Match report
Brunori penalty earns Ascoli narrow win over Benevento
Ascoli beat Benevento 1-0 in a Serie B round three fixture at the Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca, with the only goal arriving deep into the second half. The result lifted Tomei's side to second in the table, while Benevento remained stuck near the foot of the standings after a fourth match without victory.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The first half finished goalless, with Ascoli dominant but unable to find a breakthrough against a Benevento side reduced to defending in numbers. The deadlock was finally broken in the 84th minute when Matteo Brunori converted from the penalty spot, sending the home crowd into celebration and settling what had been a tense, low-scoring contest.
Benevento's afternoon was complicated further by a red card, leaving Floro Flores' side to play a spell with ten men as they chased an equaliser that never came. Ascoli controlled possession throughout and were far the more incisive side in front of goal, closing out the win to consolidate their strong start to the campaign.
Sergiu Perciun was rated the best performer on the pitch with a 7.16 mark, helping Ascoli dominate proceedings from midfield without registering a goal or assist of his own.
Ascoli's 12 shots to Benevento's 4, four of them on target against none, underlined their control of the contest.
Ascoli beat Benevento 1–0 (half-time 0–0).
Ascoli met Benevento in the Serie B (Regular Season - 3). Kick-off was Saturday, 5 September 2026, 15:15 UTC at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca. Referee: Giovanni Ayroldi.
Key moments
- 42' Red card: Antonio Prisco
- 84' Goal (penalty): Matteo Brunori — 1–0
Starting line-ups
Ascoli (3-5-2)
Benevento (4-1-3-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Ascoli 47%, the draw 33%, Benevento 20%. It finished Ascoli 1–0 Benevento.
Ascoli's rating edge, but the draw is in play — Ascoli are a shade stronger on our strength rating, and that is most of Ascoli's 47%. The draw at 33% is helped by a draw-heavy league.
Why Ascoli at 47%?
Ascoli sit 67 points higher on our strength rating — 1454 to 1386. Sides with a 50–100-point rating edge at home won 50.5% of 10,414 such games.
Why only 47%?
Serie B home sides under-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (32.2% vs 24.9% norm) and away wins (26.1% vs 30.2%). Serie B homes won 41.7% of 4,032 games vs 44.9% across all 99,727 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly. Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims Ascoli's column. Across 10,911 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.8% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.0 — negative in every season since 2018.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the Benevento win?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 26.5%. These teams' recent games average 3.3 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 22.8% of 17,073. Serie B runs draw-heavy, adding 7.3 points. The goals environment takes 2.9 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Benevento are winless in their last 11 league games away from home (5 draws, 6 defeats), a run going back to December 2022. A long road winless run reads like a warning, but the receipts don't treat it as one: visitors on a 6+ league run without an away win won 25.7% of 13,621 games vs 24.9% class-expected — slightly more, not fewer. Ascoli are newly promoted — game 3 of their first ten at this level, where our rating knows them least. Promoted sides ran below their rating in nine of the last ten seasons — 26.5% wins in their first ten games where the rating expected 30.0% (2,793 games since 2012), fading but still visible through game nineteen. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Ascoli vs Benevento final score and result, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Serie B fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
The full match report above covers the goals, key moments and stats. Explore more on the Ascoli and Benevento team pages or the Serie B page.
Quick answers
›What was the final score of Ascoli vs Benevento?
Ascoli beat Benevento 1–0 (half-time 0–0).
›Who scored in Ascoli vs Benevento?
Matteo Brunori (84') (penalty) for Ascoli.
›Where can I watch Ascoli vs Benevento highlights?
This page carries the full match report, stats and lineups for Ascoli vs Benevento; goal clips are added as soon as official highlights are available.
›What is the head-to-head record between Ascoli and Benevento?
Ascoli and Benevento have met 10 times — 2 wins for Ascoli, 4 wins for Benevento and 4 draws.