Vicenza duels with Ascoli face-off

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Romeo Menti (12200 seats)

Ascoli know they have a hard excursion to Vicenza and their Stadio Romeo Menti. This guide has all the data you need ahead of the fixture.

Insights:
  • Ascoli have the most scored goals (26) away in Serie B

The visiting Ascoli played their last game only four days ago, a Serie B match.

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Vicenza form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie B this season. Vicenza have only managed 3 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Stadio Romeo Menti.

Teodorczyk was the last player to score a league goal for Vicenza and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Vicenza haven't scored in 225 minutes.

Vicenza's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Parma (placed 12th). Midfield player Bikel got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Bikel dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total).

Prior to that, an away loss at Monza.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Vicenza have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won three, drawn five and lost three.

Vicenza are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 15 games. On the other hand, Vicenza have conceded 22 goals. 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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Ascoli form and stats

Playing away, Ascoli have won 9 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Serie B this season.

Ascoli go into this game after a win, the home game against Pisa that ended 2-0. The attacker Dionisi got a match rating of 8.5 in that game. Dionisi scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against SPAL with the score of 2-1.

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 ten relevant matches. Results were six Ascoli wins, one draw and three defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Ascoli's attacking play in away games, having scored 26 goals in 15 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 20 goals have been conceded by Ascoli in these games.

Head 2 Head

Vicenza and Ascoli have duelled previously this season: Ascoli - Vicenza 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Vicenza wins - draws - Ascoli wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AscoliF. Dionisi
F. Dionisi
9 goals
VicenzaD. Diaw
D. Diaw
6 goals
AscoliS. Bidaoui
S. Bidaoui
6 goals

Vicenza missing players

Ascoli missing players

Vicenza Ascoli
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 6 15 30
5 3 1 Won W 5 9 14
6 4 1 Drew D 1 2 7
19 8 3 Lost L 0 4 9
29 16 6 Scored S 12 26 43
52 22 8 Conceded C 5 20 37
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
63% 60% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 87% 80%
50% 40% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 47%
37% 33% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 27%
20% 20% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 13%
50% 53% 40% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 60%
13% 13% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 23%
43% 40% 60% Failed to Score F T 0% 13% 20%
 
5.2 5.8 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5 4.3
5.5 5 6.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.4 5.5
3.2 3.4 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.7 2.8
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 4
 
13.6 14.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 13.1 13.7
4.3 4.6 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.3 4.7
23% 23% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 40% 31%
 
14.7 12.6 16 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 14.1 12.8
4.8 3.9 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.3 4.2
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Ascoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ascoli have the most scored goals (26) away in Serie B
  • Ascoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cremonese 30 16 8 6 45 29 15 9 5 1 26 14 15 7 3 5 19 15 16 56
2 Lecce 30 14 13 3 49 27 15 9 5 1 32 14 15 5 8 2 17 13 22 55
3 Pisa 30 15 10 5 39 24 15 8 6 1 21 11 15 7 4 4 18 13 15 55
4 Monza 30 15 9 6 50 30 15 10 3 2 30 13 15 5 6 4 20 17 20 54
5 Brescia 30 14 11 5 46 31 15 5 7 3 23 19 15 9 4 2 23 12 15 53
6 Benevento 29 14 9 6 47 27 15 8 4 3 30 15 14 6 5 3 17 12 20 51
7 Ascoli 30 14 7 9 43 37 15 5 5 5 17 17 15 9 2 4 26 20 6 49
8 Frosinone 30 12 12 6 45 31 15 7 6 2 25 12 15 5 6 4 20 19 14 48
9 Perugia 30 11 13 6 33 26 15 4 7 4 15 13 15 7 6 2 18 13 7 46
10 Cittadella 30 11 11 8 33 29 15 6 4 5 19 14 15 5 7 3 14 15 4 44
11 Reggina 30 11 7 12 27 36 15 7 2 6 16 17 15 4 5 6 11 19 -9 40
12 Parma 30 8 14 8 37 33 15 4 7 4 19 14 15 4 7 4 18 19 4 38
13 Ternana 30 10 8 12 42 46 15 7 1 7 21 19 15 3 7 5 21 27 -4 38
14 Como 30 8 14 8 36 40 15 4 7 4 16 15 15 4 7 4 20 25 -4 38
15 SPAL 30 7 11 12 35 44 15 3 6 6 24 23 15 4 5 6 11 21 -9 32
16 Alessandria 30 6 7 17 28 48 15 4 4 7 12 20 15 2 3 10 16 28 -20 25
17 Cosenza 29 5 9 15 26 46 14 5 3 6 15 17 15 0 6 9 11 29 -20 24
18 Vicenza 30 5 6 19 29 52 15 3 4 8 16 22 15 2 2 11 13 30 -23 21
19 Crotone 30 3 10 17 31 50 15 3 7 5 18 20 15 0 3 12 13 30 -19 19
20 Pordenone 30 2 7 21 21 56 15 1 5 9 12 26 15 1 2 12 9 30 -35 13

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.