Serie B prediction and preview: Ascoli modest favorites to beat Reggiana

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Tue 20.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca (20550 seats)

It's early days in the Serie B and both Ascoli and Reggiana are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Ascoli form and stats

Ascoli's first Serie B home game here at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats from 19 matches.

Stress levels are on the rise for Ascoli's attacking players as they have now played 269 minutes without scoring in a league game. M. Cavion was their last goal scorer.

In their previous game, the manager V. Bertotto led his Ascoli to a defeat in the Serie B match away at Frosinone. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca. Preceding that match was the home game against Lecce that was lost 0-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ascoli handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, two draws and three defeats.

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

Early season league goal statistics from Ascoli's 1 home game: 0 goals, 2 conceded.

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Reggiana form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Serie B, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 5 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats from 13 matches.

The manager M. Alvini was unhappy after their last game, a Serie B match played at their home ground MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore. Reggiana suffered a 0-1 loss to Chievo (placed 8th). Prior to that result Reggiana won their away game at Virtus Entella. The scoreline was 2-0.

It's a bit worrying for Reggiana that their goalkeeper Michele Cerofolini made nine saves in the Chievo game last time out, but still couldn''t prevent the loss.

We have checked recent matches where Reggiana have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were two victories, zero draws and one defeat.

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

2 goals so far away for Reggiana, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - one - zero (Ascoli wins - draws - Reggiana wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ReggianaS. Mazzocchi
S. Mazzocchi
2 goals
AscoliM. Cavion
M. Cavion
1 goals
ReggianaR. Martinelli
R. Martinelli
1 goals

Ascoli missing players

Reggiana missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ascoli Reggiana
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 2 2 4
4 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 33%
67% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 3.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
41 8 0 Total Shots T S 9 9 30
8 3 0 Shots on Target S O 4 4 12
12% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 33%
Ascoli Last season Reggiana
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   13 27
13 9   Won W   5 15
7 5   Drew D   6 10
18 5   Lost L   2 2
50 29   Scored S   15 45
58 24   Conceded C   11 25
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   69% 85%
79% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   54% 70%
58% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 56%
32% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 33%
11% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 11%
61% 58%   BTTS BTTS   46% 63%
18% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   46% 33%
21% 16%   Failed to Score F T   38% 19%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
3 2.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 2.6
7 2   Red cards R C   4 5
 
439 209   Total Shots T S   102 217
152 70   Shots on Target S O   44 102
33% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 40%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cittadella 3 2 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 5 7
2 Salernitana 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 7
3 Empoli 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 7
4 Frosinone 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 6
5 Reggina 3 1 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 5
6 Reggiana 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 4
7 Brescia 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 4
8 Chievo 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
9 Lecce 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 4
10 Venezia 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 4
11 Pordenone 3 0 3 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 3
12 SPAL 3 0 3 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 3
13 Cosenza 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
14 Monza 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
15 Cremonese 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 2
16 Virtus Entella 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 2
17 Pisa 3 0 2 1 4 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 6 -3 2
18 Vicenza 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
19 Pescara 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 1
20 Ascoli 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -3 1
Last season 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 38 26 8 4 67 27 19 14 4 1 39 9 19 12 4 3 28 18 40 86
2 Crotone 38 20 8 10 63 40 19 12 5 2 33 14 19 8 3 8 30 26 23 68
3 Spezia 38 17 10 11 54 40 19 10 4 5 30 18 19 7 6 6 24 22 14 61
4 Pordenone 38 16 10 12 48 46 19 11 5 3 25 12 19 5 5 9 23 34 2 58
5 Cittadella 38 17 7 14 49 49 19 7 4 8 23 26 19 10 3 6 26 23 0 58
6 Chievo 38 14 14 10 48 38 19 10 4 5 29 18 19 4 10 5 19 20 10 56
7 Pisa 38 14 12 12 49 45 19 10 5 4 28 20 19 4 7 8 21 25 4 54
8 Frosinone 38 14 12 12 41 38 19 10 5 4 29 18 19 4 7 8 12 20 3 54
9 Empoli 38 14 12 12 47 48 19 7 8 4 26 23 19 7 4 8 21 25 -1 54
10 Salernitana 38 14 10 14 53 50 19 10 6 3 35 23 19 4 4 11 18 27 3 52
11 Venezia 38 12 14 12 37 40 19 5 6 8 18 24 19 7 8 4 19 16 -3 50
12 Cremonese 38 12 13 13 42 43 19 7 6 6 22 19 19 5 7 7 20 24 -1 49
13 Virtus Entella 38 12 12 14 46 50 19 8 6 5 21 18 19 4 6 9 25 32 -4 48
14 Cosenza 38 12 10 16 50 49 19 6 5 8 21 22 19 6 5 8 29 27 1 46
15 Ascoli 38 13 7 18 50 58 19 9 5 5 29 24 19 4 2 13 21 34 -8 46
16 Pescara 38 12 9 17 48 55 19 7 8 4 31 23 19 5 1 13 17 32 -7 45
17 Perugia 38 12 9 17 38 49 19 7 5 7 19 19 19 5 4 10 19 30 -11 45
18 Trapani 38 11 13 14 48 60 19 8 6 5 27 20 19 3 7 9 21 40 -12 44
19 Juve Stabia 38 11 8 19 47 63 19 9 3 7 30 29 19 2 5 12 17 34 -16 41
20 Livorno 38 5 6 27 30 67 19 3 2 14 19 42 19 2 4 13 11 25 -37 21
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vicenza 27 18 7 2 41 12 13 9 3 1 16 5 14 9 4 1 25 7 29 61
2 Reggiana 27 15 10 2 45 25 14 10 4 0 30 14 13 5 6 2 15 11 20 55
3 Carpi 26 16 5 5 44 21 14 10 3 1 30 8 12 6 2 4 14 13 23 53
4 Sudtirol 27 15 3 9 43 24 13 9 0 4 29 13 14 6 3 5 14 11 19 48
5 Padova 26 13 5 8 35 19 13 8 1 4 22 8 13 5 4 4 13 11 16 44
6 FeralpiSalo 26 12 8 6 34 31 13 6 6 1 20 14 13 6 2 5 14 17 3 44
7 Piacenza 26 10 11 5 32 24 12 6 4 2 16 9 14 4 7 3 16 15 8 41
8 Triestina 27 12 4 11 36 32 13 7 1 5 19 12 14 5 3 6 17 20 4 40
9 Modena 27 11 7 9 29 25 14 7 5 2 18 10 13 4 2 7 11 15 4 40
10 Sambenedettese 26 9 6 11 31 31 13 5 3 5 16 14 13 4 3 6 15 17 0 33
11 Fermana 27 8 9 10 22 33 14 2 7 5 13 19 13 6 2 5 9 14 -11 33
12 Virtus Verona 27 8 8 11 33 35 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 5 5 4 19 16 -2 32
13 Cesena 27 7 9 11 33 42 13 3 4 6 13 21 14 4 5 5 20 21 -9 30
14 Gubbio 27 5 13 9 23 31 14 2 7 5 9 14 13 3 6 4 14 17 -8 28
15 Vis Pesaro 27 7 7 13 22 37 13 4 4 5 11 13 14 3 3 8 11 24 -15 28
16 Ravenna 27 7 6 14 25 41 13 3 3 7 12 18 14 4 3 7 13 23 -16 27
17 Imolese 27 4 11 12 20 35 14 2 5 7 11 21 13 2 6 5 9 14 -15 23
18 Union ArzignanoChiampo 26 4 10 12 18 32 13 0 7 6 7 13 13 4 3 6 11 19 -14 22
19 Fano 27 5 6 16 24 42 14 2 3 9 9 21 13 3 3 7 15 21 -18 21
20 Rimini 27 4 9 14 24 42 14 4 4 6 15 18 13 0 5 8 9 24 -18 21

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 Cittadella 3 2 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 5 7
2 Salernitana 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 7
3 Empoli 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 7
4 Frosinone 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 6
5 Reggina 3 1 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 5
6 Reggiana 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 4
7 Brescia 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 4
8 Chievo 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
9 Lecce 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 4
10 Venezia 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 4
11 Pordenone 3 0 3 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 3
12 SPAL 3 0 3 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 3
13 Cosenza 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
14 Monza 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
15 Cremonese 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 2
16 Virtus Entella 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 2
17 Pisa 3 0 2 1 4 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 6 -3 2
18 Vicenza 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
19 Pescara 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 1
20 Ascoli 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -3 1

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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.