Ascoli vs Pescara — Serie B 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 71+ matches
Ascoli47%
Pescara27%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Ascoli creates 40% more chances
Season form · 119 home / 71 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under54
- Over46
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No50
- Yes50
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Ascoli ↓
Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines
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Winning margin
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Ascoli at home — creates 1.16, concedes 1.12 · 119 matches
Pescara away — creates 0.96, concedes 1.77 · 71 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Ascoli attack 1.16 + Pescara defence 1.77 → ÷2 → 1.46
Pescara attack 0.96 + Ascoli defence 1.12 → ÷2 → 1.04
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 47%?"
Ascoli at 47% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 47% does not mean "Ascoli will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Player of the match
Match Events
Brescia
Lecce
Palermo
BeneventoPescara
Verona
Spezia
Cittadella
Perugia
Cremonese
Cosenza
CrotoneAscoli
Livorno
Venezia
Salernitana
Foggia
Padova
CarpiIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Possession
Shots
Pass accuracy
Statistics
Ascoli host Pescara on Friday, 4 December 2020 at 20:00. The match is part of the Serie B 2018/2019 season.
Serie B: Ascoli 0–2 Pescara
Pescara beat Ascoli 2-0 in Serie B on December 4, 2020.
Goals: C. Galano (17' pen), D. Ceter (40').
Ascoli controlled possession (64%) and registered 16 shots to 13.
The match was played at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca in Ascoli Piceno.