Cosenza v Ascoli betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla (24209 seats)

Cosenza have some points to catch up on from their 17th spot, and the job starts against Ascoli. Read more!

Insights:
  • Cosenza have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Ascoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Cosenza form and stats

The story so far in the Serie B for Cosenza at their home stadium (Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. It's been an uphill battle for Cosenza in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Ternana game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

Cosenza's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Pisa (placed 1st). Palmiero (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.84/10. Palmiero hit two key passes.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Pordenone the opponent.

Cosenza are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 9 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Ascoli form and stats

Ascoli have an excellent away record in the Serie B so far with 6-2-2 from 10 games.

Ascoli play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-2 victory visiting Ternana (placed 13th). An insane fixture with plenty of goals last time out for Ascoli, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that game, will this game be as full of joy? Ascoli goalie Leali was high and low in the Ternana game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Midfield player Maistro was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.63/10. Maistro scored two goals and hit one key pass.

A loss against Cremonese was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Ascoli are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 10 away games so far. 13 goals have been conceded by Ascoli in these games.

Head 2 Head

Cosenza and Ascoli have faced off already this season: Ascoli - Cosenza 1-0. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: two - two - three (Cosenza wins - draws - Ascoli wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AscoliF. Dionisi
F. Dionisi
7 goals
CosenzaG. Gori
G. Gori
5 goals
AscoliA. Sabiri
A. Sabiri
3 goals

Cosenza missing players

Ascoli missing players

Cosenza Ascoli
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 4 10 19
4 4 2 Won W 3 6 8
4 1 0 Drew D 1 2 5
10 4 0 Lost L 0 2 6
15 9 5 Scored S 8 18 26
29 9 1 Conceded C 4 13 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
72% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 74%
33% 22% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 60% 47%
22% 11% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 32%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 21%
50% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 70% 63%
11% 22% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 21%
39% 44% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 21%
 
4.1 3.3 0.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 5 4.2
3.9 4.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.1 6.1
1.9 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.8 3.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
9.5 10.1 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 11.2 12.4
3.4 3.9 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.5 4.5
24% 26% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 40% 30%
 
14.4 14.4 19 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 14.9 13.2
5.1 4.9 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4.2 4.2
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Ascoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ascoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Cosenza have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Cosenza 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 Pisa 19 11 5 3 27 15 10 6 3 1 13 7 9 5 2 2 14 8 12 38
2 Brescia 19 11 4 4 32 20 9 3 3 3 13 12 10 8 1 1 19 8 12 37
3 Cremonese 19 10 5 4 29 17 10 5 4 1 16 9 9 5 1 3 13 8 12 35
4 Benevento 18 10 4 4 32 17 10 6 2 2 21 11 8 4 2 2 11 6 15 34
5 Lecce 17 8 7 2 29 15 8 5 3 0 19 7 9 3 4 2 10 8 14 31
6 Frosinone 19 7 10 2 31 18 10 3 6 1 15 10 9 4 4 1 16 8 13 31
7 Monza 18 8 7 3 25 19 8 7 1 0 17 7 10 1 6 3 8 12 6 31
8 Cittadella 18 8 5 5 21 18 9 5 2 2 14 8 9 3 3 3 7 10 3 29
9 Ascoli 19 8 5 6 26 26 9 2 3 4 8 13 10 6 2 2 18 13 0 29
10 Perugia 18 6 9 3 19 16 9 3 4 2 10 9 9 3 5 1 9 7 3 27
11 Como 19 6 7 6 25 24 9 3 3 3 10 8 10 3 4 3 15 16 1 25
12 Parma 18 5 8 5 21 21 8 2 4 2 6 6 10 3 4 3 15 15 0 23
13 Ternana 19 6 5 8 29 31 10 4 1 5 15 16 9 2 4 3 14 15 -2 23
14 Reggina 19 6 5 8 16 26 10 3 2 5 9 15 9 3 3 3 7 11 -10 23
15 SPAL 18 5 5 8 22 26 9 2 3 4 16 16 9 3 2 4 6 10 -4 20
16 Alessandria 18 5 2 11 19 29 9 3 1 5 6 12 9 2 1 6 13 17 -10 17
17 Cosenza 18 4 4 10 15 29 9 4 1 4 9 9 9 0 3 6 6 20 -14 16
18 Crotone 18 2 5 11 20 32 10 2 4 4 13 16 8 0 1 7 7 16 -12 11
19 Pordenone 18 1 5 12 15 37 9 1 3 5 9 17 9 0 2 7 6 20 -22 8
20 Vicenza 17 2 1 14 15 32 8 0 1 7 6 15 9 2 0 7 9 17 -17 7

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.