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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Fri 03.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla (24209 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Serie B, Cosenza holding 18th place and Ascoli lying 17th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cosenza and Ascoli.

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Cosenza form and stats

With 3 Serie B wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Cosenza are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Trapani in the Serie B last time out and are looking for a win here. A strong away win before that one, visiting Cremonese and winning 2-0.

Late drama in the game against Trapani as Cosenza were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Raúl Asencio popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. A painful moment in the game against Trapani was the missed penalty kick from Mirko Bruccini in the 24th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cosenza handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, one draw and two defeats.

Cosenza have scored 14 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Ascoli form and stats

There's been little loot from Ascoli's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 16 away games in the Serie B. Ascoli only have 2 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 2 draws. A depressing four defeats in a row for Ascoli in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Livorno.

Ascoli delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Crotone (placed 2nd) in their previous match; a Serie B game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Venezia wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

As mentioned above, Ascoli drew the match against Crotone. Manager D. Dionigi brought on Marcello Trotta to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

Ascoli are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, four draws and nine defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

The visiting Ascoli have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 16 games. For Ascoli, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Ascoli - Cosenza 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Cosenza zero wins, two draws and Ascoli one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CosenzaE. Rivière
E. Rivière
8 goals
CosenzaM. Bruccini
M. Bruccini
6 goals
AscoliN. Ninković
N. Ninković
6 goals

Cosenza missing players

Ascoli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cosenza Ascoli
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 16 31
7 3 1 Won W 2 2 9
10 5 2 Drew D 0 2 6
14 7 1 Lost L 3 12 16
35 14 6 Scored S 10 18 39
38 18 5 Conceded C 7 32 48
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 94% 84%
42% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 75% 58%
19% 7% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 31% 29%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 6%
58% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 60% 69% 61%
16% 13% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 6% 16%
29% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 25% 23%
 
5 5.7 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.2 4.2
4.5 4 1.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 5.1 4.7
2.5 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.1 2.9
6 1 0 Red cards R C 1 5 7
 
394 212 54 Total Shots T S 65 202 356
132 68 19 Shots on Target S O 25 75 130
27% 21% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 24% 30%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Ascoli has the fewest points (8) away
  • Ascoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ascoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ascoli is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Cosenza haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Benevento 31 23 7 1 56 15 16 13 3 0 35 6 15 10 4 1 21 9 41 76
2 Crotone 31 15 7 9 49 35 15 9 4 2 27 13 16 6 3 7 22 22 14 52
3 Cittadella 31 15 7 9 41 32 16 6 4 6 20 21 15 9 3 3 21 11 9 52
4 Spezia 31 14 8 9 45 35 16 9 3 4 25 16 15 5 5 5 20 19 10 50
5 Pordenone 31 14 7 10 39 37 16 10 4 2 22 9 15 4 3 8 17 28 2 49
6 Frosinone 31 13 9 9 33 27 15 9 3 3 22 11 16 4 6 6 11 16 6 48
7 Chievo 31 11 12 8 38 31 16 8 3 5 23 16 15 3 9 3 15 15 7 45
8 Salernitana 31 12 8 11 40 37 15 8 6 1 26 15 16 4 2 10 14 22 3 44
9 Pisa 31 11 10 10 40 38 16 7 5 4 22 18 15 4 5 6 18 20 2 43
10 Empoli 31 10 12 9 34 36 16 6 8 2 21 14 15 4 4 7 13 22 -2 42
11 Virtus Entella 31 11 8 12 37 40 15 8 4 3 17 11 16 3 4 9 20 29 -3 41
12 Perugia 31 11 7 13 30 38 16 7 4 5 17 15 15 4 3 8 13 23 -8 40
13 Venezia 31 9 12 10 30 34 15 3 5 7 13 20 16 6 7 3 17 14 -4 39
14 Pescara 31 11 6 14 43 48 16 6 6 4 27 20 15 5 0 10 16 28 -5 39
15 Juve Stabia 31 10 6 15 38 50 16 8 2 6 25 24 15 2 4 9 13 26 -12 36
16 Cremonese 31 8 10 13 34 39 15 5 4 6 18 17 16 3 6 7 16 22 -5 34
17 Ascoli 31 9 6 16 39 48 15 7 4 4 21 16 16 2 2 12 18 32 -9 33
18 Cosenza 31 7 10 14 35 38 15 3 5 7 14 18 16 4 5 7 21 20 -3 31
19 Trapani 31 6 12 13 36 54 15 4 6 5 20 19 16 2 6 8 16 35 -18 29
20 Livorno 31 5 6 20 26 51 15 3 2 10 17 32 16 2 4 10 9 19 -25 21

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 Benevento 31 23 7 1 56 15 16 13 3 0 35 6 15 10 4 1 21 9 41 76
2 Crotone 31 15 7 9 49 35 15 9 4 2 27 13 16 6 3 7 22 22 14 52
3 Cittadella 31 15 7 9 41 32 16 6 4 6 20 21 15 9 3 3 21 11 9 52
4 Spezia 31 14 8 9 45 35 16 9 3 4 25 16 15 5 5 5 20 19 10 50
5 Pordenone 31 14 7 10 39 37 16 10 4 2 22 9 15 4 3 8 17 28 2 49
6 Frosinone 31 13 9 9 33 27 15 9 3 3 22 11 16 4 6 6 11 16 6 48
7 Chievo 31 11 12 8 38 31 16 8 3 5 23 16 15 3 9 3 15 15 7 45
8 Salernitana 31 12 8 11 40 37 15 8 6 1 26 15 16 4 2 10 14 22 3 44
9 Pisa 31 11 10 10 40 38 16 7 5 4 22 18 15 4 5 6 18 20 2 43
10 Empoli 31 10 12 9 34 36 16 6 8 2 21 14 15 4 4 7 13 22 -2 42
11 Virtus Entella 31 11 8 12 37 40 15 8 4 3 17 11 16 3 4 9 20 29 -3 41
12 Perugia 31 11 7 13 30 38 16 7 4 5 17 15 15 4 3 8 13 23 -8 40
13 Venezia 31 9 12 10 30 34 15 3 5 7 13 20 16 6 7 3 17 14 -4 39
14 Pescara 31 11 6 14 43 48 16 6 6 4 27 20 15 5 0 10 16 28 -5 39
15 Juve Stabia 31 10 6 15 38 50 16 8 2 6 25 24 15 2 4 9 13 26 -12 36
16 Cremonese 31 8 10 13 34 39 15 5 4 6 18 17 16 3 6 7 16 22 -5 34
17 Ascoli 31 9 6 16 39 48 15 7 4 4 21 16 16 2 2 12 18 32 -9 33
18 Cosenza 31 7 10 14 35 38 15 3 5 7 14 18 16 4 5 7 21 20 -3 31
19 Trapani 31 6 12 13 36 54 15 4 6 5 20 19 16 2 6 8 16 35 -18 29
20 Livorno 31 5 6 20 26 51 15 3 2 10 17 32 16 2 4 10 9 19 -25 21

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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.