FootballEdgeSeason 2026/27Self-updating record
Full time · Serie B · Sun 23 Aug 2026, 18:00 UTC

Hellas Verona 12 Ascoli

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What the chances were worth

Hellas Verona
2.56
expected goals (xG)
Ascoli
0.91
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 1–2; by chance quality the match ran 2.56–0.91.

The brain read

Hellas Verona created the better chances — the xG read 2.6–0.9 and the shot count agreed (21–9, 6–3 on target). Hellas Verona got into the box far more often (17 shots inside it to 9). Hellas Verona's finishing let them down — 1 from 2.6 xG despite 6 of 21 shots on target (a finishing read inferred from shots on target and goals vs xG — not measured shot placement). The 1–2 flatters Ascoli — on chances created, Hellas Verona shaded it.

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

Hellas Verona
Ascoli
45%
Ball Possession
55%
21
Total Shots
9
6
Shots on Goal
3
7
Shots off Goal
5
8
Blocked Shots
1
17
Shots inside box
9
4
Shots outside box
0
2.56
Expected goals (xG)
0.91
5
Corner Kicks
4
300
Total passes
390
236
Passes accurate
322
79%
Passes %
83%
11
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
3
1
Goalkeeper Saves
5
1.11
Goals prevented
1.11

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

The market’s read

Hellas Verona
55%
market implied · price 1.70 · opened 57%
Draw
26%
market implied · price 3.59 · opened 25%
Ascoli
19%
market implied · price 5.04 · opened 17%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Hellas Verona or draw1.1581.2%-1.0 pts
Double chance Ascoli or draw2.1144.3%+1.8 pts
Double chance either team1.2674.5%-0.9 pts
Draw no bet — Hellas Verona1.2574.3%-2.6 pts
Draw no bet — Ascoli3.6125.7%+2.6 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.2773.2%+0.1 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.9149.4%-0.0 pts
Over 3.5 goals3.2129.0%-0.1 pts
Both teams to score1.8250.9%+1.0 pts
Hellas Verona over 1.5 team goals1.7952.2%-1.2 pts
Ascoli over 1.5 team goals3.8524.2%+1.1 pts
Hellas Verona clean sheet2.2042.4%+0.0 pts
Ascoli clean sheet5.5017.2%+0.0 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-0 6.35 · 1-1 6.57 · 2-1 7.56 · 2-0 7.60 · 0-0 9.61

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-08-23 19:10 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.