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Full time · Serie B · Fri 21 Aug 2026, 19:30 UTC

Vicenza Virtus 32 Catanzaro

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What the chances were worth

Vicenza Virtus
1.77
expected goals (xG)
Catanzaro
1.74
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 3–2; by chance quality the match ran 1.77–1.74.

The brain read

Little between them on chances created — the xG read 1.8–1.7, shots 23–13 with 9–6 on target. Vicenza Virtus got into the box far more often (20 shots inside it to 7). Vicenza Virtus's finishing ran hot — 3 from 1.8 xG, 9 of 23 shots on target (a finishing read inferred from shots on target and goals vs xG — not measured shot placement). On chances created the game was tighter than the 3–2 suggests.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Vicenza Virtus
Catanzaro
47%
Ball Possession
53%
23
Total Shots
13
9
Shots on Goal
6
9
Shots off Goal
4
5
Blocked Shots
3
20
Shots inside box
7
3
Shots outside box
6
1.77
Expected goals (xG)
1.74
10
Corner Kicks
6
0
Offsides
1
337
Total passes
394
288
Passes accurate
334
85%
Passes %
85%
15
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
3
4
Goalkeeper Saves
6
-0.94
Goals prevented
-0.94

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

The market’s read

Vicenza Virtus
39%
market implied · price 2.41 · opened 36%
Draw
30%
market implied · price 3.10 · opened 30%
Catanzaro
31%
market implied · price 2.96 · opened 34%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Vicenza Virtus or draw1.3768.3%+2.3 pts
Double chance Catanzaro or draw1.5261.6%-2.1 pts
Double chance either team1.3370.2%-0.2 pts
Draw no bet — Vicenza Virtus1.7054.8%+3.2 pts
Draw no bet — Catanzaro2.0645.2%-3.2 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.3469.4%-0.7 pts
Over 2.5 goals2.1144.6%-0.7 pts
Over 3.5 goals3.7325.0%-0.6 pts
Both teams to score1.7951.6%-0.4 pts
Vicenza Virtus over 1.5 team goals2.4538.1%+1.7 pts
Catanzaro over 1.5 team goals2.8033.1%-1.9 pts
Vicenza Virtus clean sheet2.7533.7%+4.7 pts
Catanzaro clean sheet3.5026.8%-2.3 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-1 5.62 · 1-0 7.09 · 0-1 8.00 · 0-0 8.05 · 2-1 8.84

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-08-21 20:40 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.