Serie B 2026/27, matchday 2: every number from the 10 matches

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30 goals in 10 matches — 3.00 a game, against 2.54 across all 383 matches of 2025/26. 3 home wins, 3 draws, 4 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.
Cremonese 0–3 Modena	0–2	0.39–0.68	8–10	2–3	50%
Sampdoria 1–2 Juve Stabia	1–0	1.18–1.06	16–17	6–5	45%
Entella 1–2 Cesena	1–2	0.62–0.48	14–7	3–3	59%
Padova 1–1 Verona	—–—	—–—	—–—	—–—	—
Avellino 3–0 L.R. Vicenza	—–—	—–—	—–—	—–—	—
Ascoli 1–1 Carrarese	—–—	—–—	—–—	—–—	—
Mantova 3–1 Empoli	—–—	1.28–0.46	16–6	9–2	46%
Arezzo 2–3 Palermo	—–—	1.19–2.01	15–17	5–7	43%
Pisa 2–1 Catanzaro	—–—	2.04–1.09	19–14	9–7	45%
Benevento 1–1 Sudtirol	—–—	2.23–0.56	24–9	5–2	50%

The heaviest match was Arezzo 2–3 Palermo with 5 goals. 8 of 10 matches had both clubs scoring, 7 went over 2.5 goals, and 2 clubs failed to score. 6 goals came before half-time and 24 after it; 0 arrived inside the first 15 minutes and 0 after the 75th. The earliest goal of the round came in minute 31, the latest in minute 55. 0 of the 3 goals were penalties and 0 were own goals; the round produced 3 yellow cards and 0 red. The minute-by-minute feed carries 3 of the 30 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

Cremonese 0–3 Modena 2026-08-28 18:30 UTC · half-time 0–2 · 3-5-2 v 4-3-3

Stadio Giovanni Zini

Goals

31' Giacomo Olzer Modena assist Gastón Brugman
45' Giacomo Olzer Modena assist Giuseppe Ambrosino
55' Giuseppe Caso Modena assist Giuseppe Ambrosino

Cards

🟨 18' Simone Pontisso Cremonese
🟨 24' Giacomo Olzer Modena
🟨 30' Fabio Gerli Cremonese

Best rated

8.3 Giacomo Olzer Modena · 2 goals, 2 shots, 3/9 duels
8.0 Giuseppe Caso Modena · 1 goal, 2 shots, 4/7 duels
7.7 Gastón Brugman Modena · 1 assist, 1 shots, 2/4 duels

Cremonese · Modena

0.39	xG	0.68
0.12	xG first half	0.31
8	Shots	10
2	On target	3
5	Shots in the box	4
2	Blocked	2
8	Corners	2
50%	Possession	50%
448	Passes	469
386	Passes completed	408
1	Saves	2
14	Fouls	13
1	Offsides	9
2	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Sampdoria 1–2 Juve Stabia 2026-08-29 17:00 UTC · half-time 1–0

Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Goals

none

Best rated

8.5 Marco Bellich Juve Stabia · 1 goal, 2 shots, 5/5 duels
7.7 Pietro Boer Juve Stabia · 5 saves
7.5 Tjaš Begić Sampdoria · 1 shots, 8/13 duels

Sampdoria · Juve Stabia

1.18	xG	1.06
0.70	xG first half	0.28
16	Shots	17
6	On target	5
12	Shots in the box	12
4	Blocked	3
2	Corners	7
45%	Possession	55%
405	Passes	485
326	Passes completed	418
3	Saves	5
8	Fouls	10
1	Offsides	3
2	Yellow cards	2

source: full match archive

Entella 1–2 Cesena 2026-08-29 17:00 UTC · half-time 1–2

Stadio Comunale

Goals

none

Best rated

8.0 Andrea Tiritiello Entella · 1 goal, 2 shots, 6/10 duels
7.5 Bernat Guiu Entella · 1 shots, 5/7 duels
7.3 Dimitri Bisoli Cesena · 1/3 duels

Entella · Cesena

0.62	xG	0.48
0.24	xG first half	0.34
14	Shots	7
3	On target	3
6	Shots in the box	5
6	Blocked	3
6	Corners	2
59%	Possession	41%
514	Passes	371
437	Passes completed	294
1	Saves	2
8	Fouls	18
2	Offsides	1
1	Yellow cards	2

source: full match archive

Padova 1–1 Verona 2026-08-29 19:00 UTC · half-time None–None

Stadio Euganeo

Goals

none

Padova · Verona

no match statistics

source: events only

Avellino 3–0 L.R. Vicenza 2026-08-29 19:00 UTC · half-time None–None

Stadio Partenio-Adriano Lombardi

Goals

none

Avellino · L.R. Vicenza

no match statistics

source: events only

Ascoli 1–1 Carrarese 2026-08-29 19:00 UTC · half-time None–None

Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

Goals

none

Ascoli · Carrarese

no match statistics

source: events only

Mantova 3–1 Empoli 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC · half-time None–None

Stadio Danilo Martelli

Goals

none

Best rated

8.2 Vanja Vlahović Mantova · 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 shots, 2/6 duels
7.7 Edoardo Saporiti Empoli · 1 goal, 2 shots, 4/6 duels
7.6 Francesco Ruocco Mantova · 1 goal, 1 shots, 4/6 duels

Mantova · Empoli

1.28	xG	0.46
0.53	xG first half	0.07
16	Shots	6
9	On target	2
9	Shots in the box	2
1	Blocked	1
3	Corners	6
46%	Possession	54%
366	Passes	409
286	Passes completed	321
1	Saves	6
13	Fouls	20
1	Offsides	1
2	Yellow cards	6

source: full match archive

Arezzo 2–3 Palermo 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC · half-time None–None

Citta di Arezzo

Goals

none

Best rated

8.9 Camillo Tavernelli Arezzo · 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 shots, 2/5 duels
8.2 Filippo Ranocchia Palermo · 1 goal, 3 shots, 3/6 duels
7.5 Dennis Johnsen Palermo · 1 goal, 1 assist, 1 shots, 4/7 duels

Arezzo · Palermo

1.19	xG	2.01
0.39	xG first half	1.14
15	Shots	17
5	On target	7
10	Shots in the box	10
3	Blocked	6
9	Corners	4
43%	Possession	57%
337	Passes	463
277	Passes completed	374
3	Saves	3
13	Fouls	13
4	Offsides	2
1	Yellow cards	2

source: full match archive

Pisa 2–1 Catanzaro 2026-08-30 19:00 UTC · half-time None–None

Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani

Goals

none

Best rated

7.9 Matteo Tramoni Pisa · 1 assist, 3 shots, 2/7 duels
7.9 Simone Canestrelli Pisa · 1 goal, 2 shots, 5/7 duels
7.7 Jacopo Petriccione Catanzaro · 6/9 duels

Pisa · Catanzaro

2.04	xG	1.09
1.48	xG first half	0.35
19	Shots	14
9	On target	7
16	Shots in the box	10
5	Blocked	1
6	Corners	8
45%	Possession	55%
377	Passes	471
305	Passes completed	401
6	Saves	6
15	Fouls	12
0	Offsides	3
3	Yellow cards	2

source: full match archive

Benevento 1–1 Sudtirol 2026-08-30 19:00 UTC · half-time None–None

Stadio Ciro Vigorito

Goals

none

Best rated

8.0 Luigi Cherubini Benevento · 1 shots, 9/10 duels
7.9 Andrea Giorgini Sudtirol
7.7 Mattia Maita Benevento · 2 shots, 2/4 duels

Benevento · Sudtirol

2.23	xG	0.56
0.67	xG first half	0.14
24	Shots	9
5	On target	2
16	Shots in the box	5
8	Blocked	4
11	Corners	1
50%	Possession	50%
445	Passes	463
386	Passes completed	400
1	Saves	3
16	Fouls	12
2	Offsides	1
1	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Every club, one row each

Club		Opponent	Score	xG	Shots	OT	In box	Cor	Poss	Passes	Saves	Fouls	Yel
Avellino	H	L.R. Vicenza	3–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Modena	A	Cremonese	3–0	0.68	10	3	4	2	50%	469	2	13	1
Mantova	H	Empoli	3–1	1.28	16	9	9	3	46%	366	1	13	2
Palermo	A	Arezzo	3–2	2.01	17	7	10	4	57%	463	3	13	2
Cesena	A	Entella	2–1	0.48	7	3	5	2	41%	371	2	18	2
Juve Stabia	A	Sampdoria	2–1	1.06	17	5	12	7	55%	485	5	10	2
Pisa	H	Catanzaro	2–1	2.04	19	9	16	6	45%	377	6	15	3
Ascoli	H	Carrarese	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Benevento	H	Sudtirol	1–1	2.23	24	5	16	11	50%	445	1	16	1
Carrarese	A	Ascoli	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Padova	H	Verona	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Sudtirol	A	Benevento	1–1	0.56	9	2	5	1	50%	463	3	12	1
Verona	A	Padova	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Arezzo	H	Palermo	2–3	1.19	15	5	10	9	43%	337	3	13	1
Catanzaro	A	Pisa	1–2	1.09	14	7	10	8	55%	471	6	12	2
Entella	H	Cesena	1–2	0.62	14	3	6	6	59%	514	1	8	1
Sampdoria	H	Juve Stabia	1–2	1.18	16	6	12	2	45%	405	3	8	2
Empoli	A	Mantova	1–3	0.46	6	2	2	6	54%	409	6	20	6
Cremonese	H	Modena	0–3	0.39	8	2	5	8	50%	448	1	14	2
L.R. Vicenza	A	Avellino	0–3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0

Entella had the most of the ball (59 per cent); Benevento 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	Cremonese	3	0.68	+2.32	0	0.39	+0.39
Mantova	Empoli	3	1.28	+1.72	1	0.46	-0.54
Cesena	Entella	2	0.48	+1.52	1	0.62	-0.38
Palermo	Arezzo	3	2.01	+0.99	2	1.19	-0.81
Juve Stabia	Sampdoria	2	1.06	+0.94	1	1.18	+0.18
Arezzo	Palermo	2	1.19	+0.81	3	2.01	-0.99
Empoli	Mantova	1	0.46	+0.54	3	1.28	-1.72
Sudtirol	Benevento	1	0.56	+0.44	1	2.23	+1.23
Entella	Cesena	1	0.62	+0.38	2	0.48	-1.52
Pisa	Catanzaro	2	2.04	-0.04	1	1.09	+0.09
Catanzaro	Pisa	1	1.09	-0.09	2	2.04	+0.04
Sampdoria	Juve Stabia	1	1.18	-0.18	2	1.06	-0.94
Cremonese	Modena	0	0.39	-0.39	3	0.68	-2.32
Benevento	Sudtirol	1	2.23	-1.23	1	0.56	-0.44

Modena scored 2.32 goals more than the model expected of their chances; Benevento scored 1.23 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 (Cremonese–Modena +0.33, Sampdoria–Juve Stabia +0.28, Entella–Cesena -0.76, 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

20 of the 30 goals have an assist recorded against them. Assists come from the full match archive where it has arrived (7 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
Giacomo Olzer	Modena	2	0
Camillo Tavernelli	Arezzo	1	1
Dennis Johnsen	Palermo	1	1
Pietro Cianci	Arezzo	1	1
Vanja Vlahović	Mantova	1	1
Andrea Tiritiello	Entella	1	0
Antonio Di Nardo	Juve Stabia	1	0
Antonio Fiori	Cesena	1	0
Cristian Shpendi	Cesena	1	0
Edoardo Saporiti	Empoli	1	0
Fahem Benaissa-Yahia	Mantova	1	0
Filippo Ranocchia	Palermo	1	0
Francesco Ruocco	Mantova	1	0
Francesco Salvemini	Benevento	1	0
Gennaro Tutino	Sampdoria	1	0
Giuseppe Caso	Modena	1	0
Giuseppe Leone	Pisa	1	0
Marco Bellich	Juve Stabia	1	0
Pietro Iemmello	Catanzaro	1	0
Silvio Merkaj	Sudtirol	1	0
Simone Canestrelli	Pisa	1	0
Tommaso Augello	Palermo	1	0
Giuseppe Ambrosino	Modena	0	2
Alessio Castellini	Mantova	0	1
Aljoša Vasić	Sudtirol	0	1
Antonio Candela	Catanzaro	0	1
Federico Artioli	Juve Stabia	0	1
Gastón Brugman	Modena	0	1
Hernani	Palermo	0	1
Luca Vignali	Entella	0	1
Matteo Egan	Empoli	0	1
Matteo Tramoni	Pisa	0	1
Omar Correia	Pisa	0	1
Stefano Cella	Mantova	0	1
Thomas Battistella	Juve Stabia	0	1
Xavello Druiventak	Cesena	0	1
Yari Verschaeren	Sampdoria	0	1

Player ratings, top 25

Ratings are the provider's, over the 7 matches whose player detail has arrived; 320 player appearances in total.

Player	Club	Rating	Min	G	A	Sh	Key p.	Duels	Tkl	Int	Saves
Camillo Tavernelli	Arezzo	8.9	87	1	1	2	2	2/5	0	1	0
Marco Bellich	Juve Stabia	8.5	90	1	0	2	0	5/5	0	1	0
Giacomo Olzer	Modena	8.3	59	2	0	2	0	3/9	0	0	0
Vanja Vlahović	Mantova	8.2	35	1	1	2	1	2/6	0	0	0
Filippo Ranocchia	Palermo	8.2	90	1	0	3	1	3/6	2	1	0
Giuseppe Caso	Modena	8.0	59	1	0	2	1	4/7	1	0	0
Andrea Tiritiello	Entella	8.0	90	1	0	2	0	6/10	1	0	0
Luigi Cherubini	Benevento	8.0	66	0	0	1	3	9/10	1	1	0
Matteo Tramoni	Pisa	7.9	79	0	1	3	6	2/7	0	0	0
Simone Canestrelli	Pisa	7.9	94	1	0	2	0	5/7	0	3	0
Andrea Giorgini	Sudtirol	7.9	98	0	0	0	0	0/2	0	1	0
Gastón Brugman	Modena	7.7	78	0	1	1	2	2/4	0	0	0
Pietro Boer	Juve Stabia	7.7	90	0	0	0	1	0/0	0	0	5
Edoardo Saporiti	Empoli	7.7	86	1	0	2	0	4/6	0	1	0
Jacopo Petriccione	Catanzaro	7.7	94	0	0	0	4	6/9	3	1	0
Samuele Angori	Pisa	7.7	94	0	0	2	2	8/9	3	0	0
Mattia Maita	Benevento	7.7	98	0	0	2	1	2/4	2	0	0
Leandro Chichizola	Modena	7.6	90	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	2
Francesco Ruocco	Mantova	7.6	78	1	0	1	0	4/6	0	1	0
Giuseppe Leone	Pisa	7.6	79	1	0	1	0	1/2	1	0	0
Tjaš Begić	Sampdoria	7.5	55	0	0	1	2	8/13	2	1	0
Bernat Guiu	Entella	7.5	90	0	0	1	0	5/7	2	0	0
Dennis Johnsen	Palermo	7.5	60	1	1	1	2	4/7	0	0	0
Pietro Iemmello	Catanzaro	7.5	94	1	0	3	0	1/5	0	0	0
Simone Lottici Tessadri	Cremonese	7.3	26	0	0	0	1	0/1	0	0	0

Matchday 2 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 2	2025/26 average	Difference
Goals per match	3.00	2.54	+0.46
Goals in the first half, per match	0.60	1.12	-0.52
Shots per club	13.7	13.1	+0.7
Shots on target per club	4.9	4.2	+0.6
xG per club	1.09	1.37	-0.28
Corners per club	5.4	4.8	+0.6
Passes per club	430	391	+39
Fouls per club	13.2	14.9	-1.7
Yellow cards per club	2.00	2.22	-0.22
Saves per club	3.1	2.9	+0.2
Home wins (share)	0.30	0.45	-0.15
Draws (share)	0.30	0.31	-0.01

Where these numbers come from

Our own database, built from the same feed every match here uses. Team figures for 7 of 10 matches, goals and cards by minute for all 10, player-level detail for 7. 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 27 of the 30 goals, so goal minutes, penalties and the scorer table are floors; 3 of the 10 matches (Padova–Verona, Avellino–L.R. Vicenza, Ascoli–Carrarese) have team figures but no player-level detail yet — the archive feed delivers those a day later, so player ratings below cover 7 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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