Serie B offers up a midweek round of fixtures as the race for the title is tight. Lecce and Cremonese go into the midweek round level on 49 points. First-place Lecce and sixth-place Monza are separated by just five points. There is a lot to play for this week.
Cremonese go into the match in second place. The team is unbeaten in six straight games in Serie B heading into this week’s fixture. Benevento are fourth in the Serie B standings. They are on a three-match winning streak in the division.
Benevento are three points off of first-place Lecce. A win could send them into first place. Benevento picked up 11 points from the last 18 points available in the league. Benevento secured a 1-1 draw against Cremonese earlier this season.
Cremonese are the form team in Serie B. They picked up 14 points from the last 18 points available in the division. Cremonese scored 10 goals and conceded four times across their last six games. The visitors have not won in their last three matches against Benevento.
The home team has won the last three matches between Brescia and Perugia. Earlier this season, Perugia collected a 1-0 home win versus Brescia. This is a match-up of two teams in the current top nine of Serie B.
Brescia are third in Serie B and just one point off of first place. They are unbeaten in five straight games in Serie B with four of those matches ending as draws. Brescia picked up 10 points from the last 18 points available in the division.
Perugia are ninth in Serie B going into the midweek fixture. They are five points off of the top five in the chase for the Serie B playoffs. Perugia are an in-form side going into Tuesday’s match. They took 13 points from the last 18 points available, but they lost last time out to Benevento.
Ascoli took points off of Lecce when these teams met earlier this season. Lecce cannot afford to drop points this time around as they are in a dogfight for automatic promotion back to Serie A. Ascoli are in the promotion mix and won’t be a pushover.
Lecce are unbeaten in five of their last six Serie B games, but they are not in form compared to some of the other promotion chasers. The Giallorossi picked up nine points from the last 18 points available in Serie B.
Ascoli took 10 points from the last 18 points available in the division. They scored just eight goals across their last six games, so scoring could be a problem down the stretch for the visitors. Ascoli are unbeaten in their last two games versus Lecce in Serie B.
Parma are struggling in Serie B this season, but are undefeated in back-to-back Serie B games. On Wednesday, Parma will visit Monza seeking a third game in a row without a defeat. Monza are sixth in Serie B and just five points off of first place. A win could see them rise to the top three.
Monza took nine points from the last 18 points available. They scored 12 goals and conceded seven times across those six games. Monza have the best home points total in Serie B with 29 points from 13 games. However, their last two home matches ended as defeats.
Parma took eight points from the last 18 points available in the league. The Crociati are unbeaten in five of their last six games on the road in Serie B. Earlier this season, Monza and Parma played out a nil-nil draw.