Brescia vs Ascoli Match preview

Italian Serie B: Brescia vs Ascoli

An excellent win in Modena showed they have the quality to fight for automatic promotion but it is too late now. They will have to take the longer path through uncertain play-offs. Cosmi is already thinking about the play-offs; he rested several starters in the game at Braglia but even without standard keeper Viviano and several important players, rondinelle ran over Modena in the second half. In an unimportant game Ascoli easily handled dangerous Bari. Double scorer Guberti shined and he got the praise from the away side coach who wondered how come that such a talented player isn’t playing in Serie A.

Combined line-up again

It is evident that Brescia can hardly move up form the fifth place. They had a lot of injury problems so Cosmi wishes to save experienced and a bit tired players for the decisive battles. Rondinelle don’t have a difficult schedule till the end but they also can’t hope that top four sides will drop points. They are aware that the real fight is yet to come in the play-offs so it is hard to tell how motivated they will be in these matches. Interestingly, they played recently against Ascoli in a postponed match, when Brescia celebrated 1:0 at Duca but the match now doesn't have the significance it had then.

Ascoli will end the championship up on the standings

However Bianconeri don’t stand a chance of getting to the play-offs. Not for a single moment have they been sixth-place contenders. This is painful for the fans but coach Iaconi claims that his mission in the first season was to stabilize the club after relegation form elite. He completely succeeded in doing that but the question is if he will stay on the bench next year, because there are some speculations that he has offers from some bigger clubs. President Benigni announced that he will make up the team for elite next season but it is still early to talk about Ascoli’s potential, because some of the players like the best scorer Soncin wish to change the environment.

Betting Verdict

It is hard to tell which line-ups the teams will field, so check the team news on our website. Anyway, we will try with a double chance on Ascoli who are underestimated in this match. This is a tough squad that rarely concede against strongest teams, for example they remained unbeaten in Bologna so 1.40 odds for Bologna to win are pretty low. We also believe that there won’t be many goals.

Team news : Brescia will be without Bazzani, Tacchinardi, suspended Vass and keeper Viviano. Centi is injured while Sommese will be rested for Ascoli.

Our tip: Bet 4 on Ascoli not to lose
Odds 2.67 at
Bookmaker: Gamebookers