Serie B: Benevento expected to get the better of Alessandria

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 22.August
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ciro Vigorito (12847 seats)

This is the Serie B opening game for these contenders, whom at last are competing for points again. Will Benevento or Alessandria get that key first three points?

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.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Benevento form and stats

Disaster struck Benevento last season as they could not defend their status as a Serie A team. With 19 defeats from 38 games, and only 7 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Benevento are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W2 D7 L10.

Benevento have prepared for this season with four friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these four matches are 2 victories, 2 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Benevento have scored 9 goals and conceded 5 times.

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Alessandria form and stats

A job perfectly done for Alessandria last season as they secured promotion from Serie C: Girone A. With a grand total of 20 wins, 8 draws and 10 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 8 were in away matches.

Alessandria played four friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 3 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In these four matches Alessandria scored 11 and conceded 9 goals.

Head 2 Head

Benevento missing players

Alessandria missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Benevento Alessandria
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Benevento Last season Alessandria
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
7 2   Won W   8 20
12 7   Drew D   5 8
19 10   Lost L   6 10
40 19   Scored S   18 48
75 39   Conceded C   15 29
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
82% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 63%
47% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   26% 29%
37% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 8%
21% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
58% 63%   BTTS BTTS   42% 39%
18% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 47%
29% 26%   Failed to Score F T   21% 24%
 
4.4 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 4.6
6 6.4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.1 3.2
2.5 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.1
5 2   Red cards R C   2 3
 
11.3 11.7   Shots (avg) S (   9.5 9.2
3.6 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.5
29% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 36%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Alessandria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Ascoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Benevento 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Brescia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cittadella 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Como 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Cremonese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Crotone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Frosinone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lecce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Monza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Parma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Perugia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Pisa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Pordenone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Reggina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 SPAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Ternana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Vicenza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Inter 38 28 7 3 89 35 19 17 1 1 53 18 19 11 6 2 36 17 54 91
2 Milan 38 24 7 7 74 41 19 8 6 5 31 24 19 16 1 2 43 17 33 79
3 Atalanta 38 23 9 6 90 47 19 12 3 4 49 24 19 11 6 2 41 23 43 78
4 Juventus 38 23 9 6 77 38 19 14 2 3 40 18 19 9 7 3 37 20 39 78
5 Napoli 38 24 5 9 86 41 19 12 4 3 50 20 19 12 1 6 36 21 45 77
6 Lazio 38 21 5 12 61 55 19 13 3 3 36 23 19 8 2 9 25 32 6 68
7 Roma 38 18 8 12 68 58 19 13 4 2 42 18 19 5 4 10 26 40 10 62
8 Sassuolo 38 17 11 10 64 56 19 7 8 4 31 27 19 10 3 6 33 29 8 62
9 Sampdoria 38 15 7 16 52 54 19 9 3 7 32 26 19 6 4 9 20 28 -2 52
10 Hellas Verona 38 11 12 15 46 48 19 6 6 7 23 23 19 5 6 8 23 25 -2 45
11 Genoa 38 10 12 16 47 58 19 5 7 7 29 30 19 5 5 9 18 28 -11 42
12 Bologna 38 10 11 17 51 65 19 7 5 7 33 33 19 3 6 10 18 32 -14 41
13 Fiorentina 38 9 13 16 47 59 19 6 6 7 25 25 19 3 7 9 22 34 -12 40
14 Udinese 38 10 10 18 42 58 19 5 4 10 14 19 19 5 6 8 28 39 -16 40
15 Spezia 38 9 12 17 52 72 19 5 7 7 28 33 19 4 5 10 24 39 -20 39
16 Cagliari 38 9 10 19 43 59 19 5 4 10 22 32 19 4 6 9 21 27 -16 37
17 Torino 38 7 16 15 50 69 19 3 9 7 25 36 19 4 7 8 25 33 -19 37
18 Benevento 38 7 12 19 40 75 19 2 7 10 19 39 19 5 5 9 21 36 -35 33
19 Crotone 38 6 5 27 45 92 19 5 2 12 23 35 19 1 3 15 22 57 -47 23
20 Parma 38 3 11 24 39 83 19 2 5 12 16 39 19 1 6 12 23 44 -44 20
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 Como 38 23 6 9 59 44 19 12 4 3 27 17 19 11 2 6 32 27 15 75
2 Alessandria 38 20 8 10 48 29 19 12 3 4 30 14 19 8 5 6 18 15 19 68
3 Renate 38 19 8 11 47 36 19 12 3 4 27 15 19 7 5 7 20 21 11 65
4 Pro Vercelli 38 17 12 9 48 35 19 9 5 5 25 17 19 8 7 4 23 18 13 63
5 Pro Patria 38 16 13 9 37 28 19 7 7 5 20 18 19 9 6 4 17 10 9 61
6 Lecco 38 16 12 10 50 36 19 10 6 3 31 16 19 6 6 7 19 20 14 60
7 AlbinoLeffe 38 14 15 9 43 36 19 5 9 5 14 14 19 9 6 4 29 22 7 57
8 Pontedera 38 14 13 11 47 40 19 8 7 4 24 16 19 6 6 7 23 24 7 55
9 Grosseto 38 14 12 12 43 41 19 7 5 7 24 23 19 7 7 5 19 18 2 54
10 Juventus U23 38 14 10 14 52 50 19 8 6 5 32 24 19 6 4 9 20 26 2 52
11 Novara 38 12 13 13 48 49 19 7 8 4 23 19 19 5 5 9 25 30 -1 49
12 Piacenza 38 12 13 13 47 48 19 6 8 5 27 24 19 6 5 8 20 24 -1 49
13 Olbia 38 10 17 11 47 47 19 7 6 6 27 22 19 3 11 5 20 25 0 47
14 Carrarese 38 11 11 16 34 40 19 6 4 9 19 20 19 5 7 7 15 20 -6 44
15 Pergolettese 38 12 8 18 45 52 19 7 2 10 19 23 19 5 6 8 26 29 -7 44
16 Giana Erminio 38 11 11 16 36 45 19 8 5 6 26 21 19 3 6 10 10 24 -9 44
17 Pro Sesto 38 10 13 15 31 45 19 3 9 7 15 20 19 7 4 8 16 25 -14 43
18 Lucchese 38 6 13 19 36 60 19 4 6 9 19 28 19 2 7 10 17 32 -24 31
19 Pistoiese 38 8 7 23 27 52 19 7 5 7 17 16 19 1 2 16 10 36 -25 31
20 Livorno 38 7 13 18 41 53 19 5 6 8 27 26 19 2 7 10 14 27 -12 29

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 Alessandria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Ascoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Benevento 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Brescia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cittadella 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Como 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Cremonese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Crotone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Frosinone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lecce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Monza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Parma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Perugia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Pisa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Pordenone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Reggina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 SPAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Ternana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Vicenza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.