Serie B prediction and preview: Cremonese modest favorites to beat Ascoli

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 12.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giovanni Zini (20034 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Serie B, Cremonese holding 17th place and Ascoli lying 19th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Ascoli is in the worst form (0-1-5)

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Cremonese form and stats

1 victory, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Cremonese have to build on here at Stadio Giovanni Zini in the Serie B.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Cremonese, who played 2-2 against Brescia. That match was also played at this venue (Stadio Giovanni Zini). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Virtus Entella in a game that was won 2-1.

Žan Celar was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Brescia after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Cremonese's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won one match, drawn two and lost zero.

Cremonese are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Empoli awaits in three days.

Cremonese aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Giovanni Zini in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. 6 goals have been conceded.

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Ascoli form and stats

Playing away, Ascoli, who have the fewest points (1) away in Serie B, have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Serie B this season. Bitter travels for Ascoli as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Brescia match. Three has not been a lucky number for Ascoli as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Virtus Entella match.

Ascoli are travelling again after losing away to Pisa in their previous match (1-2). A 0-2 loss hosting Pescara before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Ascoli playing away, we found seven games. Results were zero away wins, four draws and three home wins.

A new game in only three days for Ascoli, the Serie B home match versus Cosenza. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ascoli as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. Ascoli have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

CremoneseL. Strizzolo
L. Strizzolo
3 goals
CremoneseL. Valzania
L. Valzania
2 goals
AscoliR. Bajić
R. Bajić
2 goals

Cremonese missing players

Ascoli missing players

Cremonese Ascoli
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 5 10
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
4 2 1 Lost L 1 4 7
9 4 2 Scored S 1 3 6
13 6 2 Conceded C 2 7 14
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 70%
40% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 40% 30%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 50%
10% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
40% 60% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 50%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.4 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
15.5 13.4 8 Shots (avg) S ( 12 13 12.2
4.5 4 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4 3.4
20% 20% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 15% 18%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Ascoli has the fewest points (1) away in Serie B
  • Ascoli has the fewest scored goals (3) away in Serie B
  • Ascoli have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Ascoli have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Ascoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ascoli have yet to win a game away.
  • Ascoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ascoli is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Salernitana 10 7 2 1 16 7 6 5 1 0 12 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 9 23
2 SPAL 10 6 3 1 18 8 5 4 1 0 12 3 5 2 2 1 6 5 10 21
3 Lecce 10 5 4 1 24 12 5 2 3 0 14 6 5 3 1 1 10 6 12 19
4 Empoli 10 5 4 1 16 9 5 3 2 0 10 4 5 2 2 1 6 5 7 19
5 Frosinone 10 6 1 3 11 9 6 3 1 2 5 6 4 3 0 1 6 3 2 19
6 Venezia 10 5 3 2 16 9 5 4 0 1 9 3 5 1 3 1 7 6 7 18
7 Cittadella 9 4 2 3 16 10 4 2 1 1 8 4 5 2 1 2 8 6 6 14
8 Chievo 9 4 2 3 11 9 4 2 0 2 5 4 5 2 2 1 6 5 2 14
9 Monza 10 3 5 2 9 9 5 2 2 1 5 3 5 1 3 1 4 6 0 14
10 Pordenone 10 2 7 1 11 10 5 0 5 0 7 7 5 2 2 1 4 3 1 13
11 Reggiana 9 3 2 4 12 17 5 2 2 1 8 5 4 1 0 3 4 12 -5 11
12 Brescia 10 2 4 4 14 16 5 1 3 1 9 7 5 1 1 3 5 9 -2 10
13 Reggina 10 2 4 4 10 13 5 2 1 2 6 5 5 0 3 2 4 8 -3 10
14 Pisa 10 2 4 4 15 25 4 1 2 1 5 7 6 1 2 3 10 18 -10 10
15 Vicenza 9 1 6 2 13 14 4 0 4 0 7 7 5 1 2 2 6 7 -1 9
16 Cosenza 10 1 6 3 7 9 5 0 3 2 3 5 5 1 3 1 4 4 -2 9
17 Cremonese 10 1 5 4 9 13 5 1 2 2 4 6 5 0 3 2 5 7 -4 8
18 Pescara 10 2 1 7 8 19 5 1 1 3 4 7 5 1 0 4 4 12 -11 7
19 Ascoli 10 1 2 7 6 14 5 1 1 3 3 7 5 0 1 4 3 7 -8 5
20 Virtus Entella 10 0 5 5 6 16 5 0 1 4 2 11 5 0 4 1 4 5 -10 5

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.