Evenly matched teams: Como vs Benevento match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 22.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia (13602 seats)

Both the home- and away side have had some difficulties so far, but a win and three points in this very important game would definitely help. Prepare for Como - Benevento!

Insights:
  • Como have the most conceded goals (19) in Serie B
  • Benevento have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Serie B

These teams have little in common geographically as Benevento have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

This has all the signs of an absorbing game with lots of fun and energy as both contenders are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's start!

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Como form and stats

1-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Como so far this season.

Como faced defeat in their previous match, away at Modena (1-5). Como were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. The versatile forward Cutrone bettered all others in that game and managed a match rating of 7.63 out of 10. Cutrone scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, Como had a home game versus Perugia which ended with a victory 1-0.

Como have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Benevento form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Benevento playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.

Benevento's previous game was their home loss versus Ternana (2-3). Leading 2-0 was not enough for Benevento in their fight with Ternana last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-3 loss. The attacker Gumina got a match rating of 7.31 in that game. Gumina scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that, Benevento travelled to Sudtirol and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).

Head 2 Head

Previous four meetings between these sides: Como won one, Benevento were winners in two and we saw one draw. two games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last four encounters.

Top Goalscorers

ComoP. Cutrone
P. Cutrone
3 goals
BeneventoF. Forte
F. Forte
2 goals
BeneventoA. La Gumina
A. La Gumina
2 goals

Como missing players

Benevento missing players

Como Benevento
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 5 1 Played P 1 4 9
1 1 1 Won W 1 1 2
3 2 0 Drew D 0 2 3
5 2 0 Lost L 0 1 4
9 5 1 Scored S 2 3 8
19 7 0 Conceded C 0 2 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 89%
78% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 67%
44% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 22%
44% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
22% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
56% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 44%
11% 20% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 22%
33% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 44%
 
4.4 4.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 9 4.5 5.4
6.2 4.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.2 5.4
2.8 2.8 6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 4 3.2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.8 13.8 14 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10 11.3
4.3 5.4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.5 3
23% 19% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 30% 30%
 
16.3 17.2 10 Shots against (avg) S A 10 11.8 11.8
5.7 4.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.2 4.9
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Benevento have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Serie B
  • Benevento have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Serie B
  • Benevento have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Como have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Como have the most conceded goals (19) in Serie B
  • Como have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Serie B
  • Como haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ternana 9 6 1 2 16 11 4 3 1 0 6 1 5 3 0 2 10 10 5 19
2 Reggina 9 6 0 3 17 5 4 4 0 0 13 0 5 2 0 3 4 5 12 18
3 Frosinone 9 6 0 3 14 6 4 4 0 0 8 0 5 2 0 3 6 6 8 18
4 Bari 1908 9 5 3 1 18 11 4 1 2 1 9 7 5 4 1 0 9 4 7 18
5 Genoa 9 5 3 1 11 6 4 1 3 0 4 3 5 4 0 1 7 3 5 18
6 Parma 9 4 4 1 15 10 5 3 1 1 9 6 4 1 3 0 6 4 5 16
7 Brescia 9 5 1 3 13 14 4 3 1 0 6 2 5 2 0 3 7 12 -1 16
8 Cagliari 9 4 2 3 9 9 5 3 0 2 6 7 4 1 2 1 3 2 0 14
9 Modena 9 4 0 5 14 11 5 3 0 2 11 6 4 1 0 3 3 5 3 12
10 Ascoli 9 3 3 3 11 11 5 1 2 2 5 7 4 2 1 1 6 4 0 12
11 Cosenza 9 3 2 4 9 11 4 2 0 2 6 5 5 1 2 2 3 6 -2 11
12 Sudtirol 8 3 2 3 8 11 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 2 0 2 3 6 -3 11
13 SPAL 9 2 4 3 10 13 4 2 0 2 4 5 5 0 4 1 6 8 -3 10
14 Cittadella 9 2 4 3 8 12 5 2 2 1 6 6 4 0 2 2 2 6 -4 10
15 Benevento 9 2 3 4 8 10 5 1 1 3 5 8 4 1 2 1 3 2 -2 9
16 Venezia 9 2 2 5 11 15 5 0 1 4 4 10 4 2 1 1 7 5 -4 8
17 Palermo 9 2 2 5 9 15 5 2 1 2 8 7 4 0 1 3 1 8 -6 8
18 Pisa 9 1 4 4 13 15 4 0 2 2 2 4 5 1 2 2 11 11 -2 7
19 Como 9 1 3 5 9 19 5 1 2 2 5 7 4 0 1 3 4 12 -10 6
20 Perugia 8 1 1 6 4 12 4 1 1 2 3 6 4 0 0 4 1 6 -8 4

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.