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Serie B, matchday 6: what do form, head-to-heads and margins tell us?
Ten matches from 9 to 11 October: Palermo on 13 points, three attacks with 10 goals and margins to compare with operator coverage in mind.
Published 3 October 2026
Ten matches from 9 to 11 October. The standings recorded put Palermo top on 13 points, followed by Sudtirol and Mantova on 11. Palermo, Mantova and Hellas Verona share the round's best attack, with 10 goals each; Sudtirol have conceded fewest, 3. This is the snapshot recorded on 3 October 2026, after five matches.
On the full-time result market, median margins range from Netwin's 4.97% to Betsson's 10.01%. Coverage varies, though: Netwin covers eight matches, Betflag and Betsson all ten. The available head-to-head records exclude the current season.
How much the book holds back, operator by operator
The margin measures the theoretical cost built into prices for the three outcomes. Medians describe each operator's available matches: the samples differ.
| Operator | Matches | Median margin | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netwin | 8 of 10 | 4.97% | 4.55% | 5.4% |
| Betflag | 10 of 10 | 7.56% | 6.88% | 7.84% |
| Betsson | 10 of 10 | 10.01% | 9.2% | 10.47% |
Read on 3 October 2026 at 15:41, Italian time. Source: official operator feeds, via api.oddsonar.com. Netwin is unavailable for Empoli-Palermo and Vicenza-Pisa.
Across the eight matches covered by the same three operators, Netwin always has the lowest margin. We compare gaps only within this group: the smallest is 4.05 percentage points on Arezzo-Cremonese, the largest 5.45 on Modena-Hellas Verona. Matches with two operators are excluded from this comparison.
Three attacks on 10 goals, three different matches
Empoli-Palermo: Empoli have 6 points and 4 goals scored; Palermo have 13 points, unbeaten in the five-match form sample. The six meetings cited, from January 2017 to February 2026, include four Serie B and two Serie A matches. The record across all competitions is three Palermo wins, two Empoli wins and a draw. Betflag records its round-low margin here, 6.88%.
Catanzaro-Mantova: Catanzaro are second-bottom on 3 points, Mantova third on 11. Four Serie B meetings, from November 2024 to February 2026, yielded two Catanzaro wins and two draws. This match has Netwin's lowest margin, 4.55%.
Modena-Hellas Verona: Modena are fourth on 10 points, Verona sixth on 7. Verona's 10 goals compare with Modena's 8. The archive returns no previous meetings, so none are cited. The margin gap of 5.45 percentage points is the widest across the eight comparable matches.
Sudtirol and Arezzo: the extremes in goals conceded
Sudtirol-Ascoli: Sudtirol are second on 11 points, Ascoli fifth on 10, with 4 goals conceded against their opponents' 3. Four Serie B meetings, from November 2022 to February 2024: two Sudtirol wins, one Ascoli win and a draw.
Arezzo-Cremonese: Arezzo have the round's leakiest defence, with 13 goals conceded. The only available meeting is distant: September 2020, in the Coppa Italia, when Cremonese won 4-0 at home. No Serie B meetings in the sample. Betsson records its lowest margin here, 9.2%.
The other five, briefly
- US Avellino-Sampdoria — 7 points against 4. The only archived meeting is Avellino's 2-1 win in January 2026, in Serie B. Betflag's highest margin of the round: 7.84%.
- Benevento-Cesena — both on 7 points; Cesena are unbeaten in the five-match form sample. Two Serie B meetings, one win each, but the latest is distant: April 2017.
- Virtus Entella-Juve Stabia — 5 points against 3. Four Serie B meetings, from July 2019 to January 2026: one win each and two draws. Netwin's highest margin of the round: 5.4%.
- Vicenza-Pisa — 5 points against 7. Two Serie B meetings, both won by Vicenza; the latest is distant, March 2017. Betsson's highest margin of the round: 10.47%.
- Padova-Carrarese — Padova have 7 points, Carrarese are bottom on 1, with 2 goals scored. Two Serie B meetings, from August 2025 to February 2026: a Padova win and a draw.
This matchday's odds, right now
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How to read these numbers
Standings and form: ESPN, data read on 3 October 2026. Five matches are few, and individual results affect averages. Head-to-heads come from the openfootball archive, which ends on 24 May 2026 for these teams: they describe the available meetings, not their entire history. Superlatives refer to the teams in this round.
How margins vary across competitions: How much the margin changes between leagues
The full comparison is on the odds page; standings and form are in the statistics section.