The Matchday
Serie B matchday 7: what do form, head-to-heads and margins tell us?
Ten matches from 16 to 18 October: Mantova and Palermo meet at the top, Sudtirol have conceded 3 goals, and head-to-head records need careful attention to dates and competitions.
Published 15 October 2026
Ten Serie B matches from 16 to 18 October. Mantova-Palermo brings together second and first, on 14 and 16 points; Palermo also have the best attack among this round's teams, with 14 goals. Sudtirol, away to Juve Stabia, have conceded the fewest goals among the teams in this round, 3.
This snapshot covers standings and form from ESPN, head-to-heads from openfootball and margins from the operators' official feeds. Median margins range from Netwin's 5.1% to Betsson's 9.81%; updated prices are in the table further down.
Margins, operator by operator
The comparison covers the full-time result market. For each operator we list coverage, the median and the lowest and highest margins measured across the round.
| Operator | Matches | Median margin | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netwin | 10 | 5.1% | 4.7% | 5.64% |
| Betflag | 10 | 7.17% | 6.65% | 7.56% |
| bwin | 10 | 9.15% | 8.48% | 9.64% |
| Betsson | 10 | 9.81% | 9.51% | 10.42% |
Recorded on 15 October 2026 at 12:27, Italian time. These measurements refer to that snapshot; the odds table updates from the feed when you open the page.
Netwin records the lowest margin on all ten matches compared with Betflag, bwin and Betsson. The gap ranges from 4.46 percentage points on Cesena-US Avellino to 5.5 on Carrarese-Modena. The comparison covers only the ten matches with prices for the same three outcomes available from every operator.
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Mantova-Palermo: standings and form
After six matches, Mantova have scored 13 goals and Palermo 14. Their five-match form in the feed yields 11 and 13 points respectively. The four meetings in the archive, all in Serie B from October 2024 to March 2026, produced three draws and one Palermo win.
Juve Stabia-Sudtirol: 3 goals conceded in six matches
Sudtirol's defensive record is the best among this round's teams: fourth place and 12 points. Juve Stabia are bottom on 2. The three Serie B meetings, from December 2024 to December 2025, produced two Juve Stabia wins and one for Sudtirol.
Sampdoria-Arezzo: 13 goals conceded each
Sampdoria and Arezzo share the leakiest defence among this round's teams with Vicenza, with 13 goals conceded in six matches. They have 4 and 7 points respectively. The archive has no meetings between them, so we quote none.
Pisa-Cremonese: head-to-heads across Serie A and Serie B
Pisa are seventh on 10 points, Cremonese fourteenth on 6. The six meetings from December 2023 to May 2026 include two Serie A matches and four in Serie B. Across all competitions: three Pisa wins, one draw and two Cremonese wins.
The other six, briefly
- Hellas Verona-Catanzaro — 7 points against 3. The only archived meeting is Verona's 3-0 win on 14 August 2021, before 2024 and in the Coppa Italia: it is not a Serie B match.
- Ascoli-Empoli — fifth against fifteenth, 11 points against 6. Of the four meetings, two are labelled Serie B and two ‘= Aufstieg’, a label the source does not explain: we draw no league record from them. The most recent is from May 2021, before 2024.
- Benevento-Vicenza — 10 points against 5; in five-match form, 10 against 2. Both Serie B meetings finished 0-0, but date back to November 2016 and April 2017: even the most recent is before 2024.
- Carrarese-Modena — seventeenth on 4 points against third on 13. Four Serie B meetings from November 2024 to February 2026: two Modena wins, one for Carrarese and one draw.
- Padova-Virtus Entella — 7 points against 6. The only available meeting is Padova's 2-1 win in September 2025 in Serie B.
- Cesena-US Avellino — 7 points against 10. Six Serie B meetings from November 2016 to January 2026: three Cesena wins, two draws and one Avellino win. They span a long period, rather than a recent run.
This matchday's odds, right now
Odds for the ten matches load from the official feeds when you open the page, alongside the timestamp. The comparison across operators is on the odds page.
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How to read these numbers
Form covers five ESPN matches, without dates or competitions specified: we cannot identify them as the latest matches of the current league season. The openfootball archive for these teams ends on 24 May 2026: the head-to-heads do not cover the current season and do not represent every match ever played.
Serie B margins compared with other competitions: How much the margin changes between leagues
Standings and form are available in the statistics section.