Benevento vs Catanzaro Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form: contrasting starts

Catanzaro's last five Serie B matches read one win and four defeats, with more goals conceded than scored. They beat Carrarese at home but lost the rest, including matches against Sampdoria, Sudtirol, Pisa and Vicenza Virtus.

Benevento: 20 completed matches; Catanzaro: 20 completed matches.

Benevento

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

32

Conceded

23

Difference

+9

Catanzaro

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

34

Conceded

29

Difference

+5

Benevento's own run in the current campaign has been steadier: two wins, a draw and two losses, with a win over Hellas Verona among the highlights. There's also a chunk of older fixtures in the record, including cup games and last season's Serie C run, which shouldn't be read as this year's league form.

Catanzaro have leaked goals in nearly every league game so far this season.

Comparative Team Statistics: Benevento vs Catanzaro

Where each side sits early on

Five games into the season, Benevento are seventh with seven points from two wins, a draw and two defeats. Catanzaro, meanwhile, are down in nineteenth with just the one win from five, sat on three points.

It's only a five-match sample, so there's room for it to change, but the early picture is pretty clear: Benevento have taken results, Catanzaro haven't.

That gap in the table lines up with how both sides have actually been playing.

Key men and the disciplinary picture

Catanzaro's Pietro Iemmello has two goals in his last five appearances, making him their most productive attacking option even during a rough patch of results.

Benevento:

Penalty cards:

A. Prisco x 1 x 2

C. Kouan x 3

Catanzaro:

Best scorers:

P. Iemmello - 2

Penalty cards:

J. Petriccione x 3

Matias Antonini x 2

On discipline, Catanzaro's Jacopo Petriccione and Matias Antonini have both picked up bookings recently, while Benevento's Christian Kouan and Alessio Prisco have done the same. Nothing here points to suspensions, just a couple of players worth watching for cards.

How it could play out

Given Catanzaro's defensive numbers this season, goals look likely at one end, at least. Benevento haven't been especially prolific either, but they've been more consistent about picking up points.

With Benevento sat well clear of Catanzaro in the table and enjoying the better recent run, this has the look of a game they'll expect to control, even if it takes a while to show on the scoreboard.