Serie B duel: Close contest expected between Ascoli and Reggina

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Mon 26.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca (20550 seats)

Reggina should not ask for any donations from hosting team Ascoli in this Serie B match. Here's the full preview!

Insights:
  • Ascoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reggina haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

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 have collected 10 points from their Serie B home games so far after 2-4-3. Ascoli have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

A good away victory last time out for Ascoli, who won 3-1 against Cosenza (placed 19th). A big relief, as that was the first three points in the league after going winless in six fixtures in a row. Midfielder Collocolo was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.05 (out of ten) in that game. Collocolo scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Genoa that ended 0-0.

Ascoli has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. On the other hand, Ascoli have conceded 12 goals.

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Reggina form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Reggina on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Reggina goalkeeper Simone Colombi is eager to challenge this, with his 202 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Reggina played 0-0 against Bari 1908 in their previous match. Pierozzi, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.61. Pierozzi hit two key passes and won 6 of 10 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Como at their stadium, the result 1-0.

The visiting Reggina have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

Ascoli have avoided defeat in the last 4 matches (3-1-0) versus Reggina.

Top Goalscorers

AscoliC. Gondo
C. Gondo
5 goals
RegginaG. Fabbian
G. Fabbian
5 goals
AscoliF. Dionisi
F. Dionisi
4 goals

Ascoli missing players

Reggina missing players

Ascoli Reggina
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 3 9 18
6 2 0 Won W 1 5 10
7 4 1 Drew D 0 1 3
5 3 2 Lost L 2 3 5
24 10 1 Scored S 2 10 29
22 12 4 Conceded C 2 7 16
89% 78% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
78% 67% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 56% 72%
44% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 56%
28% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 22%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
61% 67% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 33%
22% 22% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 44%
28% 33% 67% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 28%
 
4.3 4.3 2 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.3 4.8
4.5 3.9 1.3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 4.4 4.6
3.1 2.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.2
6 5 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.2 11.3 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 15 13.8 13.9
3.5 2.9 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.4 5.3
38% 38% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 25% 31%
 
12.4 11.8 9 Shots against (avg) S A 8 10.9 9.8
3.9 3.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.7 3.2
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Ascoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reggina 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 18 11 3 4 25 11 8 6 2 0 12 2 10 5 1 4 13 9 14 36
2 Reggina 18 10 3 5 29 16 9 5 2 2 19 9 9 5 1 3 10 7 13 33
3 Bari 1908 18 7 9 2 29 17 8 2 5 1 15 10 10 5 4 1 14 7 12 30
4 Genoa 18 8 6 4 19 13 9 3 5 1 9 6 9 5 1 3 10 7 6 30
5 Pisa 18 6 8 4 29 20 9 5 2 2 17 8 9 1 6 2 12 12 9 26
6 Parma 18 7 5 6 23 18 10 5 1 4 14 11 8 2 4 2 9 7 5 26
7 Sudtirol 18 6 8 4 21 22 9 2 6 1 11 10 9 4 2 3 10 12 -1 26
8 Ternana 18 7 5 6 20 21 9 4 3 2 8 6 9 3 2 4 12 15 -1 26
9 Ascoli 18 6 7 5 24 22 9 2 4 3 10 12 9 4 3 2 14 10 2 25
10 Brescia 18 6 6 6 19 25 9 4 3 2 10 8 9 2 3 4 9 17 -6 24
11 Palermo 18 6 5 7 18 21 10 4 3 3 11 9 8 2 2 4 7 12 -3 23
12 Benevento 18 5 7 6 17 18 9 2 3 4 7 10 9 3 4 2 10 8 -1 22
13 Modena 18 6 4 8 26 28 9 3 3 3 15 12 9 3 1 5 11 16 -2 22
14 Cagliari 18 5 7 6 21 23 9 4 3 2 12 12 9 1 4 4 9 11 -2 22
15 SPAL 18 4 8 6 21 22 9 3 2 4 14 12 9 1 6 2 7 10 -1 20
16 Venezia 18 5 4 9 21 26 9 2 1 6 9 15 9 3 3 3 12 11 -5 19
17 Como 18 4 7 7 20 27 9 3 3 3 9 10 9 1 4 4 11 17 -7 19
18 Cittadella 18 4 7 7 13 22 9 2 4 3 7 12 9 2 3 4 6 10 -9 19
19 Cosenza 18 4 5 9 17 30 9 3 2 4 12 13 9 1 3 5 5 17 -13 17
20 Perugia 18 4 4 10 14 24 9 3 2 4 7 11 9 1 2 6 7 13 -10 16

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.