Match details. Serie B, Regular Season - 8. Kick-off is Sat 24 Oct, 14:00 Lagos time. It is played at Partenio-Adriano Lombardi, Avellino. The referee is Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi.
What's at stake. US Avellino are 7th on 11 points after 7 games, 1 point behind Ascoli, level on points with Benevento. A win would take them above Ascoli. Calcio Padova are 16th on 7 points after 7 games, level on points with Empoli, 1 point clear of Cremonese. A win would take them above Empoli.
Form. US Avellino have won four, drawn two and lost four of their last ten, 1.4 points a game. Their last five, newest first: D W L D W. Calcio Padova have won four, drawn one and lost five of their last ten, 1.3 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L L L W L.
The numbers. US Avellino score two and concede 0.8 a game in their last five at home, with two clean sheets. US Avellino average 10.3 shots (4.5 on target), 3.0 corners and 2.1 cards a game, with 48% of the ball. Calcio Padova score 1.4 and concede 1.8 a game in their last five away, with one clean sheet. Calcio Padova average 8.5 shots (3.1 on target), 4.7 corners and 2.3 cards a game, with 44% of the ball.
Head to head. In the last five meetings US Avellino have won one, drawn two and lost two. One of the five went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in two. In the last four, US Avellino won one, one was drawn and Calcio Padova won two. The last time they met, on 7 Mar 2026, it finished US Avellino 1-0 Calcio Padova: US Avellino had 19 shots to 6, 62% of the ball, six yellow cards.
The case against. Calcio Padova's record still gives them 36% to win.
The read. US Avellino to win. A tight game. Their goals for and against make US Avellino the likelier winners; US Avellino are the stronger side on form and the table. Their goals for and against point to a tight game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 44%. Four of the last five meetings went under 2.5.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Under 3.5 Goals (US Avellino are a clear winner, no Unders); US Avellino or Over 2.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read); US Avellino or Over 1.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read). Predicted score: US Avellino 1-0 Calcio Padova (11% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the call and a tight game).