Look at this absorbing game in the Serie B. Cittadella is in the 7th spot after featuring in five fixtures. They host Como who are placed 9th after four games.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Cittadella form and stats
Only two Serie B home games for Cittadella so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Cittadella enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sampdoria's place. The match ended 2-1 with Magrassi and Branca scoring. Finally, a league victory after three fixtures without. Midfielder Branca was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.04 (out of ten) in that game. Branca scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 45 successful passes (of 53 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Venezia that ended 0-0.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 Cittadella have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 4 and lost 5.
There will be little rest for Cittadella after this match as they are travelling to Catanzaro for a Serie B game in only three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Cittadella's 2 home games: {1 goals}, 0 conceded.
Como form and stats
Como are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie B, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Como won their last game, 2-1 versus Ternana played at home. Late drama in the previous game, when Odenthal scored the winning goal five minutes into stoppage time to defeat Ternana. Odenthal, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.41. Odenthal scored two goals and won 1 of 7 duels.
Prior to that result Como won their away game at Spezia. The scoreline was 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Como in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Como, 7 draws and 2 defeats.
After this away game Como return home for a Serie B game against Sampdoria. That game is only three sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Como has scored 1 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Last four meetings between these contenders: Cittadella won one, Como triumphed in one and we saw two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 2 red cards from the last four duels.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Odenthal 2 goals |   S. Branca 1 goals |  N. Pavan 1 goals |
Cittadella missing players
Como missing players
| Cittadella | Como | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 40% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 6.8 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
| 2.4 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| 2.4 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.6 | 10.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12 | 13.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 22% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 29% |
| 10.8 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.5 | 12.2 |
| 3.2 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.2 |
| Cittadella | Last season | Como | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Drew | D | 10 | 17 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Scored | S | 19 | 47 | ||
| 45 | 22 | Conceded | C | 28 | 48 | ||
| 79% | 74% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 89% | ||
| 66% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 71% | ||
| 34% | 32% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 37% | ||
| 13% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 32% | 29% | ||
| 8% | 16% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 13% | ||
| 42% | 32% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 53% | ||
| 32% | 37% | Clean Sheets | C S | 32% | 29% | ||
| 47% | 58% | Failed to Score | F T | 37% | 29% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.7 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13.1 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 14 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 23% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 29% | ||
| 10.5 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.1 | 14.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Parma | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 13 |
| 2 | Venezia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Palermo | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Modena | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Catanzaro | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Sudtirol | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Cittadella | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Bari 1908 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Como | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Brescia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Cremonese | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Cosenza | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | Pisa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 | Reggiana | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Ascoli | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 3 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 17 | Ternana | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Spezia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
| 19 | FeralpiSalo | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -10 | 1 |
| 20 | Lecco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
