Ascoli vs Carrarese — Serie B result and pre-match forecast, Saturday, 29 August 2026

Serie B·Saturday, 29 August 2026

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Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 3.3 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Ascoli

52%

top pick

Draw

27%

result

Carrarese

21%

Final score

1–1

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 26.8% before kick-off, and its most likely result was an Ascoli win. Expected goals 1.56–0.95 against 1–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals46%2 scored
Both teams score50%yes
Ascoli clean sheet39%no
Carrarese clean sheet20%no
Ascoli score 2+47%no
Carrarese score 2+25%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1581
1X2 Brier score0.8517
Probability on the result26.8%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (12.8%), 1–0 (12.6%), 2–1 (10.4%). It finished 1–1 — one of them.

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Ascoli

23 AugAvs Verona2–1W
29 AugHvs Carrarese1–1D
5 SeptHvs Benevento1–0W
12 SeptAvs Padova0–1L
19 SeptHvs Avellino3–1W

Carrarese

22 AugHvs Mantova1–2L
29 AugAvs Ascoli1–1D
5 SeptHvs Empoli0–1L
12 SeptAvs Catanzaro0–1L
19 SeptHvs Benevento0–1L

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatAscoli
(Home · 3 matches)
Carrarese
(Away · 2 matches)
BTTS rate66.7%50.0%
Over 2.5 rate33.3%0.0%
Clean sheet33.3%0.0%
Avg goals2.331.50

Home stats use Ascoli's home record; away stats use Carrarese's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.