Serie B: The average league table positions tell a story of the journey Ascoli and Palermo have been on uptil now. Both participants are up for it; let's bake this cake!
- Ascoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Palermo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Both teams have had time to rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an enthusiastic game!
Ascoli form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie B this season. Ascoli have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca.
The Ascoli manager and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus SPAL (placed 14th). Ascoli's goalie Leali played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against SPAL with a stunning six saves. Falasco (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.33/10. Falasco served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Heartbreak before that as Ascoli lost 0-1 at Ternana's place.This is expected to be a close game, with Ascoli perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ascoli as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Ascoli has won 4 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.
Ascoli have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Palermo form and stats
There's been little loot from Palermo's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 10 away games in the Serie B. Palermo only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws. One point away has become something of a habit for Palermo who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Palermo are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Bari 1908 (placed 4th). Nedelcearu, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.85. Nedelcearu won 5 of 6 duels.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Perugia that ended 3-3.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Palermo in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Palermo, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Lacking goals? 9 of this club's last 12 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.
The visiting Palermo have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 10 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Palermo have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The sides have met each other already this season, with the match result Palermo - Ascoli 2-3 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: two - three - four (Ascoli wins - draws - Palermo wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Brunori Sandri 10 goals |   C. Gondo 5 goals | F. Dionisi 4 goals |
Ascoli missing players
Palermo missing players
| Ascoli | Palermo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 25 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 25 | 13 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 25 |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 71% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 57% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 40% | 33% |
| 24% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| 57% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 38% |
| 19% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 38% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 33% |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 |
| 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.5 | 11.1 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.5 | 12 |
| 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 36% | 37% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 28% | 26% |
| 12.3 | 11.3 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 13.1 | 13.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
- Ascoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Palermo have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Palermo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Palermo haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Frosinone | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 42 |
| 2 | Reggina | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 39 |
| 3 | Genoa | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 39 |
| 4 | Bari 1908 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 33 |
| 5 | Südtirol | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 32 |
| 6 | Pisa | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 30 |
| 7 | Parma | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 30 |
| 8 | Cagliari | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Ternana | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -4 | 29 |
| 10 | Modena | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 28 |
| 11 | Palermo | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 28 |
| 12 | Ascoli | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
| 13 | Brescia | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 14 | SPAL | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 24 |
| 15 | Benevento | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -4 | 23 |
| 16 | Como | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 23 |
| 17 | Cittadella | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 23 |
| 18 | Venezia | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 19 | Perugia | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -10 | 20 |
| 20 | Cosenza | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | -17 | 18 |
