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Serie B matchday 12: what do form, head-to-heads and margins say?
Ten matches from 20 to 22 November: how much each operator holds back, the extremes of the table and head-to-heads where available, with dates and competitions.
Published 14 November 2026
Ten matches from 20 to 22 November. Catanzaro-Palermo brings together bottom and top, on 6 and 27 points. In the margin comparison, the gap between operators runs from 4.31 percentage points on Ascoli-Vicenza to 5.45 on Arezzo-Padova.
Standings and form cover every match; we cite head-to-heads where available, for eight of the ten fixtures. Odds load from the feed in the panel below, with the time they were read.
How much the book holds back, operator by operator
The comparison covers the margin on the full-time result market. The median and extremes describe the matches covered by each operator:
| Operator | Matches | Median margin | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netwin | 10 | 4.97% | 4.48% | 5.21% |
| Betflag | 10 | 7.42% | 7.14% | 7.56% |
| bwin | 10 | 9.07% | 7.95% | 9.9% |
| Betsson | 10 | 9.84% | 9.3% | 10.23% |
Read on 14 November 2026 at 19:50, Italian time. All operators in the table cover the ten matches. For each operator, the comparison uses prices for the same three outcomes of the same match, recorded at the same time.
Among Netwin, Betflag, bwin and Betsson, Netwin has the lowest margin on all ten matches. The gaps between operators also include Eurobet, present in the dossier for the same ten matches. These are recorded measurements; the odds panel shows data read when the page opens.
The previous round, with the margins measured then: Serie B matchday 11 in numbers: how much do margins vary?
Catanzaro-Palermo: bottom and top
Palermo have the round's best attack, 25 goals after 11 matches; Catanzaro have conceded 23. They have collected 11 and 3 points respectively in their last five. The archive holds five Serie B meetings, from December 2023 to October 2025: three Catanzaro wins, a draw and one Palermo win.
Ascoli-Vicenza: the extremes of goals conceded
Ascoli have the round's best defence, 7 goals conceded; Vicenza the most breached, 24. They sit third and nineteenth, on 20 and 9 points. Their last five matches yielded 9 points for Ascoli and 4 for Vicenza. We cite no head-to-heads: the archive has none for this pairing.
Head-to-heads: where dates and competitions differ
Hellas Verona-Cesena: 16 points against 15. The five meetings mix Serie A, Serie B and Coppa Italia: across all competitions, one win each and three draws. The most recent was on 10 August 2024, in the Coppa Italia.
Sampdoria-Benevento: 11 points against 16. Netwin and Betsson have their lowest margins of the round here, 4.48% and 9.3%. Both available meetings were in Serie A, with one win each; the most recent dates to 6 January 2018, so it predates 2024.
Empoli-Pisa: 9 points against 16, and 3 against 6 in the last five. The latest archived meeting was on 20 February 2021, before 2024. Of the four records, two are listed as Serie B and two carry the label '= Aufstieg', which does not clearly identify the competition: we do not present them as a uniform league record.
The other five, briefly
- Modena-Juve Stabia — 23 and 12 points, but both have 10 from their last five. Six Serie B meetings, up to February 2026: four Modena wins, a draw and one Juve Stabia win. Netwin and Betsson have their highest margins here: 5.21% and 10.23%.
- Carrarese-Virtus Entella — both on 10 points. The only available meeting was in Serie B in December 2025, won by Carrarese. Here bwin has its highest margin of the round, 9.9%.
- Sudtirol-Cremonese — both on 15 points, but 3 against 9 in their last five. Four Serie B meetings, up to February 2025: two wins each. Here Betflag has its highest margin, 7.56%, and bwin its lowest, 7.95%.
- US Avellino-Mantova — 16 and 19 points, with 11 goals conceded each. The only meeting in the archive is a Serie B draw from October 2025.
- Arezzo-Padova — 11 points against 15. Alongside the widest gap between operators, this match has Betflag's lowest margin, 7.14%. We cite no head-to-heads: they are missing from the archive.
This matchday's odds, right now
Odds for the ten matches from the official feeds, with the time they were read. The margin column is Betsson's; the outcome-by-outcome comparison is on the odds page.
No match from this competition is in the listing right now.
How to read these numbers
Standings and form come from ESPN; margins from operators' official feeds via api.oddsonar.com. Head-to-heads come from openfootball: for these teams the archive reaches 24 May 2026 and does not cover the current season. The meetings cited are those available, not the entire history of the fixtures.
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