Serie B prediction and preview: Crotone modest favorites to beat Chievo

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 14.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ezio Scida (16108 seats)

Crotone perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Chievo can look both up and down from their 8th position.

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!

These teams have little in common geographically as Chievo have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Crotone form and stats

30 points is a decent return from 14 Serie B games here at Stadio Ezio Scida for Crotone. The data says 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Crotone are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location. It’s been three wins in a row for Crotone here at Stadio Ezio Scida, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

It's back home for Crotone, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Venezia away with the result 3-1. Ahmad Benali (2) and Luca Marrone found the net in that victory. Before that, Crotone had a home game versus Pisa which ended with a victory 1-0.

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

Crotone have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Ezio Scida with 26 goals in 14 league matches. From these home matches, Crotone have conceded only 12 goals.

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Chievo form and stats

Playing away, Chievo have won 3 games, drawn 8 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie B this season.

Chievo are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Serie B against Cosenza (placed 19th). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Ascoli.

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

The visiting Chievo have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 14 games. 14 goals have been conceded by Chievo in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Chievo - Crotone 2-1. Crotone-Chievo H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Crotone three wins, Chievo two wins, zero draws. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CrotoneS. Tochukwu Nwankwo
S. Tochukwu Nwankwo
13 goals
ChievoR. Meggiorini
R. Meggiorini
8 goals
CrotoneA. Benali
A. Benali
7 goals

Crotone missing players

Chievo missing players

Crotone Chievo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 4 14 28
15 9 3 Won W 1 3 10
4 3 1 Drew D 2 8 11
9 2 1 Lost L 1 3 7
47 26 8 Scored S 2 14 34
33 12 4 Conceded C 3 14 27
93% 86% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 93%
79% 71% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 75%
64% 57% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 25%
32% 36% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 11%
18% 21% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
64% 57% 40% BTTS BTTS 25% 57% 54%
29% 43% 60% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 32%
14% 14% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 21%
 
7 8.4 12.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.6 4.2
4.1 3.4 1.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.4 4.1
2.2 2.1 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3.2 2.8
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
481 278 114 Total Shots T S 45 150 344
155 87 35 Shots on Target S O 16 48 114
30% 30% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 29% 30%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Chievo has the fewest matches over the total-line (7)
  • Chievo has the most matches under the total-line (19)
  • Crotone have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Crotone have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 28 21 6 1 54 15 15 12 3 0 34 6 13 9 3 1 20 9 39 69
2 Crotone 28 15 4 9 47 33 14 9 3 2 26 12 14 6 1 7 21 21 14 49
3 Frosinone 28 13 8 7 33 23 14 9 3 2 22 9 14 4 5 5 11 14 10 47
4 Pordenone 28 13 6 9 37 34 14 9 3 2 20 9 14 4 3 7 17 25 3 45
5 Spezia 28 12 8 8 40 32 14 8 3 3 23 14 14 4 5 5 17 18 8 44
6 Cittadella 28 12 7 9 35 32 15 5 4 6 18 21 13 7 3 3 17 11 3 43
7 Salernitana 28 12 6 10 36 32 13 8 4 1 22 11 15 4 2 9 14 21 4 42
8 Chievo 28 10 11 7 34 27 14 7 3 4 20 13 14 3 8 3 14 14 7 41
9 Empoli 28 10 10 8 33 34 15 6 7 2 21 14 13 4 3 6 12 20 -1 40
10 Virtus Entella 28 10 8 10 35 36 14 7 4 3 16 11 14 3 4 7 19 25 -1 38
11 Pisa 28 9 9 10 35 35 15 6 5 4 20 17 13 3 4 6 15 18 0 36
12 Perugia 28 10 6 12 29 36 15 7 3 5 17 15 13 3 3 7 12 21 -7 36
13 Juve Stabia 28 10 6 12 35 43 15 8 2 5 23 21 13 2 4 7 12 22 -8 36
14 Pescara 28 10 5 13 38 44 14 5 5 4 23 18 14 5 0 9 15 26 -6 35
15 Ascoli 27 9 5 13 36 41 12 7 3 2 19 11 15 2 2 11 17 30 -5 32
16 Venezia 28 7 11 10 26 33 14 2 5 7 11 19 14 5 6 3 15 14 -7 32
17 Cremonese 27 7 9 11 28 32 13 5 4 4 18 14 14 2 5 7 10 18 -4 30
18 Trapani 28 5 10 13 31 52 13 3 5 5 17 19 15 2 5 8 14 33 -21 25
19 Cosenza 28 5 9 14 29 35 13 2 4 7 10 15 15 3 5 7 19 20 -6 24
20 Livorno 28 4 6 18 23 45 13 3 2 8 17 28 15 1 4 10 6 17 -22 18

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.