Ascoli have managed 1 home victories so far this season, SPAL have won 0 away. Who upgrades their results after this one?
- Ascoli have the most points from losing position (5) in Serie B
- SPAL have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Serie B
The visiting SPAL played their last game only four days ago, a Serie B match.
Ascoli form and stats
The story so far in the Serie B for Ascoli at their home stadium (Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager A. Sottil 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. Soufiane Bidaoui, who plays in attack, was the declared top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.43 (out of 10). Bidaoui scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Lecce that ended 1-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ascoli have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost three.
Ascoli are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Pisa awaits in four days.
The Ascoli fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 4 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Ascoli defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
SPAL form and stats
0-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for SPAL, who have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Serie B, in their Serie B matches away. The last three matches for SPAL have all ended in a draw.
There were no winners in SPAL's previous match, a Serie B home game that ended 1-1 vs Como (placed 16th). Demba Thiam had red hot gloves after the game against Como, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made. Midfield player Federico Viviani was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.73/10. Viviani hit four key passes and had 57 successful passes (of 64 total).
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Cittadella that ended 0-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by SPAL in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for SPAL, two draws and five defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Perugia in just four days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from SPAL's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 4 matches. 4 goals have been conceded by SPAL in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head totals (for the preceeding six meetings): Ascoli won three games, two matches ended with a draw and SPAL got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / fourTop Goalscorers
  F. Dionisi 5 goals |   L. Colombo 4 goals |  S. Bidaoui 3 goals |
Ascoli missing players
SPAL missing players
| Ascoli | SPAL | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 13 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 75% | 89% |
| 78% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 25% | 67% |
| 56% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 56% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 22% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 75% | 33% |
| 4.9 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.5 | 6.3 |
| 6.1 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.8 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 14.5 | 20.1 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | 7.2 |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 6% | 20% |
- Ascoli have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SPAL have scored away.
- Ascoli have the most points from losing position (5) in Serie B
- Ascoli have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Ascoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SPAL have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- SPAL have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Serie B
- SPAL have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- SPAL have yet to win a 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 | Pisa | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Brescia | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Benevento | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | Lecce | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Cremonese | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Reggina | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Frosinone | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Perugia | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 9 | Ascoli | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Ternana | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 11 | Monza | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Cittadella | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Cosenza | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | SPAL | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 15 | Parma | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 16 | Como | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 17 | Crotone | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 18 | Alessandria | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 7 |
| 19 | Vicenza | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -12 | 3 |
| 20 | Pordenone | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -17 | 2 |