Serie B match preview and stats: Ascoli welcome Pisa

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Wed 16.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca (20550 seats)

Both these squads are capable in this league, Pisa holding a 9 point edge on Ascoli in the standings. Let's get started!

Insights:
  • Ascoli have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Pisa have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Serie B

It's no vacation for neither Ascoli nor Pisa as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

W D L W L

Ascoli form and stats

Ascoli have collected 17 points from their Serie B home games so far after 4-5-5.

Ascoli are returning here after visiting SPAL and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Collocolo and Büchel scored the goal(s). Midfielder Collocolo was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.33 (out of ten) in that game. Collocolo scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

In the match before that, Ascoli hosted Frosinone and drew the game 1-1.

The manager Sottil will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Vicenza in only four days.

The Ascoli fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 14 matches. Ascoli have conceded 17 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

W W W L D

Pisa form and stats

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

The Pisa goalkeeper Nicolas David Andrade is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 201 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

The club members enjoyed Pisa's previous fixture versus Cremonese (placed 3rd), a 3-0 win played at home. The attacker Torregrossa got a match rating of 8.65 in that game. Torregrossa scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that result Pisa won their away game at Pordenone. The scoreline was 1-0.

A new game in only four days for Pisa, the Serie B home match versus Cittadella. Busy days.

Pisa find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

The previous head to head match ended Pisa - Ascoli 1-1, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ascoli three wins, two draws and Pisa five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AscoliF. Dionisi
F. Dionisi
7 goals
AscoliS. Bidaoui
S. Bidaoui
6 goals
PisaL. Lucca
L. Lucca
6 goals

Ascoli missing players

Pisa missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ascoli Pisa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 4 14 29
13 4 0 Won W 2 7 15
7 5 2 Drew D 0 4 10
9 5 3 Lost L 2 3 4
41 15 5 Scored S 5 18 39
37 17 11 Conceded C 4 11 22
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
79% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 66%
48% 36% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 29% 31%
28% 14% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 14% 17%
14% 14% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 7%
62% 57% 80% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 48%
21% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 36% 45%
21% 29% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 21% 17%
 
4.2 3.4 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 6.1 5.6
5.6 5.7 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.4 5.9
2.9 3.1 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.1 2.7
4 4 2 Red cards R C 3 3 3
 
13.7 14.2 13 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 13.6 13.5
4.6 4.9 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.6 4.3
31% 22% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 28% 31%
 
12.9 11.6 13 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 12.7 12.6
4.3 4.4 5.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.6 3.4
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Ascoli have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Pisa have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Serie B
  • Pisa have the most clean sheets (13) 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 Pisa 29 15 10 4 39 22 15 8 6 1 21 11 14 7 4 3 18 11 17 55
2 Lecce 29 14 12 3 47 25 15 9 5 1 32 14 14 5 7 2 15 11 22 54
3 Cremonese 29 15 8 6 43 28 14 8 5 1 24 13 15 7 3 5 19 15 15 53
4 Brescia 29 14 10 5 44 29 14 5 6 3 21 17 15 9 4 2 23 12 15 52
5 Monza 29 14 9 6 47 30 15 10 3 2 30 13 14 4 6 4 17 17 17 51
6 Benevento 28 14 8 6 45 25 15 8 4 3 30 15 13 6 4 3 15 10 20 50
7 Frosinone 29 12 12 5 45 29 15 7 6 2 25 12 14 5 6 3 20 17 16 48
8 Ascoli 29 13 7 9 41 37 14 4 5 5 15 17 15 9 2 4 26 20 4 46
9 Perugia 29 11 12 6 32 25 14 4 6 4 14 12 15 7 6 2 18 13 7 45
10 Cittadella 29 11 10 8 33 29 14 6 3 5 19 14 15 5 7 3 14 15 4 43
11 Reggina 29 11 6 12 27 36 15 7 2 6 16 17 14 4 4 6 11 19 -9 39
12 Ternana 29 10 7 12 41 45 15 7 1 7 21 19 14 3 6 5 20 26 -4 37
13 Como 29 8 13 8 35 39 14 4 6 4 15 14 15 4 7 4 20 25 -4 37
14 Parma 29 7 14 8 36 33 15 4 7 4 19 14 14 3 7 4 17 19 3 35
15 SPAL 29 7 10 12 34 43 15 3 6 6 24 23 14 4 4 6 10 20 -9 31
16 Alessandria 29 6 7 16 28 45 14 4 4 6 12 17 15 2 3 10 16 28 -17 25
17 Cosenza 28 5 8 15 24 44 13 5 2 6 13 15 15 0 6 9 11 29 -20 23
18 Vicenza 29 5 6 18 29 51 14 3 4 7 16 21 15 2 2 11 13 30 -22 21
19 Crotone 29 2 10 17 29 50 14 2 7 5 16 20 15 0 3 12 13 30 -21 16
20 Pordenone 29 2 7 20 20 54 15 1 5 9 12 26 14 1 2 11 8 28 -34 13

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 Pisa 29 15 10 4 39 22 15 8 6 1 21 11 14 7 4 3 18 11 17 55
2 Lecce 29 14 12 3 47 25 15 9 5 1 32 14 14 5 7 2 15 11 22 54
3 Cremonese 29 15 8 6 43 28 14 8 5 1 24 13 15 7 3 5 19 15 15 53
4 Brescia 29 14 10 5 44 29 14 5 6 3 21 17 15 9 4 2 23 12 15 52
5 Monza 29 14 9 6 47 30 15 10 3 2 30 13 14 4 6 4 17 17 17 51
6 Benevento 28 14 8 6 45 25 15 8 4 3 30 15 13 6 4 3 15 10 20 50
7 Frosinone 29 12 12 5 45 29 15 7 6 2 25 12 14 5 6 3 20 17 16 48
8 Ascoli 29 13 7 9 41 37 14 4 5 5 15 17 15 9 2 4 26 20 4 46
9 Perugia 29 11 12 6 32 25 14 4 6 4 14 12 15 7 6 2 18 13 7 45
10 Cittadella 29 11 10 8 33 29 14 6 3 5 19 14 15 5 7 3 14 15 4 43
11 Reggina 29 11 6 12 27 36 15 7 2 6 16 17 14 4 4 6 11 19 -9 39
12 Ternana 29 10 7 12 41 45 15 7 1 7 21 19 14 3 6 5 20 26 -4 37
13 Como 29 8 13 8 35 39 14 4 6 4 15 14 15 4 7 4 20 25 -4 37
14 Parma 29 7 14 8 36 33 15 4 7 4 19 14 14 3 7 4 17 19 3 35
15 SPAL 29 7 10 12 34 43 15 3 6 6 24 23 14 4 4 6 10 20 -9 31
16 Alessandria 29 6 7 16 28 45 14 4 4 6 12 17 15 2 3 10 16 28 -17 25
17 Cosenza 28 5 8 15 24 44 13 5 2 6 13 15 15 0 6 9 11 29 -20 23
18 Vicenza 29 5 6 18 29 51 14 3 4 7 16 21 15 2 2 11 13 30 -22 21
19 Crotone 29 2 10 17 29 50 14 2 7 5 16 20 15 0 3 12 13 30 -21 16
20 Pordenone 29 2 7 20 20 54 15 1 5 9 12 26 14 1 2 11 8 28 -34 13

More from Italy - Serie B

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.