Serie B match preview: Ascoli versus Vicenza

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Mon 05.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca (20550 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Ascoli languishing in the 18th position so far. The guesting Vicenza will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Ascoli have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Serie B
  • Vicenza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ascoli and Vicenza.

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Ascoli form and stats

Ascoli, who have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Serie B, have collected 17 points from their Serie B home games so far after 4-5-6. Two draws in a row at home now for Ascoli.

Ascoli faced defeat in their previous match, away at Cosenza (1-2). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Cremonese.

Ascoli aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca in the league, with only 11 goals from 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Vicenza form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

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. Vicenza goalkeeper Matteo Grandi is eager to challenge this, with his 262 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Vicenza won their last game, 1-0 versus Cittadella played at home. Before that, Vicenza secured a home win against Pescara with the score 1-0.

Vicenza have scored 22 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. Vicenza have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Vicenza - Ascoli 2-1 earlier this season. Ascoli-Vicenza H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ascoli two wins, Vicenza four wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

VicenzaR. Meggiorini
R. Meggiorini
11 goals
AscoliR. Bajić
R. Bajić
8 goals
AscoliA. Sabiri
A. Sabiri
5 goals

Ascoli missing players

Vicenza missing players

Ascoli Vicenza
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 5 15 31
6 4 2 Won W 3 5 9
10 5 2 Drew D 1 5 14
15 6 1 Lost L 1 5 8
26 11 5 Scored S 8 22 41
41 18 5 Conceded C 6 22 40
90% 87% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
74% 80% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 87% 77%
35% 27% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 67% 48%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 27% 23%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 13% 10%
52% 40% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 73% 68%
13% 20% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 13% 19%
45% 53% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 13% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.9 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 2.7 3
9 5 1 Red cards R C 3 3 5
 
12.9 12.5 12.6 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 10.9 12.4
4.2 3.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.9 4.1
20% 22% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 37% 32%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Ascoli have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Serie B
  • Vicenza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vicenza 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 Empoli 30 15 14 1 53 24 15 8 7 0 26 10 15 7 7 1 27 14 29 59
2 Lecce 31 14 13 4 60 36 16 6 8 2 32 21 15 8 5 2 28 15 24 55
3 Monza 31 13 12 6 41 27 15 7 5 3 23 12 16 6 7 3 18 15 14 51
4 Salernitana 31 13 12 6 32 29 15 8 6 1 20 9 16 5 6 5 12 20 3 51
5 Venezia 31 13 10 8 42 32 16 8 2 6 22 18 15 5 8 2 20 14 10 49
6 SPAL 31 11 13 7 36 33 15 7 5 3 22 15 16 4 8 4 14 18 3 46
7 Cittadella 31 12 9 10 40 29 15 7 5 3 21 12 16 5 4 7 19 17 11 45
8 Chievo 31 11 12 8 38 29 16 8 4 4 23 13 15 3 8 4 15 16 9 45
9 Brescia 31 11 9 11 44 42 16 7 4 5 28 22 15 4 5 6 16 20 2 42
10 Vicenza 31 9 14 8 41 40 16 4 9 3 19 18 15 5 5 5 22 22 1 41
11 Pisa 30 9 13 8 40 43 15 5 9 1 18 14 15 4 4 7 22 29 -3 40
12 Reggina 31 10 10 11 31 34 15 6 3 6 13 15 16 4 7 5 18 19 -3 40
13 Frosinone 31 9 12 10 28 36 16 3 7 6 11 18 15 6 5 4 17 18 -8 39
14 Cremonese 30 9 9 12 35 36 15 5 4 6 19 18 15 4 5 6 16 18 -1 36
15 Pordenone 30 7 13 10 29 32 14 2 9 3 17 15 16 5 4 7 12 17 -3 34
16 Cosenza 31 5 17 9 26 31 16 2 9 5 12 16 15 3 8 4 14 15 -5 32
17 Reggiana 31 8 6 17 25 47 15 5 4 6 15 18 16 3 2 11 10 29 -22 30
18 Ascoli 31 6 10 15 26 41 15 4 5 6 11 18 16 2 5 9 15 23 -15 28
19 Pescara 31 6 8 17 25 48 16 3 4 9 16 25 15 3 4 8 9 23 -23 26
20 Virtus Entella 31 4 10 17 25 48 16 3 4 9 15 27 15 1 6 8 10 21 -23 22

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.