Ascoli vs Crotone Prediction & Tips
Ascoli and Crotone meet at Stadio Cino and Lillo Del Duca in a match of the 19th round of Serie B. These teams have met only twice recently: on 05-03-2016, ending with Crotone’s victory for (2-0 ), and on 24-10-2015, ending with the victory of Crotone by (0-1). In this match the home factor may play an important role, since Crotone presents significant differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.
Ascoli
After 5 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses, the home team is in 11th place, having won 21 points. In the last match, he lost to Palermo (3-0), after having drawn 1-1 at home in a game against Brescia (1-1). This is a team little affected by the house factor, that is, presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 matches has 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses as a visitor, with 11 goals scored and 20 conceded, against 4 wins , 8 draws and 3 home defeats, with 14 goals scored and 15 conceded. For the championship, the Ascoli won 16 points in 27 chances, after 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in the last 9 games that played in his stadium. In the matches played in their championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-0, which occurred in 5 of their 9 matches. The team has conceded goals to their opponents in 9 of their last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has scored regularly, as they managed to achieve in 7 of the last 10 games in this competition. In his home games there is a tendency towards few goals, since 7 of his last 9 games in the competition finished with Less than 2.5 goals. In 17 games in this competition, he only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in the 8 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Ascoli is a club that has won the Serie B twice in its history, being the last title defeated in the season of 1985/86, in addition to being once runner-up of the competition. In the current season, the team has been making an irregular campaign within the second division of Italian football, having won 21 of the 51 points played so far, thus being in the middle of the table, away from the relegation zone and also the first placed. In the last five games Ascoli played as a visitor, all for Serie B, in all of them the team scored their goals against opponents. I believe that in this match Ascoli, by playing at home against a theoretically weak opponent, again will score goals and come out with a win.
Crotone
The visiting team is currently in 17th place with 13 points, after 3 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost out to Benevento by (3-0). In the last match, lost at home to Spezia by (0-3). This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 3 wins and 12 defeats as a visitor; against 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses in his stadium. In the championship, Crotone won 3 points in 24 chances, after 1 win and 7 losses in the last 8 games they played as a visitor.
In this competition, he lost his last 6 games as a visitor and did not win any of the last 13 he played. In his games as a visitor there are some frequent results: at interval 1-0 (5 in 8 games) and 0-0 (3 in 8 games) and at the end of the game 1-0 (3 in 8 games). Defensive solidity has not been his strong point as he has conceded at least one goal in each of the last 10 games for this competition. In their games away to this competition there is a tendency to have few goals, since 4 of the last 8 that disputed finished with Less than 1.5 goals. This is a team that scored few times first and they only managed to open the scoring in 4 of their last 17 matches in Serie B, of those 4 reached the break in lead in 3 and won in the late 90 ‘in 3. In 17 games in this competition, never managed to get back on the board in the 13 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Crotone is a club that has been runner-up to Serie B once in its history, a campaign reached in the 2015/16 season. In the current season, the team has been making a very weak campaign in Serie B, having won only 13 of 51 points so far, with six points from the first team outside the relegation zone at the bottom of the table. In the last five games that Crotone played as a visitor, all for the second division of national football, in four of them the team did not score goals and in three suffered more than 1.5 goals of the opponents. I believe that in this match, to play away from home, the Crotone again will have difficulties and will end up with a defeat.
Ascoli – Crotone FREE TIPS
Ascoli – Win @ 2.25
Both teams to score / YES @ 1.80
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
