Ascoli v Palermo — Prediction, Odds & Stats
Saturday 7 November 2026 · ITA-Serie B · 2627
AI prediction
ai-blend v1.0 dailyRaw model output; no calibration record for this fixture's bands yet.
Top 5 scorelines
- 1-1 13.5%
- 1-2 8.7%
- 0-1 7.9%
- 0-0 7.9%
- 2-1 7.8%
Goals
| Over 2.5 | 51.4% | Under 2.5 | 48.6% |
| BTTS yes | 56.8% | BTTS no | 43.2% |
| Ascoli 1+ | 72.6% | Ascoli 2+ | 37.1% |
| Palermo 1+ | 76.3% | Palermo 2+ | 42.2% |
Expected goals 1.29 – 1.44. Every market above is read off one scoreline distribution.
Footing
Positive factors
- Palermo carry the stronger rating, 1632 Elo against 1515.
- Form is good: 2.40 points a match from the last five.
Risk factors
- Data quality is 40/100, so this price rests on less than the model would like.
- Ascoli have only 2 matches on record.
Why the model thinks this
The price
Palermo have an estimated 39.1% win probability, against 32.4% for Ascoli and 28.4% for the draw. Expected goals from the ensemble are 1.29 for Ascoli and 1.44 for Palermo.
Why Ascoli
Form is good: 2.00 points a match from the last five.
Why the draw is live
The draw sits at 28.4%. The sides are closely matched on expected goals, 1.29 to 1.44. Draws run at 32% in this competition.
Why Palermo can win
Palermo carry the stronger rating, 1632 Elo against 1515. Form is good: 2.40 points a match from the last five.
Key players
No player-level data for this fixture; the leagues with lineups are the big five.
Availability
No lineup on record for Ascoli, so availability is unknown. No lineup on record for Palermo, so availability is unknown.
The matchup, as far as the data reaches
Ascoli: 63% possession, 15.0 shots a match, 21.0 faced, 0.30 xG a match from set pieces. Palermo: 52% possession, 14.6 shots a match, 13.4 faced, 0.30 xG a match from set pieces.
Inputs last refreshed: matches 2026-10-26 10:06 · team_stats 2026-10-26 06:08 · availability 2026-10-26 14:59 · prediction 2026-09-18 10:37 ·
Palermo are the model's most likely outcome at 39.1%. The likeliest scoreline is 1-1 at 13.5%. Confidence 37/100, data quality 40/100. These are probabilities, not certainties: the less likely outcome happens as often as its number says.
Written from the numbers the model saw, not by a language model; nothing here is a statistic the snapshot does not hold. How predictions work.
Was this pick made in advance?
-oos is out of sample: it was fitted only on matches
played before this one, so its pick is a genuine forecast rather than hindsight.
Anything without that suffix was fitted on all available data.What the model said
| Model | Home / Draw / Away | Expected goals | Likeliest score | O2.5 | BTTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ai-blend | 1.29–1.44 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| dc-xg | 1.11–1.27 | 1-1 15% | 42% | 50% |
A model whose name ends -oos was produced by the walk-forward backtest:
it was fitted only on matches played before this one, so the pick is genuinely out of sample.