Expert analysis

Catanzaro Seek Result at Home Against Ascoli

Catanzaro sit 20th after seven games yet average one goal per home match while seeing both teams score in five of their seven league fixtures. Ascoli have scored just 0.7 goals per away game and collected two wins in their last five outings overall. The visitors keep a clean sheet in two of seven matches this season and concede 0.7 goals per game on the road. Head to head results over the last two meetings stand level with each side claiming one victory. Catanzaro or draw offers a measured option because Ascoli struggle to find the net away from home and the hosts remain competitive at the Stadio Nicola Ceravolo. The evenly matched pre-match view adds weight to backing the bottom side not to lose. Ascoli’s sixth place finish and defensive organisation remain the clearest threat to that outcome.

Analysis by AcePredictor 68.5% win rate

Result

1–6 MISSED

Our pick “Catanzaro or Draw” at odds 1.39 didn’t land — final score 1–6.

Match timeline

First half
N'Dri Koffi assist Federico Di Francesco 18'
Gabriele Gori assist Andrea·Silipo 21'
Gennao Acampora assist Simone D'Uffizi 32'
Federico Gattoni assist Andrea Oliveri 36'
Federico Gattoni 39'
Tommaso Milanese ↓ Gennao Acampora 45'
Marco D'Alessandro ↓ N'Dri Koffi 45'
Giovanni Corradini assist Gabriele Gori 45+1'
Second half
Tommaso Milanese 53'
Niccolò Postiglione ↓ Marco Ruggero 56'
Nicolo Buso ↓ Federico Di Francesco 56'
Nicola Mosti ↓ Simone Pafundi 56'
Sergiu Perciun ↓ Giovanni Corradini 60'
Matteo Ricci ↓ Samuele Damiani 60'
Giacomo De Pieri ↓ Andrea·Silipo 60'
Lorenzo Venuti ↓ Andrea Oliveri 72'
Gabriele Gori assist Sergiu Perciun 76'
Gabriele Alesi ↓ Franky Tchaouna 78'
Gabriele Gori 90+2'

This season

	Catanzaro	Ascoli
Over 2.5 goals	71%	29%
Clean sheet	14%	29%
Failed to score	14%	29%
Scored per game	1.1	1.1
Conceded per game	2.0	0.7
Scored home / away	1.0 / 1.2	1.5 / 0.7

Across 7 and 7 matches played this season.

League table position

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Pts
5	SUD Sudtirol	7	3	3	1	12
6	ASC Ascoli ▲	7	3	3	1	12
7	AVE Avellino	7	3	2	2	11
8	BEN Benevento	7	3	2	2	11
9	ARE Arezzo	7	3	1	3	10
10	VIR Virtus Entella	7	2	3	2	9
11	HEL Hellas Verona	7	2	2	3	8
12	CES Cesena	7	1	5	1	8
13	CAR Carrarese	7	2	1	4	7
14	EMP Empoli	7	2	1	4	7
15	PAD Padova	7	2	1	4	7
16	CRE Cremonese	7	1	3	3	6
17	VIC Vicenza Virtus	7	1	3	3	6
18	JUV Juve Stabia	7	2	3	2	5
19	SAM Sampdoria	7	1	1	5	4
20	CAT Catanzaro ▲	7	1	1	5	4

Recent form · last 5 finished matches

Catanzaro LWLLD

L @ Sudtirol 0–2 Sep 5

W vs Carrarese 1–0 Sep 12

L @ Sampdoria 1–2 Sep 19

L vs Mantova 1–3 Oct 11

D @ Hellas Verona 2–2 Oct 16

Ascoli WLWDD

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

D vs Empoli 1–1 Oct 17

Goals trend · last 5 matches

Catanzaro

Scored 1.0 avg

0 1 1 1 2

Conceded 1.8 avg

2 0 2 3 2

Ascoli

Scored 1.0 avg

1 0 3 0 1

Conceded 0.6 avg

0 1 1 0 1

Head-to-head · last meetings

1 Catanzaro

0 Draws

1 Ascoli

Feb 2024 Catanzaro 3–2 Ascoli Catanzaro

Dec 2023 Ascoli 1–0 Catanzaro Ascoli

Over 2.5 goals in 1 of the last 2 meetings.

Confirmed lineups

Catanzaro 3-4-2-1

22 M. Pigliacelli G
24 M. Ruggero D
4 Matias Antonini D
3 M. Imperiale D
27 A. Candela M
28 F. Tchaouna M
10 J. Petriccione M
29 F. Di Francesco M
20 S. Pafundi M
9 P. Iemmello M
19 N. Koffi F

Bench G. Arditi, G. Alesi, N. Buso, F. Cassa, M. D'Alessandro, M. Dorval, R. Frosinini, C. Marietta, N. Mosti, Niccolò Postiglione, F. Reita, B. Verrengia

Giorgio Gorgone

Ascoli 4-2-3-1

1 S. Vitale G
14 A. Oliveri D
32 F. Gattoni D
33 N. Rizzo D
19 A. Guiébré D
8 G. Corradini M
4 S. Damiani M
7 A. Silipo M
13 G. Acampora M
15 S. D'Uffizi M
35 G. Gori F

Bench Matteo Brunori, A. Chakir, G. Crespi, M. Curado, G. De Pieri, L. Lo Scalzo, T. Milanese, M. Nicoletti, S. Perciun, M. Ricci, L. Venuti, D. Bolsius

Francesco Tomei