Serie B preview: Can Parma edge out victory against Benevento?

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Thu 08.December
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ennio Tardini (27906 seats)

Parma are hunting the top league positions while Benevento are more involved in escaping relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • Parma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Benevento have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Serie B game only four days ago.

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Parma form and stats

Parma are steadily winning Serie B games and points here at Stadio Ennio Tardini. 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games.

An away draw last time out for Parma, facing Cagliari in a game that ended 1-1. Midfielder Camara was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.5 (out of ten) in that game. Camara scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 27 successful passes (of 31 total).

Ahead of that match, Parma lost 1-2 at home to Modena.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Parma handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats.

The manager Pecchia will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Brescia in only four days.

The Parma fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. Parma have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Benevento form and stats

2-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Benevento in their Serie B matches away.

Home advantage was not enough for Benevento in their previous game as they lost hosting Palermo, 0-1. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league fixtures winning points. Letizia, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.74. Letizia won 9 of 11 duels.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Reggina.

Benevento are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Cittadella in just three days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Benevento have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Parma have managed a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (1-3-0) when playing Benevento.

Top Goalscorers

ParmaR. Inglese
R. Inglese
4 goals
ParmaD. Man
D. Man
3 goals
ParmaE. Del Prato
E. Del Prato
3 goals

Parma missing players

Benevento missing players

Parma Benevento
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 3 7 15
6 5 2 Won W 0 2 3
5 1 0 Drew D 2 3 6
4 2 0 Lost L 1 2 6
21 14 2 Scored S 2 8 14
16 9 0 Conceded C 3 7 17
87% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 86% 87%
60% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 71% 67%
47% 62% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 33%
33% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 13%
13% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
53% 62% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 57% 53%
33% 38% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 20%
27% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 29% 40%
 
5.6 5.4 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 5.6 5.9
3.7 3.9 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.4 4.1
2.7 2.8 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3.9 3.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
14.7 13 11 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 11.9 12
4.7 4.9 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.4 3.3
30% 36% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 33% 28%
 
10 9.9 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 10 10.4
3.1 3.4 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.9 4.3
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Benevento have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Parma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Parma have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Parma 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 15 10 2 3 22 10 7 6 1 0 12 2 8 4 1 3 10 8 12 32
2 Reggina 15 9 2 4 28 13 7 5 1 1 19 6 8 4 1 3 9 7 15 29
3 Bari 1908 15 5 8 2 22 16 7 1 5 1 11 9 8 4 3 1 11 7 6 23
4 Parma 15 6 5 4 21 16 8 5 1 2 14 9 7 1 4 2 7 7 5 23
5 Genoa 15 6 5 4 16 13 7 1 5 1 6 6 8 5 0 3 10 7 3 23
6 Brescia 15 6 5 4 18 19 8 4 3 1 10 6 7 2 2 3 8 13 -1 23
7 Ternana 15 6 4 5 19 18 7 3 3 1 7 3 8 3 1 4 12 15 1 22
8 Südtirol 15 5 7 3 19 20 8 2 5 1 11 10 7 3 2 2 8 10 -1 22
9 Ascoli 15 5 6 4 21 19 8 2 3 3 10 12 7 3 3 1 11 7 2 21
10 Modena 15 6 2 7 22 21 7 3 1 3 12 9 8 3 1 4 10 12 1 20
11 Pisa 15 4 7 4 24 20 7 3 2 2 12 8 8 1 5 2 12 12 4 19
12 Cagliari 15 4 7 4 17 18 8 3 3 2 9 10 7 1 4 2 8 8 -1 19
13 Cittadella 15 4 7 4 13 16 7 2 4 1 7 7 8 2 3 3 6 9 -3 19
14 Palermo 15 5 3 7 15 19 8 3 2 3 9 8 7 2 1 4 6 11 -4 18
15 Cosenza 15 4 4 7 15 24 7 3 1 3 10 9 8 1 3 4 5 15 -9 16
16 SPAL 15 3 6 6 19 21 8 3 1 4 13 11 7 0 5 2 6 10 -2 15
17 Benevento 15 3 6 6 14 17 8 1 3 4 6 10 7 2 3 2 8 7 -3 15
18 Venezia 15 4 3 8 16 22 8 1 1 6 7 15 7 3 2 2 9 7 -6 15
19 Como 15 3 6 6 17 26 8 3 3 2 9 9 7 0 3 4 8 17 -9 15
20 Perugia 15 3 3 9 10 20 7 2 1 4 5 10 8 1 2 5 5 10 -10 12

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.