Serie B: Two contenders who have performed superbly as yet. Get to know Benevento - Monza with this full preview!
- Benevento have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Monza is in the best form (4-2-0) in Serie B
These are active days for the host team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Coppa Italia. That game was an away game at Fiorentina, so at least Benevento are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Benevento form and stats
5-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Benevento so far this season. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.
Benevento are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Fiorentina. Sau, who usually features in attack, was the highest rated player for the team in that match, and was presented with a rating of 7.34 (out of 10). Sau served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Before that match, a Serie B win away at Ternana.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 Benevento have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won six times, drawn two and lost two.
Goals decide football matches and Benevento are scoring many of them at home; 18 on target from 9 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Monza form and stats
Monza have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-6-2 (9 played). Things are running smoothly for Monza who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Lecce.
Monza go into this game after a win, the home game against Frosinone that ended 3-2. What a finish in the last match, as Monza came back from being down 0-2 and secured a very satisfying victory through Mazzitelli's goal in the 90th minute. The 3-2 victory against Frosinone could easily have been bigger as the victors made a valiant effort at breaking the goal posts, hitting them three times. Mazzitelli came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Frosinone last time out, making the manager Stroppa feel like a tactical genius. The end of the last match, against Frosinone, was very satisfying as Mazzitelli scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Gytkjær, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.65. Gytkjær hit the woodwork once and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that result Monza won their away game at Brescia. The scoreline was 2-0.Monza are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and one defeat. From a total of two matches.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Monza have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Benevento-Monza H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Benevento two wins, Monza one win, zero draws. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  G. Lapadula 10 goals |   D. Carvalho 6 goals |  A. Tello Muñoz 3 goals |
Benevento missing players
Monza missing players
| Benevento | Monza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | 18 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| 16 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 88% | 78% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 88% |
| 71% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 71% |
| 41% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 22% | 35% |
| 29% | 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 24% |
| 24% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 41% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 56% | 59% |
| 41% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 35% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 18% |
| 6 | 6.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
| 5.4 | 5.7 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 15.1 | 15.7 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.7 | 10.4 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 43% | 49% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 28% | 45% |
| 12.2 | 12.7 | 14.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 11.6 | 12.1 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
- Benevento have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Benevento have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Monza have scored away.
- Monza is in the best form (4-2-0) in Serie B
| 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 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 35 |
| 2 | Brescia | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 33 |
| 3 | Lecce | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 31 |
| 4 | Benevento | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 31 |
| 5 | Monza | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | Cremonese | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Cittadella | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Perugia | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
| 9 | Ascoli | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 26 |
| 10 | Frosinone | 17 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 11 | Como | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| 12 | Ternana | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 22 |
| 13 | Reggina | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | SPAL | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| 15 | Parma | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 20 |
| 16 | Alessandria | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -8 | 17 |
| 17 | Cosenza | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -12 | 16 |
| 18 | Crotone | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -15 | 8 |
| 19 | Pordenone | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -19 | 8 |
| 20 | Vicenza | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -17 | 7 |