The Matchday
Serie B matchday 10: what do form, head-to-heads and margins tell us?
Ten matches on 31 October and 1 November: Palermo on 23 points, Ascoli with 6 goals conceded and margins compared. Head-to-head records need dates and, for Arezzo-Ascoli, a different division.
Published 30 October 2026
Ten matches on 31 October and 1 November. Palermo lead the table on 23 points and have the highest-scoring attack among this round's teams, with 21 goals; Ascoli have conceded the fewest, 6. Modena-Mantova brings together the sides placed second and fourth in the recorded standings.
Standings, form and head-to-heads cover different periods: the table reflects nine matches played, form the last five. For these teams, the latest archived match is dated 24 May 2026: the head-to-head records exclude the current season. Margins are a dated snapshot; odds load from the feed in the section below.
How margins compare, operator by operator
The comparison covers margins on the full-time result market. The table shows each operator's median, lowest and highest margin, alongside the number of matches covered.
| Operator | Matches | Median margin | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netwin | 10 | 5.24% | 4.86% | 5.77% |
| Betflag | 10 | 7.57% | 7.11% | 7.74% |
| bwin | 10 | 9% | 7.95% | 9.99% |
| Betsson | 10 | 9.5% | 8.98% | 11.15% |
Recorded on 30 October 2026 at 18:10, Italian time. The comparison includes only the ten matches with all three full-time result prices available from each of the four operators. Netwin records the lowest margin on all of them, compared with Betflag, bwin and Betsson. The gap between the highest and lowest margin ranges from 3.5 percentage points on Sudtirol-Cesena to 5.98 on Hellas Verona-Carrarese.
The previous Serie B preview, with the numbers recorded then: Serie B matchday 8 in numbers: standings, form, head-to-heads and margins
Palermo-Vicenza: 21 goals for the leaders
Palermo have collected 13 points from their last five matches, Vicenza 4. The visitors are sixteenth on 9 points, with 12 goals scored and 17 conceded. We have no head-to-head records for this fixture in the archive, so we do not cite any.
Modena-Mantova: 19 points against 17
Modena are second on 19 points, Mantova fourth on 17. They have collected 12 and 7 points respectively from their last five matches. The three archived meetings, all in Serie B between November 2024 and September 2025, produced two Modena wins and a draw.
Arezzo-Ascoli: the defence and meetings in another division
Ascoli are third on 18 points: their 6 goals conceded are the fewest among this round's teams. Arezzo are fourteenth on 10 and have conceded 19. Recent form yields 11 points for Ascoli and 4 for Arezzo. Both archived meetings, between November 2024 and March 2025, were in Serie C: one Ascoli win and a draw.
Catanzaro-Padova: 21 goals conceded and 5 points
Catanzaro are bottom on 5 points and have conceded the most goals among this round's teams, 21. Padova are eighth on 13. Their last five matches yielded 2 and 6 points. Two Serie B meetings, between October 2025 and March 2026: one win each.
The other six, briefly
- Cremonese-Benevento — 9 points against 15; over the last five, 5 against 11. Six Serie B meetings, from October 2018: three Benevento wins, two draws and one Cremonese win. The latest is from March 2022, before 2024.
- Sudtirol-Cesena — 13 points against 11 and 5 points each from the last five. Three Serie B meetings between November 2024 and October 2025: two Cesena wins and a draw.
- Sampdoria-Virtus Entella — Sampdoria are nineteenth on 5 points, Entella twelfth on 10. Recent form yields 4 and 6 points. Two Serie B meetings, between October 2025 and January 2026: one Entella win and a draw.
- Empoli-Juve Stabia — 7 points against 8; over the last five, 1 against 8. The six Serie B meetings run from October 2013 to February 2026: three wins each.
- US Avellino-Pisa — 12 points against 15, with 5 and 9 points from the last five. Avellino won both Serie B meetings, between November 2016 and April 2017: even the latest predates 2024.
- Hellas Verona-Carrarese — 12 points against 10; over the last five, 8 against 9. We have no head-to-head records in the archive, so we do not cite any.
This matchday's odds, right now
Odds for the ten matches load from the official feeds when the page opens, with the time they were read. The comparison across operators is on the odds page.
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Where the numbers come from
Standings and form: ESPN. Head-to-heads: the openfootball archive, available for eight fixtures out of ten; records describe only the archived matches within the stated periods. Margins: official operator feeds via api.oddsonar.com. All data were read on 30 October 2026.
How margins differ between competitions: How much the margin changes between leagues