Serie B match preview: Pordenone believed to be the weaker party when Benevento pays a visit

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Mon 18.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Guido Teghil

Match preview: 43 points separate the participants up until now, Benevento the sharpest side. Will Pordenone pull off a surprise?

Insights:
  • Pordenone have the fewest scored goals (24) in Serie B
  • Benevento have the most scored goals (56) in Serie B

These teams have little in common geographically as Benevento have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Benevento could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie B game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Cosenza, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Benevento.

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Pordenone form and stats

Pordenone's results here at Stadio Guido Teghil in the Serie B have been very modest with 2 victories, 6 draws and 9 defeats.

Pordenone lost their last game at Alessandria (placed 16th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Defender Kaouakibi got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.0/10. Kaouakibi hit three key passes and won 3 of 9 duels.

Before that, Pordenone had a home game versus Frosinone which ended with a victory 2-0.

Pordenone have scored 15 league goals here from 17 matches, not a lot. Pordenone have conceded 27 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Benevento form and stats

7 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Benevento, who have the most scored goals (56) in Serie B, playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.

Two away games in a row for Benevento, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Cosenza. Midfielder Viviani was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.43. Viviani hit two key passes and had 77 successful passes (of 84 total).

Before that, Benevento secured a home win against Vicenza with the score 1-0.

Benevento find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. Benevento are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 15 times in 17 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These sides faced each other before this campaign: Benevento - Pordenone 2-1. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Pordenone victories, one draw and two Benevento wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BeneventoG. Lapadula
G. Lapadula
10 goals
PordenoneN. Cambiaghi
N. Cambiaghi
7 goals
BeneventoA. Tello Muñoz
A. Tello Muñoz
7 goals

Pordenone missing players

Benevento missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Pordenone Benevento
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 6 17 34
3 2 0 Won W 3 7 17
8 6 2 Drew D 1 5 9
23 9 3 Lost L 2 5 8
24 15 4 Scored S 9 20 56
60 27 9 Conceded C 6 15 31
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
65% 71% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 71% 71%
35% 29% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 18% 38%
29% 29% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 12% 29%
15% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 6% 18%
47% 53% 60% BTTS BTTS 33% 35% 41%
9% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 35% 38%
44% 35% 40% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 29%
 
4.7 4.6 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.9 5.3
5 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.6 5.9
2.9 3.2 3.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.1 2
7 3 1 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
11.9 12.5 10.4 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 13.6 14.6
3 3.2 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.9 4.2
24% 27% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 30% 39%
 
15 14.8 16.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 12.9 12.1
5.1 4.9 5.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.5 4.4
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Benevento have scored more than double the goals of Pordenone.
  • Benevento have the most scored goals (56) in Serie B
  • Benevento haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Pordenone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Pordenone have the fewest clean sheets (2) at home in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the fewest points (12) at home in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the fewest scored goals (15) at home in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the fewest scored goals (24) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the most conceded goals (60) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the most conceded goals in the second half (35) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the the worst goal difference (-12) at home in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the the worst goal difference (-36) in Serie B
  • Pordenone 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 Lecce 34 17 14 3 55 28 17 11 5 1 34 14 17 6 9 2 21 14 27 65
2 Monza 34 18 9 7 55 32 17 12 3 2 33 13 17 6 6 5 22 19 23 63
3 Cremonese 34 18 9 7 51 33 17 10 6 1 29 16 17 8 3 6 22 17 18 63
4 Brescia 34 16 13 5 50 32 17 7 7 3 26 19 17 9 6 2 24 13 18 61
5 Benevento 34 17 9 8 56 31 17 10 4 3 36 16 17 7 5 5 20 15 25 60
6 Pisa 34 16 12 6 42 30 17 9 7 1 22 11 17 7 5 5 20 19 12 60
7 Ascoli 34 16 7 11 46 41 17 7 5 5 20 17 17 9 2 6 26 24 5 55
8 Frosinone 34 14 12 8 49 35 17 9 6 2 29 13 17 5 6 6 20 22 14 54
9 Perugia 34 11 16 7 35 29 17 4 8 5 16 15 17 7 8 2 19 14 6 49
10 Cittadella 34 12 12 10 36 33 17 6 5 6 20 16 17 6 7 4 16 17 3 48
11 Ternana 34 13 8 13 50 52 17 8 1 8 25 23 17 5 7 5 25 29 -2 47
12 Parma 34 10 15 9 44 38 17 5 8 4 23 17 17 5 7 5 21 21 6 45
13 Como 34 10 14 10 43 46 17 5 7 5 19 17 17 5 7 5 24 29 -3 44
14 Reggina 34 12 8 14 29 42 17 8 2 7 17 20 17 4 6 7 12 22 -13 44
15 SPAL 34 7 13 14 39 51 17 3 7 7 26 27 17 4 6 7 13 24 -12 34
16 Alessandria 34 7 8 19 33 55 17 5 5 7 16 22 17 2 3 12 17 33 -22 29
17 Cosenza 34 6 10 18 30 54 17 6 3 8 17 22 17 0 7 10 13 32 -24 28
18 Vicenza 34 6 7 21 32 56 17 4 5 8 19 23 17 2 2 13 13 33 -24 25
19 Crotone 34 3 12 19 34 55 17 3 8 6 20 23 17 0 4 13 14 32 -21 21
20 Pordenone 34 3 8 23 24 60 17 2 6 9 15 27 17 1 2 14 9 33 -36 17

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 Lecce 34 17 14 3 55 28 17 11 5 1 34 14 17 6 9 2 21 14 27 65
2 Monza 34 18 9 7 55 32 17 12 3 2 33 13 17 6 6 5 22 19 23 63
3 Cremonese 34 18 9 7 51 33 17 10 6 1 29 16 17 8 3 6 22 17 18 63
4 Brescia 34 16 13 5 50 32 17 7 7 3 26 19 17 9 6 2 24 13 18 61
5 Benevento 34 17 9 8 56 31 17 10 4 3 36 16 17 7 5 5 20 15 25 60
6 Pisa 34 16 12 6 42 30 17 9 7 1 22 11 17 7 5 5 20 19 12 60
7 Ascoli 34 16 7 11 46 41 17 7 5 5 20 17 17 9 2 6 26 24 5 55
8 Frosinone 34 14 12 8 49 35 17 9 6 2 29 13 17 5 6 6 20 22 14 54
9 Perugia 34 11 16 7 35 29 17 4 8 5 16 15 17 7 8 2 19 14 6 49
10 Cittadella 34 12 12 10 36 33 17 6 5 6 20 16 17 6 7 4 16 17 3 48
11 Ternana 34 13 8 13 50 52 17 8 1 8 25 23 17 5 7 5 25 29 -2 47
12 Parma 34 10 15 9 44 38 17 5 8 4 23 17 17 5 7 5 21 21 6 45
13 Como 34 10 14 10 43 46 17 5 7 5 19 17 17 5 7 5 24 29 -3 44
14 Reggina 34 12 8 14 29 42 17 8 2 7 17 20 17 4 6 7 12 22 -13 44
15 SPAL 34 7 13 14 39 51 17 3 7 7 26 27 17 4 6 7 13 24 -12 34
16 Alessandria 34 7 8 19 33 55 17 5 5 7 16 22 17 2 3 12 17 33 -22 29
17 Cosenza 34 6 10 18 30 54 17 6 3 8 17 22 17 0 7 10 13 32 -24 28
18 Vicenza 34 6 7 21 32 56 17 4 5 8 19 23 17 2 2 13 13 33 -24 25
19 Crotone 34 3 12 19 34 55 17 3 8 6 20 23 17 0 4 13 14 32 -21 21
20 Pordenone 34 3 8 23 24 60 17 2 6 9 15 27 17 1 2 14 9 33 -36 17

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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.