Ascoli-Reggina is a Serie B Week 19 match to be played on Monday at 15:00: odds, predictions, TV and streaming.
Last week Reggina hosted Inter at the ‘Granillo’. It was only a friendly match, but for one evening the Amaranth public savoured again that atmosphere that hasn’t been breathed on the banks of the Strait since 2009, the last year of the Calabrian team in Serie A.
Pippo Inzaghi, who started with the lights off, will do everything to make his new fans’ dream come true and for now he seems to be succeeding. Reggina are second in the standings, are keeping pace with the leader Frosinone and have all the credentials to try to reach the goal of direct promotion, which at the beginning of the year was considered utopia. The amaranths share the best attack in the tournament – Menez and his team-mates have scored 29 goals in 18 games – together with Bari, whom they faced on the very last day of the championship. Against the Galletti it ended 0-0, but it was still a good result in light of the defeat suffered by Fabio Grosso’s ciociari at Marassi against Genoa.
Reggina currently have three points more than the pair formed by the Apulians and the Grifone, ready to take advantage in the event of a false step. Since last October, the formation coached by the former Milan striker has only lost to Frosinone. After having played a good first half in the test against the Nerazzurri – which ended 0-2 for Inter – the Calabrian team is on the scene in Ascoli, which recovered thanks to the success in Cosenza. The marchigiani defeated the ‘Marulla’ 3-1, putting an end to a six-tournament winless streak, and returned to eighth place, the last valid for the playoffs.
Ascoli-Reggina: latest line-up news
Bucchi, coach of the Bianconeri, will not be able to count on defender Falasco: the former Perugia man is disqualified. Also in doubt are Ciciretti, Bidaoui and Giovane, who are struggling with muscle pains. Gondo and Dionisi should play in attack.
Collocolo’s exultation
In Reggina the only ballot is in attack, where Rivas contends for a starting shirt with Cicerelli. Gagliolo is back in defence after being suspended
The prediction
Ascoli have just come back from a good performance but it came against a struggling Cosenza: in short, not a probing test. Reggina remain slight favourites in a match that could be tight, with less than three goals in total.
The probable line-ups for Ascoli v Reggina
- ASCOLI (3-5-2): Leali; Botteghin, Simic, Quaranta; Donati, Collocolo, Eramo, Caligara, Giordano; Gondo, Dionisi.
- REGGINA (4-3-3): Colombi; Pierozzi, Camporese, Gagliolo, Di Chiara; Fabbian, Majer, Hernani; Canotto, Menez, Rivas.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 0-1
