Serie B VOID 1–1
Sat, Oct 17 · 15:00 · Cino e Lillo Del Duca
Ascoli Home
VS
Empoli FC Away
Ascoli vs Empoli — Serie B
Tipster's pick Ascoli (Draw No Bet)
Confidence High
Odds 1.36 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Ascoli Aim to Capitalise on Empoli Slump

Ascoli sit in fifth spot with eleven points from their opening six fixtures while Empoli are down in thirteenth with just six points from the same number of games. Ascoli have collected points in four of their last five matches through a mix of wins and draws. Empoli have dropped points in four straight games after their sole victory earlier in the run. At home Ascoli have found the net at a rate of 1.7 goals per game and kept concessions down to 0.7. Empoli have been leaky on their travels this term letting in 1.7 goals each away outing. Two of Ascoli’s three wins in the head to head over the last six meetings give them an edge in this fixture. A tight contest could unfold if Empoli tighten their defence away from home.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68% win rate
Result
1–1 VOID

The match finished level at 1–1, so our Draw No Bet pick “Ascoli (Draw No Bet)” was void — the stake was returned.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Joseph Ceesay 14'
  3. Nicholas Rizzo assist Matteo Brunori 26'
  4. Filippo Bandinelli ↓ Edoardo Biondini 45'
  5. Second half
  6. Lapo Deli ↓ Gerard Yepes 54'
  7. Don Bolsius ↓ Gennao Acampora 62'
  8. amine chakir ↓ Matteo Brunori 62'
  9. Giacomo De Pieri ↓ Andrea·Silipo 63'
  10. Tommaso Milanese ↓ Andrea Oliveri 63'
  11. Steven Shpendi ↓ Bogdan Popov 63'
  12. Federico Gattoni ↓ Marcos Curado 71'
  13. Matteo Egan ↓ Joseph Ceesay 84'
  14. Luca Belardinelli ↓ Edoardo Saporiti 84'
  15. Luca Magnino 90'
  16. Abdoul Guiebre 90+2'
This season
Ascoli Empoli
Over 2.5 goals 33% 50%
Clean sheet 33% 33%
Failed to score 33% 17%
Scored per game 1.2 1.0
Conceded per game 0.7 1.7
Scored home / away 1.7 / 0.7 1.0 / 1.0

Across 6 and 6 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
4 SUD Sudtirol 6 3 3 0 12
5 ASC Ascoli ▲ 6 3 2 1 11
6 AVE Avellino 6 3 1 2 10
7 PIS Pisa 6 3 1 2 10
8 BEN Benevento 6 3 1 2 10
9 HEL Hellas Verona 7 2 2 3 8
10 CES Cesena 6 1 4 1 7
11 PAD Padova 6 2 1 3 7
12 ARE Arezzo 6 2 1 3 7
13 EMP Empoli ▲ 6 2 0 4 6
14 VIR Virtus Entella 6 1 3 2 6
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Ascoli DWLWD
D vs Carrarese 1–1 Aug 29
W vs Benevento 1–0 Sep 5
L @ Padova 0–1 Sep 12
W vs Avellino 3–1 Sep 19
D @ Sudtirol 0–0 Oct 10
Empoli LWLLL
L @ Mantova 1–3 Aug 30
W @ Carrarese 1–0 Sep 5
L vs Arezzo 0–1 Sep 11
L @ Modena 1–2 Sep 20
L vs Palermo 2–4 Oct 10
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Ascoli
Scored 1.0 avg
1 1 0 3 0
Conceded 0.6 avg
1 0 1 1 0
Empoli
Scored 1.0 avg
1 1 0 1 2
Conceded 2.0 avg
3 0 1 2 4
Head-to-head · last meetings
2 Ascoli
1 Draws
3 Empoli FC
May 2021 Ascoli 2–0 Empoli Ascoli
Dec 2020 Empoli 1–1 Ascoli Draw
Jul 2020 Ascoli 1–0 Empoli Ascoli
Dec 2019 Empoli 2–1 Ascoli Empoli
Feb 2018 Ascoli 1–2 Empoli Empoli

Over 2.5 goals in 3 of the last 6 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Ascoli 3-5-2
  • 1 S. Vitale G
  • 19 A. Guiébré D
  • 30 M. Curado D
  • 33 N. Rizzo D
  • 14 A. Oliveri M
  • 8 G. Corradini M
  • 4 S. Damiani M
  • 13 G. Acampora M
  • 7 A. Silipo M
  • 99 Matteo Brunori F
  • 15 S. D'Uffizi F
Bench F. Gattoni, G. Crespi, A. Chakir, M. Nicoletti, L. Venuti, D. Bolsius, G. De Pieri, S. Perciun, L. Lo Scalzo, M. Ricci, T. Milanese, G. Gori

Francesco Tomei

Empoli 3-4-2-1
  • 12 J. Seghetti G
  • 25 M. Curto D
  • 91 N. Corrado D
  • 33 C. Cauz D
  • 15 J. Ceesay M
  • 8 L. Magnino M
  • 21 Gerard Yepes M
  • 98 K. Zedadka M
  • 39 E. Biondini M
  • 10 E. Saporiti M
  • 77 B. Popov F
Bench S. Perisan, D. Bembnista, G. Indragoli, M. Egan, L. Deli, D. Degli Innocenti, L. Belardinelli, F. Bandinelli, F. Meznar, S. Shpendi, E. Filippis

M. Andreoletti