Home advantage could prove decisive in Pisa - Ascoli battle

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Mon 01.November
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani (14869 seats)

Pisa have performed better than Ascoli this season, but every match begins at 0-0. Here's all the facts and figures you need ahead of kickoff:

Insights:
  • Pisa have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Ascoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Pisa nor Ascoli as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Pisa form and stats

The story so far in the Serie B for Pisa at their home stadium (Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

Pisa travelled for their previous game, a trip to Cremonese that ended 1-1. Pietro Beruatto was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.34 out of 10. The defender Beruatto scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 4 of 8 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Pordenone that ended 1-1.

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

Pisa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Defensively Pisa have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ascoli form and stats

Playing away, Ascoli have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Serie B this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie B home defeat versus SPAL with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Federico Dionisi, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.22. Dionisi hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Frosinone wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Ascoli have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were four victories, one draw and nine defeats.

The Ascoli manager A. Sottil has got the team scoring on the road, with 10 away goals in 5 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded by Ascoli in these games.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings between these two participants are: six wins for Pisa, one draw and three wins for Ascoli. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

PisaL. Lucca
L. Lucca
6 goals
AscoliF. Dionisi
F. Dionisi
5 goals
AscoliS. Bidaoui
S. Bidaoui
3 goals

Pisa missing players

Ascoli missing players

Pisa Ascoli
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 0 5 10
6 4 2 Won W 0 3 4
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 4
18 8 3 Scored S 0 10 14
8 2 1 Conceded C 0 7 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
90% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 70%
40% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 80% 50%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 60% 40%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
70% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 80% 60%
30% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
6.1 5.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 4.8
5.8 5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 5.8
2.2 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.4 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.4 12 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.8 13
4.5 4 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5.4 5
40% 40% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 37% 28%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Ascoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ascoli have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Ascoli have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Ascoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Pisa have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Pisa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Pisa have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Pisa 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 10 6 3 1 18 8 5 4 1 0 8 2 5 2 2 1 10 6 10 21
2 Benevento 10 5 4 1 17 7 5 3 2 0 11 4 5 2 2 1 6 3 10 19
3 Reggina 10 5 4 1 12 8 5 3 2 0 7 4 5 2 2 1 5 4 4 19
4 Brescia 10 5 3 2 21 14 5 2 2 1 11 8 5 3 1 1 10 6 7 18
5 Lecce 10 4 5 1 14 9 4 2 2 0 7 3 6 2 3 1 7 6 5 17
6 Cremonese 10 5 2 3 12 8 6 3 2 1 9 5 4 2 0 2 3 3 4 17
7 Frosinone 10 3 6 1 12 8 5 1 3 1 6 6 5 2 3 0 6 2 4 15
8 Perugia 10 3 5 2 9 7 5 1 2 2 5 7 5 2 3 0 4 0 2 14
9 Ascoli 10 4 2 4 14 14 5 1 1 3 4 7 5 3 1 1 10 7 0 14
10 Monza 10 3 5 2 9 9 4 3 1 0 6 2 6 0 4 2 3 7 0 14
11 Cosenza 10 4 2 4 11 14 5 4 1 0 9 3 5 0 1 4 2 11 -3 14
12 SPAL 10 3 4 3 14 10 5 2 3 0 12 6 5 1 1 3 2 4 4 13
13 Parma 10 3 4 3 15 13 4 1 2 1 3 3 6 2 2 2 12 10 2 13
14 Ternana 10 4 1 5 17 17 5 3 0 2 10 7 5 1 1 3 7 10 0 13
15 Como 10 3 4 3 12 12 5 2 1 2 4 4 5 1 3 1 8 8 0 13
16 Cittadella 10 4 1 5 10 13 6 3 1 2 8 6 4 1 0 3 2 7 -3 13
17 Alessandria 10 2 2 6 11 19 5 2 1 2 5 7 5 0 1 4 6 12 -8 8
18 Crotone 10 1 4 5 11 19 6 1 3 2 7 11 4 0 1 3 4 8 -8 7
19 Vicenza 10 1 1 8 9 21 5 0 1 4 2 8 5 1 0 4 7 13 -12 4
20 Pordenone 10 0 2 8 6 24 5 0 1 4 4 13 5 0 1 4 2 11 -18 2

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.