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Serie B matchday 11 in numbers: how much do margins vary?
Ten matches from 6 to 8 November: margins compared, defence and attack in Ascoli-Palermo, and head-to-heads where available, with archive dates.
Published 6 November 2026
Ten matches from 6 to 8 November. The gap between the highest and lowest margins ranges from 3.53 percentage points on Virtus Entella-Modena to 5.41 on Benevento-US Avellino. On the pitch, Ascoli-Palermo brings together the tightest defence and best attack among this round's teams: 6 goals conceded against 24 scored.
How much the book holds back, operator by operator
The margin describes the cost built into full-time result prices. The comparison covers the same ten matches, with all three outcomes available from each operator:
| Operator | Matches | Median margin | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netwin | 10 | 5.06% | 4.78% | 5.6% |
| Betflag | 10 | 7.07% | 6.07% | 7.35% |
| bwin | 10 | 9.21% | 8.38% | 9.58% |
| Betsson | 10 | 9.62% | 9.01% | 10.33% |
Read on 6 November 2026 at 18:14, Italian time. Margins come from the operators' official feeds via api.oddsonar.com. Netwin has the lowest margin on all ten comparable matches. The table records that snapshot; updated prices are in the component further down.
The previous round, with the numbers measured then: Serie B matchday 10: what do form, head-to-heads and margins tell us?
Ascoli-Palermo: 6 goals conceded against 24 scored
Palermo are first on 26 points, Ascoli third on 19. Over their last five matches they collected 13 and 9 points respectively. Ascoli-Palermo carries Betflag's lowest margin of the round, 6.07%. The six available meetings are all Serie B: four Palermo wins, one Ascoli win and one draw. The latest is the 2-2 on 5 May 2024.
Benevento-US Avellino: the widest gap, with Serie C in the archive
Both have 15 points and collected 8 over their last five matches. The gap between operators reaches 5.41 percentage points here; Betsson records its highest margin, 10.33%. The three meetings across all competitions include two Serie B matches and one in Serie C's southern group: one Benevento win and two draws. The latest, the 2-2 on 17 November 2024, was in Serie C.
Virtus Entella-Modena: where operators are closest
Modena are second on 20 points, Entella fourteenth on 10. The gap between operators is the round's smallest, 3.53 percentage points; Betsson records its lowest margin here, 9.01%. Across the six selected meetings, all in Serie B, Entella have three wins and Modena one, with two draws. The latest is Entella's 2-1 win on 3 March 2026.
The other matches, briefly
- Cesena-Catanzaro — 12 points against 6. Catanzaro have the leakiest defence among this round's teams, with 22 goals conceded. The four Serie B meetings contain three Catanzaro wins and one Cesena win; the latest is from 27 December 2025.
- Juve Stabia-Arezzo — 9 points against 11; over the last five matches, 8 against 5. We do not cite head-to-heads: our archive has none for this fixture.
- Padova-Empoli — Padova have 14 points, Empoli 8; their last five matches yielded 7 points against 2. Empoli won all three available meetings, all in Serie B; the latest is from 23 August 2025.
- Pisa-Sudtirol — 15 points against 14. This match carries bwin's lowest margin, 8.38%. Six Serie B meetings: two wins each and two draws, the latest being the 3-3 on 9 May 2025.
- Mantova-Hellas Verona — fourth and fifth, with 18 points against 15. Netwin records its lowest margin here, 4.78%, and bwin its highest, 9.58%. We do not cite head-to-heads: our archive has none for this fixture.
- Carrarese-Sampdoria — 10 points against 8; over the last five matches, 9 against 4. Betflag records its highest margin here, 7.35%. The four Serie B meetings contain two Carrarese wins, one Sampdoria win and one draw; the latest is from 17 March 2026.
- Vicenza-Cremonese — 9 points against 12, with 20 goals conceded by Vicenza and 11 by Cremonese. Netwin records its highest margin here, 5.6%. We do not cite head-to-heads: our archive has none for this fixture.
This matchday's odds, right now
Odds for these ten matches load from official feeds when the page opens, with the time they were read. The outcome-by-outcome comparison across operators is on the odds page.
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How to read these numbers
Standings and form come from ESPN: season figures cover ten matches, form the last five. Head-to-heads come from the openfootball archive, which stops at 24 May 2026 for these teams: they do not include the current season. We cite them where available, for seven fixtures in the round. The six selected Entella-Modena meetings are a sample of the eight in the archive.
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