Scamacca
6 goals
Juve StabiaL. Canotto
L. Canotto
5 goals

Ascoli missing players

Juve Stabia missing players

Ascoli Juve Stabia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 10 4 Played P 5 10 22
9 7 3 Won W 1 2 8
3 1 1 Drew D 2 3 4
10 2 0 Lost L 2 5 10
31 16 9 Scored S 4 9 24
30 8 4 Conceded C 7 15 31
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 90% 95%
82% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 90% 82%
55% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 40% 36%
27% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 10% 14%
9% 10% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 10% 14%
55% 40% 75% BTTS BTTS 40% 60% 50%
23% 40% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 10% 23%
23% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 40% 32%
 
4.4 3.9 3.8 Corners For (avg) C F 4.4 3.1 4.4
4.6 4.5 4.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.8 6.9 5.7
2.7 2.7 2.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 3
6 2 1 Red Cards R C 3 3 6
 
253 104 43 Total Shots T S 32 79 213
103 41 21 Shots on Target S O 15 30 70
30% 39% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 30% 34%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Ascoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Juve Stabia have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Juve Stabia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Juve Stabia have won significantly less corners away then at home.

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