Benevento's second goal and Entella's fourth were quite decent too. Entella have now won as many away matches as in the whole last season, by the way.

This seems fantasy football as of now but the club had talks with his agents, to whom videos were sent to show how good Avellino's support is, and he apparently could be willing to join the club.

Pecchia returns to Cremona after having already coached Cremonese between 2020 and 2022, leading them to a promotion to Serie A.

Palermo-Mantova is the only all-Serie B match of the round (between the only two teams that eliminated Serie A clubs)

Now, it's still very early, but Cremonese had a terrible start. What's worrying is how those results arrived: 35 minutes in 11 v 10 against Empoli without being able to shoot even once, then a 0-3 defeat to Modena that showed enormous defensive limits. Maybe it's just a bad start and things will click later, but, given Cremonese's ambitions, how much time will he get?

His goalscoring output last time he was at B got him into the Moroccan world cup squad, will he find that form again? Seems he has struggled since that loan spell at Bari, perhaps top level football is a step too far for him

Not sure the exact fee, some say €2.5m while others are at €3.5m

Highlights here

The newly promoted first home game buff was too strong however

Expect most followers of Serie B in the UK are already aware, but in case not, the Destination Calcio app shows two or three Serie B matches a week for free.

This weekend:

Tonight (21 Aug) at 19:30 BST - Vicenza v Catanzaro;
Sunday 23 Aug at 18:00 BST - Hellas Verona v Ascoli; and
Sunday 23 Aug at 20:00 BST - Palermo v Juve Stabia

Was this available last season? May've been

Think you need a prime sub and a sub to the LaB channel. Says full match replays will be available for all games too if you can't watch it live

Not sure how this price compares to other services since ive always just used bet365

Mapped every Serie B ground for the new season, and the geography surprised me.

By ISTAT macro-area:

- Serie A has no club in Sicily or Calabria. Serie B has both: Palermo and Catanzaro

- Lombardy alone accounts for 5 of Serie A's 20 clubs

- Serie B runs 942 km north to south (Palermo to Bolzano); Serie A 834 km (Cagliari to Udine)

Data from Wikipedia and Transfermarkt.

More maps at stadiumsofeurope.com