Modena fights Ascoli in Serie B match

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Wed 01.March
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Alberto Braglia (21151 seats)

Data, recent trends, recent fixtures, player info, head to head, lineups and a lot more: Here's all you should know on Modena - Ascoli!

Insights:
  • Modena haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Ascoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

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 Modena and Ascoli.

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Modena form and stats

Modena have played 12 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Modena are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Reggina. The first loss after collecting points through three league rounds. The attacker Strizzolo won the honour of being "man of the match" for Modena with the rating of 7.34/10. Strizzolo hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Modena drew at home versus Genoa.

This is expected to be a close game, with Modena perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Modena as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Modena has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Modena are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Como awaits in four days.

A decent goal production from Modena in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 12 league matches. Modena have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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Ascoli form and stats

Playing away, Ascoli have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the Serie B this season.

The Ascoli goalkeeper Nicola Leali is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 282 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Ascoli played 0-0 against Benevento in their previous match. Midfield player Büchel was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.81/10. Büchel hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 62 successful passes (of 67 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Parma.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ascoli playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 4 Ascoli wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bari 1908 in just four days.

The visiting Ascoli have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 13 games. As opposed to that, Ascoli have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the results database show this recent match: Ascoli - Modena 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Modena victories, three draws and two Ascoli wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

ModenaD. Diaw
D. Diaw
7 goals
ModenaN. Bonfanti
N. Bonfanti
6 goals
ModenaD. Falcinelli
D. Falcinelli
6 goals

Modena missing players

Ascoli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Modena Ascoli
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 4 13 26
10 5 2 Won W 2 5 8
5 4 0 Drew D 0 4 9
11 3 1 Lost L 2 4 9
38 21 6 Scored S 4 16 28
36 14 3 Conceded C 6 15 30
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
77% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 77% 65%
54% 42% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 31% 38%
31% 42% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 19%
19% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 8%
62% 58% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 46% 50%
23% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 23% 27%
19% 17% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 35%
 
4.9 5.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.8 4.8
4.7 4.2 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.6 4.3
2.4 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 3.5 3.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 7
 
12.6 13.2 16 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 11.1 12.3
4.1 4.3 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.4 3.4
36% 40% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 36% 32%
 
13.5 11.8 7 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 13.4 12.3
5.1 4.2 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.2 3.9
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Ascoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Modena 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 Frosinone 26 17 4 5 43 18 13 10 2 1 24 7 13 7 2 4 19 11 25 55
2 Genoa 26 13 8 5 31 19 13 6 6 1 15 6 13 7 2 4 16 13 12 46
3 Bari 1908 26 11 10 5 43 27 13 4 6 3 23 16 13 7 4 2 20 11 16 43
4 Reggina 26 13 3 10 38 28 13 7 2 4 23 14 13 6 1 6 15 14 10 42
5 Südtirol 26 10 11 5 28 27 14 4 8 2 16 15 12 6 3 3 12 12 1 41
6 Pisa 26 9 11 6 38 27 13 6 3 4 21 13 13 3 8 2 17 14 11 38
7 Parma 26 10 7 9 34 30 13 7 1 5 18 12 13 3 6 4 16 18 4 37
8 Cagliari 26 9 10 7 29 27 13 8 3 2 19 13 13 1 7 5 10 14 2 37
9 Palermo 26 9 9 8 29 31 13 6 4 3 15 11 13 3 5 5 14 20 -2 36
10 Modena 26 10 5 11 38 36 12 5 4 3 21 14 14 5 1 8 17 22 2 35
11 Ternana 26 9 7 10 26 33 13 6 4 3 13 10 13 3 3 7 13 23 -7 34
12 Ascoli 26 8 9 9 28 30 13 3 5 5 12 15 13 5 4 4 16 15 -2 33
13 Cittadella 26 8 9 9 24 32 12 4 5 3 13 14 14 4 4 6 11 18 -8 33
14 Como 26 7 10 9 32 36 13 5 4 4 18 15 13 2 6 5 14 21 -4 31
15 Perugia 26 8 5 13 29 32 12 5 3 4 17 14 14 3 2 9 12 18 -3 29
16 Venezia 26 7 8 11 29 34 14 3 4 7 14 20 12 4 4 4 15 14 -5 29
17 Benevento 26 6 9 11 21 27 13 3 3 7 10 16 13 3 6 4 11 11 -6 27
18 SPAL 26 5 10 11 29 36 13 3 4 6 19 19 13 2 6 5 10 17 -7 25
19 Brescia 26 6 7 13 21 39 14 4 4 6 12 16 12 2 3 7 9 23 -18 25
20 Cosenza 26 5 8 13 21 42 13 4 5 4 14 14 13 1 3 9 7 28 -21 23

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 Frosinone 26 17 4 5 43 18 13 10 2 1 24 7 13 7 2 4 19 11 25 55
2 Genoa 26 13 8 5 31 19 13 6 6 1 15 6 13 7 2 4 16 13 12 46
3 Bari 1908 26 11 10 5 43 27 13 4 6 3 23 16 13 7 4 2 20 11 16 43
4 Reggina 26 13 3 10 38 28 13 7 2 4 23 14 13 6 1 6 15 14 10 42
5 Südtirol 26 10 11 5 28 27 14 4 8 2 16 15 12 6 3 3 12 12 1 41
6 Pisa 26 9 11 6 38 27 13 6 3 4 21 13 13 3 8 2 17 14 11 38
7 Parma 26 10 7 9 34 30 13 7 1 5 18 12 13 3 6 4 16 18 4 37
8 Cagliari 26 9 10 7 29 27 13 8 3 2 19 13 13 1 7 5 10 14 2 37
9 Palermo 26 9 9 8 29 31 13 6 4 3 15 11 13 3 5 5 14 20 -2 36
10 Modena 26 10 5 11 38 36 12 5 4 3 21 14 14 5 1 8 17 22 2 35
11 Ternana 26 9 7 10 26 33 13 6 4 3 13 10 13 3 3 7 13 23 -7 34
12 Ascoli 26 8 9 9 28 30 13 3 5 5 12 15 13 5 4 4 16 15 -2 33
13 Cittadella 26 8 9 9 24 32 12 4 5 3 13 14 14 4 4 6 11 18 -8 33
14 Como 26 7 10 9 32 36 13 5 4 4 18 15 13 2 6 5 14 21 -4 31
15 Perugia 26 8 5 13 29 32 12 5 3 4 17 14 14 3 2 9 12 18 -3 29
16 Venezia 26 7 8 11 29 34 14 3 4 7 14 20 12 4 4 4 15 14 -5 29
17 Benevento 26 6 9 11 21 27 13 3 3 7 10 16 13 3 6 4 11 11 -6 27
18 SPAL 26 5 10 11 29 36 13 3 4 6 19 19 13 2 6 5 10 17 -7 25
19 Brescia 26 6 7 13 21 39 14 4 4 6 12 16 12 2 3 7 9 23 -18 25
20 Cosenza 26 5 8 13 21 42 13 4 5 4 14 14 13 1 3 9 7 28 -21 23

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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.