Benevento and Parma fans eagerly anticipate Serie B contest at Stadio Ciro Vigorito

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ciro Vigorito (12847 seats)

Benevento are placed 4th, while Parma are lingering 11 points behind in the league standings. Can they shorten the gap?

Insights:
  • Benevento have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Parma have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This could be an engrossing fixture with lots of fun and energy as both contenders are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!

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Benevento form and stats

20 points is a decent return from 10 Serie B games here at Stadio Ciro Vigorito for Benevento. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Benevento, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

In their previous game, the manager Caserta led his Benevento to a defeat away at Alessandria. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Ciro Vigorito. Letizia was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.35 out of 10. The defender Letizia hit one key pass and won 7 of 10 duels.

1-1 away at SPAL before that.

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 eleven games) they have won seven times, drawn two and lost two.

Benevento can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 21 times. On the other hand, Benevento have conceded 11 goals.

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Parma form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Parma playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.

Parma's last game was the home draw against Crotone (1-1). Midfield player Costa was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.64/10. Costa hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Frosinone.

Parma are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and three defeats. From a total of five matches.

Parma are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 10 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Parma have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have battled before this season: Parma - Benevento 1-0. Last three meetings involving these contenders: Benevento won zero, Parma triumphed in one and we saw two draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

BeneventoG. Lapadula
G. Lapadula
10 goals
ParmaF. Vázquez
F. Vázquez
6 goals
BeneventoA. Tello Muñoz
A. Tello Muñoz
5 goals

Benevento missing players

Parma missing players

Benevento Parma
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 1 10 20
10 6 1 Won W 0 3 5
5 2 1 Drew D 0 4 9
5 2 1 Lost L 1 3 6
33 21 5 Scored S 0 15 22
20 11 5 Conceded C 4 15 23
90% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 90%
75% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 70%
40% 70% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 70% 40%
30% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 25%
20% 30% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
45% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 55%
35% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 30%
30% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 20% 25%
 
6 6.2 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.9 4.7
5.5 5.5 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.5 5.7
2.2 2.3 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 2.4
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
15.1 15.8 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.8 11.2
4.1 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.3 3.5
40% 48% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 45% 32%
 
12.2 12.1 16.7 Shots against (avg) S A 19 16 14.6
4.3 4.5 6.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 10 5.3 4.9
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Benevento have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Parma have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 20 11 7 2 34 17 10 7 3 0 23 9 10 4 4 2 11 8 17 40
2 Pisa 20 11 6 3 27 15 10 6 3 1 13 7 10 5 3 2 14 8 12 39
3 Brescia 20 11 5 4 33 21 10 3 4 3 14 13 10 8 1 1 19 8 12 38
4 Benevento 20 10 5 5 33 20 10 6 2 2 21 11 10 4 3 3 12 9 13 35
5 Cremonese 20 10 5 5 30 19 10 5 4 1 16 9 10 5 1 4 14 10 11 35
6 Monza 20 9 8 3 28 21 10 8 2 0 20 9 10 1 6 3 8 12 7 35
7 Frosinone 20 8 10 2 32 18 10 3 6 1 15 10 10 5 4 1 17 8 14 34
8 Ascoli 20 9 5 6 29 27 9 2 3 4 8 13 11 7 2 2 21 14 2 32
9 Cittadella 20 8 7 5 25 22 10 5 3 2 15 9 10 3 4 3 10 13 3 31
10 Perugia 20 6 10 4 21 19 10 3 4 3 10 10 10 3 6 1 11 9 2 28
11 Como 20 6 8 6 26 25 10 3 4 3 11 9 10 3 4 3 15 16 1 26
12 Parma 20 5 9 6 22 23 10 2 5 3 7 8 10 3 4 3 15 15 -1 24
13 Ternana 20 6 6 8 30 32 10 4 1 5 15 16 10 2 5 3 15 16 -2 24
14 Reggina 20 6 5 9 16 27 10 3 2 5 9 15 10 3 3 4 7 12 -11 23
15 SPAL 20 5 7 8 23 27 11 2 5 4 17 17 9 3 2 4 6 10 -4 22
16 Alessandria 20 6 2 12 22 31 10 4 1 5 8 12 10 2 1 7 14 19 -9 20
17 Cosenza 20 4 5 11 17 33 10 4 1 5 10 12 10 0 4 6 7 21 -16 17
18 Crotone 20 2 7 11 22 34 10 2 4 4 13 16 10 0 3 7 9 18 -12 13
19 Vicenza 20 3 2 15 21 38 10 1 2 7 11 19 10 2 0 8 10 19 -17 11
20 Pordenone 20 2 5 13 16 38 10 1 3 6 9 18 10 1 2 7 7 20 -22 11

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.