Ascoli supporters put their faith in manager Bucchi to deliver victory against SPAL

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca (20550 seats)

It's the second chance for points this season as Ascoli and SPAL fight it out at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Ascoli form and stats

The previous season, Ascoli's league stats were 19 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses, resulting in 6th position in the Serie B. In these 38 matches they scored 52 goals and gave away 42. Performing as the home team in the former season Ascoli produced 8-6-5 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 18 conceded. Ascoli have only played one Serie B game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats from 19 matches.

The Ascoli supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Ternana and win 2-1. Caligara (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.12/10. Caligara signed up for two assists and hit two key passes.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Ascoli have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

At Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca, Ascoli has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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SPAL form and stats

Let's have a look at how SPAL performed last season in the Serie B: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 15 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 54 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 7 and lost 7 with 16/26 goals scored/conceded.

Home advantage was not enough for SPAL in their previous game as they lost hosting Reggina, 1-3. Attacker Mantia got a player rating of 7.82 in the game. "Man of the match" Mantia scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

hometeam won We have checked recent matches where SPAL have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 1 victory, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Head 2 Head

As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's four Ascoli victories, two draws and two SPAL wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AscoliE. Botteghin
E. Botteghin
1 goals
AscoliM. Collocolo
M. Collocolo
1 goals
SPALA. La Mantia
A. La Mantia
1 goals

Ascoli missing players

SPAL missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ascoli SPAL
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 1 1 Played P 0 0 1
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 2 2 Scored S 0 0 1
1 1 1 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 8
7 7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 14
5 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 6
40% 40% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 17%
 
10 10 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 13
3 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 8
Ascoli Last season SPAL
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
39 20   Played P   19 38
19 8   Won W   5 9
8 6   Drew D   7 15
12 6   Lost L   7 14
52 24   Scored S   16 46
43 19   Conceded C   26 54
95% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 92%
72% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 79%
38% 30%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 47%
23% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 32%
13% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 11%
49% 45%   BTTS BTTS   47% 58%
31% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 21%
26% 30%   Failed to Score F T   37% 29%
 
4.2 3.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.1
5.7 5.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.2
2.7 2.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.5
5 5   Red cards R C   3 4
 
14.1 15   Shots (avg) S (   12.3 14.9
4.7 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4.7
28% 22%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 26%
 
12.2 10.9   Shots against (avg) S A   14.3 13.6
3.9 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Reggina 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Brescia 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Palermo 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Cittadella 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Ascoli 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Genoa 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Cosenza 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Frosinone 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Bari 1908 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Parma 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Cagliari 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Como 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Pisa 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0
14 Ternana 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Venezia 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Benevento 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Modena 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 SPAL 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Perugia 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Sudtirol 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
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 Lecce 38 19 14 5 59 31 19 13 5 1 37 14 19 6 9 4 22 17 28 71
2 Cremonese 38 20 9 9 57 39 19 11 6 2 32 18 19 9 3 7 25 21 18 69
3 Monza 38 19 10 9 60 38 19 13 4 2 37 14 19 6 6 7 23 24 22 67
4 Pisa 38 18 13 7 48 35 19 10 8 1 26 13 19 8 5 6 22 22 13 67
5 Brescia 38 17 15 6 55 35 19 8 8 3 30 20 19 9 7 3 25 15 20 66
6 Ascoli 38 19 8 11 52 42 19 8 6 5 24 18 19 11 2 6 28 24 10 65
7 Benevento 38 18 9 11 62 39 19 10 4 5 38 20 19 8 5 6 24 19 23 63
8 Frosinone 38 15 13 10 58 45 19 10 6 3 34 16 19 5 7 7 24 29 13 58
9 Perugia 38 14 16 8 40 32 19 6 8 5 19 16 19 8 8 3 21 16 8 58
10 Ternana 38 15 9 14 58 61 19 9 2 8 30 27 19 6 7 6 28 34 -3 54
11 Cittadella 38 13 13 12 38 36 19 7 5 7 22 18 19 6 8 5 16 18 2 52
12 Parma 38 11 16 11 48 43 19 5 9 5 25 20 19 6 7 6 23 23 5 49
13 Como 38 11 14 13 49 54 19 5 7 7 20 21 19 6 7 6 29 33 -5 47
14 Reggina 38 13 9 16 31 49 19 9 2 8 19 24 19 4 7 8 12 25 -18 46
15 SPAL 38 9 15 14 46 54 19 4 8 7 30 28 19 5 7 7 16 26 -8 42
16 Cosenza 38 8 11 19 36 59 19 8 3 8 21 23 19 0 8 11 15 36 -23 35
17 Vicenza 38 9 7 22 38 59 19 5 5 9 22 26 19 4 2 13 16 33 -21 34
18 Alessandria 38 8 10 20 37 59 19 5 6 8 16 23 19 3 4 12 21 36 -22 34
19 Crotone 38 4 14 20 41 61 19 4 8 7 23 25 19 0 6 13 18 36 -20 26
20 Pordenone 38 3 9 26 29 71 19 2 7 10 19 34 19 1 2 16 10 37 -42 18

SPAL:
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 Reggina 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Brescia 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Palermo 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Cittadella 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Ascoli 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Genoa 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Cosenza 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Frosinone 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Bari 1908 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Parma 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Cagliari 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Como 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Pisa 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0
14 Ternana 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Venezia 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Benevento 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Modena 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 SPAL 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Perugia 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Sudtirol 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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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.