15th- against 12th spot might not feel all that steamy. Fear not: Tipsway has the knowledge that makes Benevento - Cittadella (even) more entertaining!
- Cittadella have the most clean sheets (4) away in Serie B
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Benevento form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie B this season. Benevento have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stadio Ciro Vigorito.
A strong away win for Benevento against Parma the last match, as Forte were on target. The goalie Paleari was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.45 out of ten. Paleari saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Palermo (0-1).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Benevento have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 4 and lost 2.
Benevento aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Ciro Vigorito in the league, with only {6 goals} from 8 games. Benevento have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Cittadella form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Cittadella's previous game was their home loss versus Bari 1908 (0-3). Midfield player Vita was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.13/10. Vita hit one key pass and had 42 successful passes (of 50 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Genoa at their stadium, the result 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cittadella playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 2 Cittadella wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats.
Lacking goals? 8 of this club's last 10 league matches have had two or less goals.
The attacking power of Cittadella when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Cittadella have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Benevento have been victorious in every one of the 4 most recent games versus this team. Will the streak continue?The games between these sides have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Antonucci 5 goals |   F. Forte 3 goals |  A. La Gumina 3 goals |
Benevento missing players
Cittadella missing players
| Benevento | Cittadella | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 17 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 88% | 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 62% | 62% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 62% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 31% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 38% |
| 25% | 12% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 38% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 44% |
| 5.5 | 6.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 4.6 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11.8 | 12.1 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10 | 13.2 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| 28% | 23% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 23% |
| 11.1 | 10.8 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.6 | 9.9 |
| 4.5 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
- Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cittadella have the most clean sheets (4) away in Serie B
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Frosinone | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Reggina | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 29 |
| 3 | Genoa | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 4 | Bari 1908 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | Ternana | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 25 |
| 6 | Brescia | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 7 | Parma | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 23 |
| 8 | Südtirol | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 22 |
| 9 | Pisa | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 19 |
| 10 | Ascoli | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | Modena | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| 12 | Cittadella | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Palermo | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Cagliari | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 15 | Benevento | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 16 | Cosenza | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -9 | 16 |
| 17 | Como | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 15 |
| 18 | Venezia | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -6 | 15 |
| 19 | SPAL | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 15 |
| 20 | Perugia | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 12 |
