Sports betting preview: Venezia vs Ascoli - predictions and stats

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 29.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo (10500 seats)

Venezia want to sell some tickets for this fixture even though the season has been demanding so far with 9 points and a 17th spot in the Serie B table. Visiting Ascoli have 9th place with 15 pts.

Insights:
  • Venezia have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Serie B
  • Ascoli have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

Venezia and Ascoli should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Venezia form and stats

0 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Venezia have to build on here at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo in the Serie B. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Venezia, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

An away draw last time out for Venezia, facing Brescia in a game that ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Javorcic made a successful contribution in the game against Brescia, bringing on Črnigoj who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Midfielder Zampano was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.42 (out of ten) in that game. Zampano hit four key passes.

Ahead of that match, Venezia lost 1-3 at home to Frosinone.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Venezia handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Some stats: A review of the 10 latest league games reveals that 8 of them had goals from both teams.

Venezia have scored {4 league goals} here from 5 matches, not a lot.

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Ascoli form and stats

2-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ascoli in their Serie B matches away.

The fans enjoyed Ascoli's previous match versus Cagliari (placed 10th), a 2-1 win played at home. Mendes came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Cagliari last time out, making the manager Bucchi feel like a tactical genius. Dionisi, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.35. Dionisi scored one goal.

Before that match, 2-2 away against Sampdoria (after extra-time, 9-8 on penalties) in the Coppa Italia. Ascoli are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

The travelling fans enjoy Ascoli's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's four Venezia victories, three draws and two Ascoli wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AscoliC. Gondo
C. Gondo
4 goals
VeneziaD. Cheryshev
D. Cheryshev
3 goals
AscoliF. Dionisi
F. Dionisi
3 goals

Venezia missing players

Ascoli missing players

Venezia Ascoli
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
10 5 0 Played P 3 4 10
2 0 0 Won W 1 2 4
3 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
5 4 0 Lost L 1 1 3
12 4 0 Scored S 4 6 13
16 10 0 Conceded C 4 4 12
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 80%
50% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 50%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 20%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 10%
80% 80% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 70%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 20%
20% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 20%
 
5.4 6.4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 4.2
5.5 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8.3 8.2 6.1
2.7 2.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4.2 3.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
13.1 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 10.5 11.3
4.6 4.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.8 3.5
26% 19% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 40% 37%
 
13.7 13.8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 12.8 12.9
4.6 5.2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.5 4
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • All of Venezia's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ascoli have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Ascoli have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ascoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Venezia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Venezia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Venezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Venezia have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Serie B
  • Venezia have the fewest points (1) at home in Serie B
  • Venezia have the most conceded goals (10) at home in Serie B
  • Venezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Serie B
  • Venezia have the most points from losing position (8) in Serie B
  • Venezia have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Serie B
  • Venezia have yet to win a game at home.
  • Venezia 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 Frosinone 10 7 0 3 15 6 5 5 0 0 9 0 5 2 0 3 6 6 9 21
2 Genoa 10 6 3 1 13 7 4 1 3 0 4 3 6 5 0 1 9 4 6 21
3 Ternana 10 6 1 3 17 13 5 3 1 1 7 3 5 3 0 2 10 10 4 19
4 Reggina 10 6 0 4 19 8 5 4 0 1 15 3 5 2 0 3 4 5 11 18
5 Bari 1908 10 5 3 2 18 12 4 1 2 1 9 7 6 4 1 1 9 5 6 18
6 Brescia 10 5 2 3 14 15 5 3 2 0 7 3 5 2 0 3 7 12 -1 17
7 Sudtirol 10 5 2 3 11 12 5 2 2 1 6 5 5 3 0 2 5 7 -1 17
8 Parma 10 4 4 2 15 11 5 3 1 1 9 6 5 1 3 1 6 5 4 16
9 Ascoli 10 4 3 3 13 12 6 2 2 2 7 8 4 2 1 1 6 4 1 15
10 Cagliari 10 4 2 4 10 11 5 3 0 2 6 7 5 1 2 2 4 4 -1 14
11 SPAL 10 3 4 3 15 13 5 3 0 2 9 5 5 0 4 1 6 8 2 13
12 Modena 10 4 0 6 16 15 5 3 0 2 11 6 5 1 0 4 5 9 1 12
13 Cittadella 10 2 5 3 8 12 5 2 2 1 6 6 5 0 3 2 2 6 -4 11
14 Cosenza 10 3 2 5 9 16 4 2 0 2 6 5 6 1 2 3 3 11 -7 11
15 Pisa 10 2 4 4 17 17 5 1 2 2 6 6 5 1 2 2 11 11 0 10
16 Benevento 10 2 3 5 9 12 5 1 1 3 5 8 5 1 2 2 4 4 -3 9
17 Venezia 10 2 3 5 12 16 5 0 1 4 4 10 5 2 2 1 8 6 -4 9
18 Palermo 10 2 3 5 9 15 6 2 2 2 8 7 4 0 1 3 1 8 -6 9
19 Como 10 2 3 5 11 20 6 2 2 2 7 8 4 0 1 3 4 12 -9 9
20 Perugia 10 2 1 7 8 16 5 1 1 3 4 8 5 1 0 4 4 8 -8 7

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.