Soccer betting preview: Ascoli welcomes Perugia in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca (20550 seats)

Serie B: The mid-table positions illustrates the road Ascoli and Perugia have been on so far. Both sides are up for it; let's get this boat on the water!

Insights:
  • Ascoli have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Perugia have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Serie B

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

Ascoli's results here at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca in the Serie B have been very modest with 2 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

A good away victory last time out for Ascoli, who won 3-1 against Cosenza (placed 17th). Midfielder Caligara was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.03 (out of ten) in that game. Caligara scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 35 successful passes (of 43 total).

Before that match, a win away at Ternana.

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 (8 from 9 games). 13 goals have been conceded.

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Perugia form and stats

The visitors are W3-D6-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B. The away team now have four draws in a row when involved away from home.

Perugia's previous game was their home loss versus Pordenone (0-1). Sgarbi, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.13. Sgarbi won 6 of 6 duels.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Monza that ended 2-2.

Perugia have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 11 goals have been scored. Perugia are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head match ended Perugia - Ascoli 2-3, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ascoli one win, four draws and Perugia five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AscoliF. Dionisi
F. Dionisi
7 goals
PerugiaM. De Luca
M. De Luca
7 goals
AscoliS. Bidaoui
S. Bidaoui
3 goals

Ascoli missing players

Perugia missing players

Ascoli Perugia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 9 1 Played P 3 10 20
9 2 0 Won W 0 3 6
5 3 1 Drew D 2 6 10
6 4 0 Lost L 1 1 4
29 8 0 Scored S 2 11 21
27 13 0 Conceded C 5 9 19
95% 89% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 70% 85%
75% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 65%
50% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 25%
35% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 15%
20% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 10% 10%
65% 56% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 50%
20% 22% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 50% 40%
20% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 25%
 
4.2 3.3 2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.2 3.8
5.9 6 9 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5 4.5
3.1 3.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.6 3.2
3 3 1 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
12.7 13.7 12 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 12.6 13.2
4.5 4.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.8 3.4
33% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 39% 31%
 
12.9 11.3 10 Shots against (avg) S A 12 15 13.7
4 4.1 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 4.4 4.1
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Ascoli have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Perugia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Perugia have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Serie B

  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 20 11 7 2 34 17 10 7 3 0 23 9 10 4 4 2 11 8 17 40
2 Pisa 20 11 6 3 27 15 10 6 3 1 13 7 10 5 3 2 14 8 12 39
3 Brescia 20 11 5 4 33 21 10 3 4 3 14 13 10 8 1 1 19 8 12 38
4 Benevento 20 10 5 5 33 20 10 6 2 2 21 11 10 4 3 3 12 9 13 35
5 Cremonese 20 10 5 5 30 19 10 5 4 1 16 9 10 5 1 4 14 10 11 35
6 Monza 20 9 8 3 28 21 10 8 2 0 20 9 10 1 6 3 8 12 7 35
7 Frosinone 20 8 10 2 32 18 10 3 6 1 15 10 10 5 4 1 17 8 14 34
8 Ascoli 20 9 5 6 29 27 9 2 3 4 8 13 11 7 2 2 21 14 2 32
9 Cittadella 20 8 7 5 25 22 10 5 3 2 15 9 10 3 4 3 10 13 3 31
10 Perugia 20 6 10 4 21 19 10 3 4 3 10 10 10 3 6 1 11 9 2 28
11 Como 20 6 8 6 26 25 10 3 4 3 11 9 10 3 4 3 15 16 1 26
12 Parma 20 5 9 6 22 23 10 2 5 3 7 8 10 3 4 3 15 15 -1 24
13 Ternana 20 6 6 8 30 32 10 4 1 5 15 16 10 2 5 3 15 16 -2 24
14 Reggina 20 6 5 9 16 27 10 3 2 5 9 15 10 3 3 4 7 12 -11 23
15 SPAL 20 5 7 8 23 27 11 2 5 4 17 17 9 3 2 4 6 10 -4 22
16 Alessandria 20 6 2 12 22 31 10 4 1 5 8 12 10 2 1 7 14 19 -9 20
17 Cosenza 20 4 5 11 17 33 10 4 1 5 10 12 10 0 4 6 7 21 -16 17
18 Crotone 20 2 7 11 22 34 10 2 4 4 13 16 10 0 3 7 9 18 -12 13
19 Vicenza 20 3 2 15 21 38 10 1 2 7 11 19 10 2 0 8 10 19 -17 11
20 Pordenone 20 2 5 13 16 38 10 1 3 6 9 18 10 1 2 7 7 20 -22 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.