Home advantage could prove decisive in Brescia - Virtus Entella battle

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 31.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Mario Rigamonti (16743 seats)

The Serie B league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Brescia and Virtus Entella are placed 12th and 17th respectively.

It's no vacation for neither Brescia nor Virtus Entella as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Brescia's stadium, Stadio Mario Rigamonti, has a grass surface. Virtus Entella have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Virtus Entella when playing on grass; 9 wins, 12 draws and 15 losses from 36 matches. They have scored 45 goals in these games and conceded 51.

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Brescia form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Brescia's two home games in the Serie B so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Stadio Mario Rigamonti.

Brescia's last game was hosting Perugia and winning 3-0. Heartbreak before that as Brescia lost 0-1 at Chievo's place.

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 Brescia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won five times, drawn three and lost one.

Brescia has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Virtus Entella form and stats

Things could have gone better for Virtus Entella in their Serie B away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right. Two points from the last two away games for Entella, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Virtus Entella go into this game after a win, the home game against Pisa that ended 3-1. Ahead of that match was the Serie B away draw versus Frosinone that ended 0-0.

Entella are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Virtus Entella have the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Brescia won three games, three matches ended with a draw and Virtus Entella has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / four

Top Goalscorers

BresciaE. Ndoj
E. Ndoj
2 goals
BresciaF. Aye
F. Aye
1 goals
BresciaA. Donnarumma
A. Donnarumma
1 goals

Brescia missing players

Virtus Entella missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Brescia Virtus Entella
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 4
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 1 Drew D 1 2 3
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
4 4 1 Scored S 0 0 1
5 1 1 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 50% 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%
25% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 75%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.5 3.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
41 23 12 Total Shots T S 12 16 31
16 11 5 Shots on Target S O 5 8 11
25% 36% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 9%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Virtus Entella has the fewest scored goals (1) in Serie B
  • Virtus Entella has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Serie B
Brescia Last season Virtus Entella
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
6 3   Won W   4 12
7 5   Drew D   6 12
25 11   Lost L   9 14
35 21   Scored S   25 46
79 34   Conceded C   32 50
97% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
84% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 79%
63% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 37%
26% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 21%
11% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 11%
55% 58%   BTTS BTTS   68% 53%
16% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 32%
32% 32%   Failed to Score F T   21% 21%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.5 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.5
6 4   Red cards R C   7 8
 
419 229   Total Shots T S   246 518
140 83   Shots on Target S O   76 161
25% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 29%

  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 5 4 1 0 9 3 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 13
2 Salernitana 5 3 2 0 9 4 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 11
3 Cittadella 4 3 1 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 7 10
4 Frosinone 5 3 1 1 5 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 10
5 Chievo 5 3 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 10
6 Venezia 4 2 1 1 5 2 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
7 Reggina 5 1 4 0 7 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 0 3 0 4 4 2 7
8 SPAL 5 1 3 1 8 8 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 0 2 1 4 5 0 6
9 Lecce 5 1 3 1 5 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 6
10 Cosenza 5 0 5 0 3 3 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 5
11 Reggiana 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 4
12 Brescia 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 -1 4
13 Pordenone 5 0 4 1 6 8 2 0 2 0 5 5 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 4
14 Ascoli 5 1 1 3 3 6 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 1 3 -3 4
15 Monza 4 0 3 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 -1 3
16 Cremonese 4 0 3 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 -2 3
17 Virtus Entella 4 0 3 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 -2 3
18 Pisa 5 0 3 2 6 11 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 4 9 -5 3
19 Vicenza 4 0 2 2 4 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 2
20 Pescara 5 0 1 4 2 11 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 7 -9 1
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 Juventus 38 26 5 7 76 43 19 16 2 1 46 17 19 10 3 6 30 26 33 83
2 Inter 38 24 10 4 81 36 19 11 6 2 40 17 19 13 4 2 41 19 45 82
3 Atalanta 38 23 9 6 98 48 19 12 2 5 51 26 19 11 7 1 47 22 50 78
4 Lazio 38 24 6 8 79 42 19 14 3 2 46 17 19 10 3 6 33 25 37 78
5 Roma 38 21 7 10 77 51 19 10 4 5 36 27 19 11 3 5 41 24 26 70
6 Milan 38 19 9 10 63 46 19 9 6 4 31 20 19 10 3 6 32 26 17 66
7 Napoli 38 18 8 12 61 50 19 10 3 6 31 24 19 8 5 6 30 26 11 62
8 Sassuolo 38 14 9 15 69 63 19 8 3 8 44 33 19 6 6 7 25 30 6 51
9 Fiorentina 38 12 13 13 51 48 19 5 8 6 22 22 19 7 5 7 29 26 3 49
10 Parma 38 14 7 17 56 57 19 7 2 10 26 24 19 7 5 7 30 33 -1 49
11 Hellas Verona 38 12 13 13 47 51 19 9 5 5 29 25 19 3 8 8 18 26 -4 49
12 Bologna 38 12 11 15 52 65 19 5 8 6 25 29 19 7 3 9 27 36 -13 47
13 Cagliari 38 11 12 15 52 56 19 7 4 8 32 28 19 4 8 7 20 28 -4 45
14 Udinese 38 12 9 17 37 51 19 6 6 7 18 23 19 6 3 10 19 28 -14 45
15 Sampdoria 38 12 6 20 48 65 19 6 4 9 25 30 19 6 2 11 23 35 -17 42
16 Torino 38 11 7 20 46 68 19 7 4 8 23 30 19 4 3 12 23 38 -22 40
17 Genoa 38 10 9 19 47 73 19 7 1 11 24 31 19 3 8 8 23 42 -26 39
18 Lecce 38 9 8 21 52 85 19 4 5 10 30 41 19 5 3 11 22 44 -33 35
19 Brescia 38 6 7 25 35 79 19 3 5 11 21 34 19 3 2 14 14 45 -44 25
20 SPAL 38 5 5 28 27 77 19 2 4 13 16 40 19 3 1 15 11 37 -50 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 Benevento 38 26 8 4 67 27 19 14 4 1 39 9 19 12 4 3 28 18 40 86
2 Crotone 38 20 8 10 63 40 19 12 5 2 33 14 19 8 3 8 30 26 23 68
3 Spezia 38 17 10 11 54 40 19 10 4 5 30 18 19 7 6 6 24 22 14 61
4 Pordenone 38 16 10 12 48 46 19 11 5 3 25 12 19 5 5 9 23 34 2 58
5 Cittadella 38 17 7 14 49 49 19 7 4 8 23 26 19 10 3 6 26 23 0 58
6 Chievo 38 14 14 10 48 38 19 10 4 5 29 18 19 4 10 5 19 20 10 56
7 Pisa 38 14 12 12 49 45 19 10 5 4 28 20 19 4 7 8 21 25 4 54
8 Frosinone 38 14 12 12 41 38 19 10 5 4 29 18 19 4 7 8 12 20 3 54
9 Empoli 38 14 12 12 47 48 19 7 8 4 26 23 19 7 4 8 21 25 -1 54
10 Salernitana 38 14 10 14 53 50 19 10 6 3 35 23 19 4 4 11 18 27 3 52
11 Venezia 38 12 14 12 37 40 19 5 6 8 18 24 19 7 8 4 19 16 -3 50
12 Cremonese 38 12 13 13 42 43 19 7 6 6 22 19 19 5 7 7 20 24 -1 49
13 Virtus Entella 38 12 12 14 46 50 19 8 6 5 21 18 19 4 6 9 25 32 -4 48
14 Cosenza 38 12 10 16 50 49 19 6 5 8 21 22 19 6 5 8 29 27 1 46
15 Ascoli 38 13 7 18 50 58 19 9 5 5 29 24 19 4 2 13 21 34 -8 46
16 Pescara 38 12 9 17 48 55 19 7 8 4 31 23 19 5 1 13 17 32 -7 45
17 Perugia 38 12 9 17 38 49 19 7 5 7 19 19 19 5 4 10 19 30 -11 45
18 Trapani 38 11 13 14 48 60 19 8 6 5 27 20 19 3 7 9 21 40 -12 44
19 Juve Stabia 38 11 8 19 47 63 19 9 3 7 30 29 19 2 5 12 17 34 -16 41
20 Livorno 38 5 6 27 30 67 19 3 2 14 19 42 19 2 4 13 11 25 -37 21

Brescia:
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 Empoli 5 4 1 0 9 3 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 13
2 Salernitana 5 3 2 0 9 4 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 11
3 Cittadella 4 3 1 0 8 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 7 10
4 Frosinone 5 3 1 1 5 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 10
5 Chievo 5 3 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 10
6 Venezia 4 2 1 1 5 2 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
7 Reggina 5 1 4 0 7 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 0 3 0 4 4 2 7
8 SPAL 5 1 3 1 8 8 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 0 2 1 4 5 0 6
9 Lecce 5 1 3 1 5 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 6
10 Cosenza 5 0 5 0 3 3 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 5
11 Reggiana 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 4
12 Brescia 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 -1 4
13 Pordenone 5 0 4 1 6 8 2 0 2 0 5 5 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 4
14 Ascoli 5 1 1 3 3 6 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 1 3 -3 4
15 Monza 4 0 3 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 -1 3
16 Cremonese 4 0 3 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 -2 3
17 Virtus Entella 4 0 3 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 -2 3
18 Pisa 5 0 3 2 6 11 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 4 9 -5 3
19 Vicenza 4 0 2 2 4 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 2
20 Pescara 5 0 1 4 2 11 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 7 -9 1

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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.