Low-Block Fortress
Padova
Padova handed over the ball and defended the box in numbers — 7 shots blocked or saved on 35.0% of possession.
- Possession
- 35.0%
- Shots blocked
- 2
- Saves
- 5
- Conceded
- 0
Serie B · Matchday 4Padova
N. Galazzi 63'
1 – 0
FT
HT 0–0
Ascoli
Serie B
Matchday 4Padova1–0Ascoli
0.98
Expected goals
2.04
63′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: PAD 0.98, ASC 2.04.
Match report
Padova 1-0 Ascoli
Padova edged out Ascoli 1-0 at Stadio Comunale Euganeo in Serie B. Galazzi opened the scoring for Padova on 63'.
Expected goals finished Padova 0.98, Ascoli 2.04. On the balance of chances Ascoli had enough to take something from it, which makes this a result Padova will take more happily than the performance deserved. Ascoli held 65.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Padova graded out for low-block fortress — 35.0% possession and 2 shots blocked. Ascoli graded out for wasteful finishing — 2.04 expected goals and 0 goals.
Alessandro Sorrentino came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.5 for Padova across 90 minutes.
It was a niggly afternoon: 34 fouls between them and 6 yellow cards, with Padova conceding the most free-kicks (22).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
35%Possession65%
11Shots20
0.98xG2.04
What the numbers say
3 readsWasteful Finishing
Ascoli
Ascoli created more than enough to win it and did not take it — 2.04 xG for 0 goals.
- Expected goals
- 2.04
- Goals
- 0
- Shortfall
- −2.04
Cynical Press
Padova
Padova broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 22 fouls and 4 bookings.
- Fouls
- 22
- Yellow cards
- 4
Timeline
M. Cocchi ↑ F. Di Mariano ↓
🔄46'
N. Galazzi ↑ M. Pompetti ↓
🔄46'
Emanuele Zuelli
Foul
🟨53'
A. Capelli ↑ C. Pastina ↓
🔄56'
Alessandro Dellavalle
Argument
🟨59'
🟨59'
Giacomo De Pieri
Argument
G. Caprari ↑ K. Lasagna ↓
🔄60'
🟨62'
Nicholas Rizzo
Argument
N. Galazzi — assist: M. Cocchi
⚽63'
🔄71'
A. Silipo ↑ G. De Pieri ↓
P. Fusi ↑ K. Varas ↓
🔄72'
🔄72'
A. Oliveri ↑ T. Milanese ↓
🔄72'
M. Brunori ↑ D. Bolsius ↓
🔄72'
G. Gori ↑ M. A. Chakir ↓
Pietro Fusi
Foul
🟨77'
🔄82'
G. Acampora ↑ S. Damiani ↓
Alessandro Capelli
Foul
🟨90'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueStadio Comunale Euganeo, Padova
RefereeGiuseppe Collu, Italy
CompetitionSerie B
Season2026
RoundMatchday 4
StatusMatch Finished