Serie B 2026/27, matchday 1: every number from the 10 matches

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23 goals in 10 matches — 2.30 a game, against 2.54 across all 383 matches of 2025/26. 4 home wins, 1 draw, 5 away wins. Results, goals by minute, cards, shots, possession, xG and player ratings — all of it on one page.

Results

Match	HT	xG	Shots	On target	Home poss.
L.R. Vicenza 3–2 Catanzaro	1–1	1.77–1.74	23–13	9–6	47%
Sudtirol 1–0 Entella	0–0	0.97–0.56	8–15	2–3	48%
Carrarese 1–2 Mantova	0–0	0.86–1.17	10–12	2–4	48%
Empoli 1–0 Cremonese	—–—	0.96–0.31	9–8	5–2	33%
Benevento 1–2 Modena	—–—	0.52–0.51	10–5	1–1	47%
Avellino 1–2 Arezzo	—–—	0.70–1.27	8–14	2–2	61%
Verona 1–2 Ascoli	1–0	3.07–1.25	24–10	7–3	46%
Pisa 0–1 Padova	0–0	1.64–1.09	22–11	7–2	58%
Palermo 1–0 Juve Stabia	0–0	0.78–0.34	9–5	4–1	50%
Cesena 1–1 Sampdoria	0–0	0.70–0.44	3–6	2–1	45%

The heaviest match was L.R. Vicenza 3–2 Catanzaro with 5 goals. 6 of 10 matches had both clubs scoring, 5 went over 2.5 goals, and 4 clubs failed to score. 3 goals came before half-time and 20 after it; 1 arrived inside the first 15 minutes and 0 after the 75th. The earliest goal of the round came in minute 4, the latest in minute 22. 0 of the 5 goals were penalties and 0 were own goals; the round produced 9 yellow cards and 1 red. The minute-by-minute feed carries 5 of the 23 goals, so every count in this paragraph is a floor, not a total; the scores and half-time scores above are complete.

Every match, in detail

L.R. Vicenza 3–2 Catanzaro 2026-08-21 18:30 UTC · half-time 1–1

Stadio Romeo Menti

Goals

17' Marco D'Alessandro Catanzaro assist Gabriele Alesi

Best rated

8.6 Giuseppe Cuomo L.R. Vicenza · 1 goal, 1 shots, 5/7 duels
7.9 Claudio Morra L.R. Vicenza · 1 goal, 2 shots, 1/1 duels
7.9 Alessandro Pietrelli L.R. Vicenza · 1 goal, 1 shots, 3/6 duels

L.R. Vicenza · Catanzaro

1.77	xG	1.74
0.84	xG first half	0.21
23	Shots	13
9	On target	6
20	Shots in the box	7
5	Blocked	3
10	Corners	6
47%	Possession	53%
337	Passes	394
288	Passes completed	334
4	Saves	6
15	Fouls	16
0	Offsides	1
2	Yellow cards	3

source: full match archive

Sudtirol 1–0 Entella 2026-08-22 17:00 UTC · half-time 0–0

Stadio Marco Druso

Goals

none

Cards

🟨 30' Aljoša Vasić Sudtirol
🟥 44' Giacomo Stabile Sudtirol

Best rated

7.6 Simone Davì Sudtirol · 1 goal, 1 shots, 1/2 duels
7.3 Luca Parodi Entella · 2/3 duels
7.2 Alessandro Plizzari Sudtirol · 3 saves

Sudtirol · Entella

0.97	xG	0.56
0.33	xG first half	0.11
8	Shots	15
2	On target	3
4	Shots in the box	9
3	Blocked	2
1	Corners	5
48%	Possession	52%
397	Passes	403
323	Passes completed	328
3	Saves	1
15	Fouls	18
2	Offsides	1
3	Yellow cards	1
1	Red cards	0

source: full match archive

Carrarese 1–2 Mantova 2026-08-22 17:00 UTC · half-time 0–0

Stadio dei Marmi

Goals

22' Francesco Ruocco Mantova assist Ettore Gliozzi

Cards

🟨 10' Bodin Tomašević Mantova
🟨 45' F. Modesto Mantova

Best rated

7.9 Francesco Ruocco Mantova · 1 goal, 2 shots, 6/10 duels
7.7 Pietro Pinelli Carrarese · 1 goal, 1 shots, 2/4 duels
7.5 Lorenzo Ignacchiti Mantova · 1 shots, 12/19 duels

Carrarese · Mantova

0.86	xG	1.17
0.66	xG first half	0.64
10	Shots	12
2	On target	4
6	Shots in the box	9
2	Blocked	4
2	Corners	3
48%	Possession	52%
430	Passes	465
333	Passes completed	377
3	Saves	1
19	Fouls	17
1	Offsides	0
1	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Empoli 1–0 Cremonese 2026-08-22 19:00 UTC · half-time None–None

Stadio Carlo Castellani

Goals

none

Best rated

7.3 Jacopo Seghetti Empoli · 2 saves
7.0 Andrea Fulignati Cremonese · 4 saves
7.0 Gerard Yepes Empoli · 6/10 duels

Empoli · Cremonese

0.96	xG	0.31
0.86	xG first half	0.11
9	Shots	8
5	On target	2
7	Shots in the box	4
1	Blocked	2
1	Corners	2
33%	Possession	67%
209	Passes	430
172	Passes completed	390
2	Saves	4
11	Fouls	6
2	Offsides	0
0	Yellow cards	2
1	Red cards	0

source: full match archive

Benevento 1–2 Modena 2026-08-22 19:00 UTC · half-time None–None

Stadio Ciro Vigorito

Goals

none

Best rated

7.7 Francesco Salvemini Benevento · 1 goal, 1 shots, 2/5 duels
7.3 Stefano Scognamillo Benevento · 2/5 duels
7.0 Mattia Maita Benevento · 4/6 duels

Benevento · Modena

0.52	xG	0.51
0.49	xG first half	0.40
10	Shots	5
1	On target	1
6	Shots in the box	3
1	Blocked	2
2	Corners	3
47%	Possession	53%
262	Passes	304
226	Passes completed	268
1	Saves	0
7	Fouls	7
1	Offsides	1

source: full match archive

Avellino 1–2 Arezzo 2026-08-22 19:00 UTC · half-time None–None

Stadio Partenio-Adriano Lombardi

Goals

none

Best rated

8.9 Raffaele Russo Avellino · 1 goal, 2 shots, 6/8 duels
7.5 Lorenco Šimić Avellino · 7/10 duels
7.2 Luca Palmiero Avellino · 2/4 duels

Avellino · Arezzo

0.70	xG	1.27
0.15	xG first half	0.40
8	Shots	14
2	On target	2
5	Shots in the box	6
1	Blocked	5
2	Corners	2
61%	Possession	39%
362	Passes	224
321	Passes completed	185
1	Saves	1
6	Fouls	10
0	Offsides	2
1	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Verona 1–2 Ascoli 2026-08-23 17:00 UTC · half-time 1–0 · 4-2-3-1 v 4-2-3-1

Goals

21' Samuele Mulattieri Verona assist Andrea Le Borgne

Cards

🟨 39' Giovanni Corradini Ascoli
🟨 41' Andrea Le Borgne Verona

Best rated

8.0 Samuele Mulattieri Verona · 1 goal, 3 shots, 3/10 duels
7.9 Marcos Curado Ascoli · 9/9 duels
7.9 Nicholas Rizzo Ascoli · 1 shots, 1 saves, 6/6 duels

Verona · Ascoli

3.07	xG	1.25
1.61	xG first half	0.34
24	Shots	10
7	On target	3
20	Shots in the box	9
8	Blocked	1
5	Corners	4
46%	Possession	54%
343	Passes	422
270	Passes completed	344
1	Saves	6
14	Fouls	16
2	Yellow cards	3

source: full match archive

Pisa 0–1 Padova 2026-08-23 17:00 UTC · half-time 0–0 · 4-3-3 v 3-5-2

Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani

Goals

none

Cards

🟨 35' Isak Vural Pisa

Best rated

8.9 Alessandro Sorrentino Padova · 7 saves
8.3 Alessandro Dellavalle Padova · 5/10 duels
7.9 Giuseppe Leone Pisa · 1 shots, 7/8 duels

Pisa · Padova

1.64	xG	1.09
1.11	xG first half	0.37
22	Shots	11
7	On target	2
10	Shots in the box	7
5	Blocked	4
4	Corners	6
58%	Possession	42%
527	Passes	366
441	Passes completed	282
1	Saves	7
7	Fouls	18
1	Yellow cards	2

source: full match archive

Palermo 1–0 Juve Stabia 2026-08-23 19:00 UTC · half-time 0–0 · 4-2-3-1 v 4-3-3

Stadio Renzo Barbera

Goals

4' Dennis Johnsen Palermo assist Joel Pohjanpalo

Cards

🟨 45+2' Tommaso Cassandro Palermo

Palermo · Juve Stabia

0.78	xG	0.34
0.78	xG first half	0.34
9	Shots	5
4	On target	1
3	Shots in the box	3
2	Blocked	3
2	Corners	4
50%	Possession	50%
217	Passes	222
191	Passes completed	188
1	Saves	3
11	Fouls	5
0	Offsides	2
1	Yellow cards	0

source: live feed (no player detail yet)

Cesena 1–1 Sampdoria 2026-08-23 19:00 UTC · half-time 0–0 · 4-1-4-1 v 4-3-3

Stadio Dino Manuzzi

Goals

17' Cristian Shpendi Cesena assist Matteo Guidi

Cards

🟨 38' Manuel Cicconi Sampdoria
🟨 43' Antonio David Cesena

Cesena · Sampdoria

0.70	xG	0.44
0.70	xG first half	0.44
3	Shots	6
2	On target	1
2	Shots in the box	5
1	Blocked	0
0	Corners	2
45%	Possession	55%
190	Passes	224
158	Passes completed	188
1	Saves	1
13	Fouls	5
1	Offsides	2
1	Yellow cards	1

source: live feed (no player detail yet)

Every club, one row each

Club		Opponent	Score	xG	Shots	OT	In box	Cor	Poss	Passes	Saves	Fouls	Yel
L.R. Vicenza	H	Catanzaro	3–2	1.77	23	9	20	10	47%	337	4	15	2
Arezzo	A	Avellino	2–1	1.27	14	2	6	2	39%	224	1	10	1
Ascoli	A	Verona	2–1	1.25	10	3	9	4	54%	422	6	16	3
Mantova	A	Carrarese	2–1	1.17	12	4	9	3	52%	465	1	17	1
Modena	A	Benevento	2–1	0.51	5	1	3	3	53%	304	0	7	0
Empoli	H	Cremonese	1–0	0.96	9	5	7	1	33%	209	2	11	0
Padova	A	Pisa	1–0	1.09	11	2	7	6	42%	366	7	18	2
Palermo	H	Juve Stabia	1–0	0.78	9	4	3	2	50%	217	1	11	1
Sudtirol	H	Entella	1–0	0.97	8	2	4	1	48%	397	3	15	3
Cesena	H	Sampdoria	1–1	0.70	3	2	2	0	45%	190	1	13	1
Sampdoria	A	Cesena	1–1	0.44	6	1	5	2	55%	224	1	5	1
Catanzaro	A	L.R. Vicenza	2–3	1.74	13	6	7	6	53%	394	6	16	3
Avellino	H	Arezzo	1–2	0.70	8	2	5	2	61%	362	1	6	1
Benevento	H	Modena	1–2	0.52	10	1	6	2	47%	262	1	7	0
Carrarese	H	Mantova	1–2	0.86	10	2	6	2	48%	430	3	19	1
Verona	H	Ascoli	1–2	3.07	24	7	20	5	46%	343	1	14	2
Cremonese	A	Empoli	0–1	0.31	8	2	4	2	67%	430	4	6	2
Entella	A	Sudtirol	0–1	0.56	15	3	9	5	52%	403	1	18	1
Juve Stabia	A	Palermo	0–1	0.34	5	1	3	4	50%	222	3	5	0
Pisa	H	Padova	0–1	1.64	22	7	10	4	58%	527	1	7	1

Cremonese had the most of the ball (67 per cent) at Empoli; Verona took the most shots (24).

Goals against xG

xG is the provider's shot-quality model, not ours; we publish it because it is the same measure across every match here. One matchday is far too small to call anyone lucky — this is a record of what happened, not a verdict.

Club	Opponent	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Conceded	xG faced	Saved against xG
Modena	Benevento	2	0.51	+1.49	1	0.52	-0.48
L.R. Vicenza	Catanzaro	3	1.77	+1.23	2	1.74	-0.26
Mantova	Carrarese	2	1.17	+0.83	1	0.86	-0.14
Ascoli	Verona	2	1.25	+0.75	1	3.07	+2.07
Arezzo	Avellino	2	1.27	+0.73	1	0.70	-0.30
Sampdoria	Cesena	1	0.44	+0.56	1	0.70	-0.30
Benevento	Modena	1	0.52	+0.48	2	0.51	-1.49
Avellino	Arezzo	1	0.70	+0.30	2	1.27	-0.73
Cesena	Sampdoria	1	0.70	+0.30	1	0.44	-0.56
Catanzaro	L.R. Vicenza	2	1.74	+0.26	3	1.77	-1.23
Palermo	Juve Stabia	1	0.78	+0.22	0	0.34	+0.34
Carrarese	Mantova	1	0.86	+0.14	2	1.17	-0.83
Empoli	Cremonese	1	0.96	+0.04	0	0.31	+0.31
Sudtirol	Entella	1	0.97	+0.03	0	0.56	+0.56
Padova	Pisa	1	1.09	-0.09	0	1.64	+1.64
Cremonese	Empoli	0	0.31	-0.31	1	0.96	-0.04
Juve Stabia	Palermo	0	0.34	-0.34	1	0.78	-0.22
Entella	Sudtirol	0	0.56	-0.56	1	0.97	-0.03
Pisa	Padova	0	1.64	-1.64	1	1.09	+0.09
Verona	Ascoli	1	3.07	-2.07	2	1.25	-0.75

Modena scored 1.49 goals more than the model expected of their chances; Verona scored 2.07 fewer. The last column is the same subtraction at the other end: how many goals a club conceded against the xG of the shots it faced.

One column we removed. The feed also carries a field called “goals prevented”, which looks like a goalkeeping measure. In all 10 matches of this round it is identical for both clubs (Sudtirol–Entella -0.33, Carrarese–Mantova -0.78, Empoli–Cremonese +0.21, and so on), so it cannot be a per-club number and we do not publish it rather than guess at what it means.

Scorers and assists

14 of the 23 goals have an assist recorded against them. Assists come from the full match archive where it has arrived (6 matches) and from the live event feed otherwise, which records fewer of them — so this is a floor, not a count.

Player	Club	Goals	Assists
Alessandro Pietrelli	L.R. Vicenza	1	0
Andrea Silipo	Ascoli	1	0
Bruno Verrengia	Catanzaro	1	0
Claudio Morra	L.R. Vicenza	1	0
Cristian Shpendi	Cesena	1	0
Dennis Johnsen	Palermo	1	0
Francesco Ruocco	Mantova	1	0
Giuseppe Cuomo	L.R. Vicenza	1	0
Marco D'Alessandro	Catanzaro	1	0
Pietro Fusi	Padova	1	0
Pietro Pinelli	Carrarese	1	0
Rareș Ilie	Mantova	1	0
Samuele Mulattieri	Verona	1	0
Simone Dandapos;Uffizi	Ascoli	1	0
Simone Davì	Sudtirol	1	0
Stiven Shpendi	Empoli	1	0
Alessio Castellini	Mantova	0	1
Amine Chakir	Ascoli	0	1
Andrea Le Borgne	Verona	0	1
Cristian Cauz	Empoli	0	1
Ettore Gliozzi	Mantova	0	1
Filippo Costa	L.R. Vicenza	0	1
Gabriele Alesi	Catanzaro	0	1
Joel Pohjanpalo	Palermo	0	1
Matias Antonini	Catanzaro	0	1
Matteo Guidi	Cesena	0	1
Moustapha Cissé	Carrarese	0	1
Nicola Rauti	L.R. Vicenza	0	1
Samuele Damiani	Ascoli	0	1
Tommaso Corazza	L.R. Vicenza	0	1

Player ratings, top 25

Ratings are the provider's, over the 8 matches whose player detail has arrived; 362 player appearances in total.

Player	Club	Rating	Min	G	A	Sh	Key p.	Duels	Tkl	Int	Saves
Raffaele Russo	Avellino	8.9	62	1	0	2	3	6/8	0	2	0
Alessandro Sorrentino	Padova	8.9	90	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	7
Giuseppe Cuomo	L.R. Vicenza	8.6	90	1	0	1	1	5/7	3	1	0
Alessandro Dellavalle	Padova	8.3	90	0	0	0	2	5/10	3	4	0
Samuele Mulattieri	Verona	8.0	90	1	0	3	1	3/10	3	0	0
Francesco Ruocco	Mantova	7.9	67	1	0	2	0	6/10	2	2	0
Marcos Curado	Ascoli	7.9	90	0	0	0	0	9/9	1	2	0
Nicholas Rizzo	Ascoli	7.9	90	0	0	1	1	6/6	3	0	1
Andrea Silipo	Ascoli	7.9	90	1	0	2	2	1/8	0	0	0
Samuele Vitale	Ascoli	7.9	90	0	0	0	0	1/1	0	0	5
Simone Dandapos;Uffizi	Ascoli	7.9	74	1	0	2	0	6/9	0	1	0
Giuseppe Leone	Pisa	7.9	90	0	0	1	1	7/8	2	0	0
Claudio Morra	L.R. Vicenza	7.9	14	1	0	2	2	1/1	1	0	0
Alessandro Pietrelli	L.R. Vicenza	7.9	28	1	0	1	1	3/6	2	0	0
Pietro Pinelli	Carrarese	7.7	15	1	0	1	0	2/4	1	0	0
Francesco Salvemini	Benevento	7.7	58	1	0	1	1	2/5	0	0	0
Christian Pastina	Padova	7.7	90	0	0	1	0	6/11	4	2	0
Simone Davì	Sudtirol	7.6	14	1	0	1	0	1/2	0	0	0
Amine Chakir	Ascoli	7.6	83	0	1	4	1	18/24	3	0	0
Pietro Fusi	Padova	7.6	90	1	0	2	0	4/8	1	2	0
Marco D'Alessandro	Catanzaro	7.6	58	1	0	1	1	1/1	0	0	0
Lorenzo Ignacchiti	Mantova	7.5	90	0	0	1	1	12/19	2	2	0
Fabio Ruggeri	Carrarese	7.5	90	0	0	0	0	9/13	4	3	0
Lorenco Šimić	Avellino	7.5	62	0	0	0	0	7/10	1	2	0
Riccardo Gagno	L.R. Vicenza	7.5	90	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	4

Matchday 1 against the whole of 2025/26

One round is 10 matches and last season was 383. Every difference below is well inside what 10 matches can produce by chance; it is here as a record, not as a trend.

Measure	Matchday 1	2025/26 average	Difference
Goals per match	2.30	2.54	-0.24
Goals in the first half, per match	0.30	1.12	-0.82
Shots per club	11.2	13.1	-1.8
Shots on target per club	3.3	4.2	-0.9
xG per club	1.03	1.37	-0.34
Corners per club	3.3	4.8	-1.5
Passes per club	336	391	-55
Fouls per club	11.8	14.9	-3.1
Yellow cards per club	1.30	2.22	-0.92
Saves per club	2.4	2.9	-0.5
Home wins (share)	0.40	0.45	-0.05
Draws (share)	0.10	0.31	-0.21

Where these numbers come from

Our own database, built from the same feed every match here uses. Team figures for 10 of 10 matches, goals and cards by minute for all 10, player-level detail for 8. Crowds and referees are as published for the 0 matches that carry them . Nothing on this page is a projection.

What is missing, stated plainly. the event feed is missing 18 of the 23 goals, so goal minutes, penalties and the scorer table are floors; 2 of the 10 matches (Palermo–Juve Stabia, Cesena–Sampdoria) have team figures but no player-level detail yet — the archive feed delivers those a day later, so player ratings below cover 8 matches, not 10; attendance is published for 0 of 10 matches, so there is no average to give; the 2025/26 xG baseline is measured on 260 of 383 matches.

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