Evenly matched teams: Cittadella vs Parma match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Mon 10.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato (7623 seats)

Here's everything you must learn, and some more, going into the Cittadella - Parma fixture!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Cittadella form and stats

Cittadella have collected 19 points from their Serie B home games so far after 4-7-4.

Stress levels are on the rise for Cittadella's attacking players as they have now played 196 minutes without scoring in a league game. Maistrello was their last goal scorer.

Cittadella shared the glory with Modena in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Cittadella's goalie Kastrati played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Modena with a stunning six saves. Goalkeeper Kastrati got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.24 out of ten. Kastrati topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Perugia (0-2).

Cittadella are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 15 games. Cittadella have conceded 19 in these home matches.

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Parma form and stats

The visitors are W4-D6-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.

Parma won their last game, 2-1 versus Palermo played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Pecchia when Coulibaly scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute. Attacker Benedyczak got a player rating of 7.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Benedyczak scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Prior to that match, the Parma manager Pecchia faced defeat when travelling to Como and losing 0-2.

Low-scoring game? 9 of this club's latest 11 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Serie B trip to Modena.

The visiting Parma have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 15 games. As opposed to that, Parma have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Parma have managed a streak of 7 consecutive games without losing (4-3-0) when playing Cittadella.

Parma - Cittadella 3-1 was the story when these two sides last met, also in this season.

Top Goalscorers

CittadellaM. Antonucci
M. Antonucci
9 goals
ParmaF. Vázquez
F. Vázquez
8 goals
CittadellaG. Crociata
G. Crociata
6 goals

Cittadella missing players

Parma missing players

Cittadella Parma
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 4 15 31
8 4 2 Won W 1 4 12
12 7 2 Drew D 2 6 8
11 4 1 Lost L 1 5 11
28 16 9 Scored S 4 17 37
39 19 7 Conceded C 3 20 34
77% 73% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 87% 90%
68% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 58%
39% 33% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 35%
13% 20% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 26%
10% 20% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 10%
39% 33% 40% BTTS BTTS 25% 40% 39%
35% 40% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 32%
48% 53% 40% Failed to Score F T 50% 47% 39%
 
4.3 4.8 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.3 6.7
4.5 3.3 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 3.7 3.5
3.3 3.3 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.5 2.5
8 5 1 Red cards R C 0 4 6
 
12.8 14.8 15 Shots (avg) S ( 15.8 14 13.9
3.8 4.3 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.7 4.4
24% 25% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 24% 27%
 
10.5 9.5 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9 10.5 9.5
4 3.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.2

  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 31 19 6 6 49 20 15 11 2 2 27 8 16 8 4 4 22 12 29 63
2 Genoa 31 17 9 5 40 19 16 9 6 1 21 6 15 8 3 4 19 13 21 59
3 Bari 1908 31 14 11 6 47 28 16 6 7 3 26 16 15 8 4 3 21 12 19 53
4 Südtirol 31 13 13 5 35 29 16 6 8 2 20 16 15 7 5 3 15 13 6 52
5 Cagliari 31 11 13 7 39 30 16 9 5 2 24 15 15 2 8 5 15 15 9 46
6 Pisa 31 11 12 8 42 30 15 7 4 4 24 14 16 4 8 4 18 16 12 45
7 Parma 31 12 8 11 37 34 16 8 2 6 20 14 15 4 6 5 17 20 3 44
8 Reggina 30 13 3 14 39 36 15 7 2 6 23 19 15 6 1 8 16 17 3 42
9 Palermo 31 10 12 9 39 39 15 7 5 3 20 13 16 3 7 6 19 26 0 42
10 Ternana 31 10 10 11 30 37 15 7 5 3 16 12 16 3 5 8 14 25 -7 40
11 Modena 31 11 6 14 41 43 15 6 5 4 22 15 16 5 1 10 19 28 -2 39
12 Como 31 9 12 10 37 39 15 7 4 4 21 15 16 2 8 6 16 24 -2 39
13 Ascoli 31 10 9 12 34 39 16 4 5 7 16 20 15 6 4 5 18 19 -5 39
14 Venezia 31 9 9 13 34 41 16 4 5 7 18 23 15 5 4 6 16 18 -7 36
15 Cittadella 31 8 12 11 28 39 15 4 7 4 16 19 16 4 5 7 12 20 -11 36
16 Cosenza 31 9 8 14 26 47 16 7 5 4 18 15 15 2 3 10 8 32 -21 35
17 Perugia 30 9 7 14 33 35 14 5 5 4 18 15 16 4 2 10 15 20 -2 34
18 SPAL 31 6 11 14 32 43 16 4 5 7 22 23 15 2 6 7 10 20 -11 29
19 Benevento 31 6 11 14 23 35 15 3 4 8 10 18 16 3 7 6 13 17 -12 29
20 Brescia 31 6 10 15 26 48 16 4 5 7 13 20 15 2 5 8 13 28 -22 28

Read more about Serie B

Serie B is the second highest division in Italian football. It usually has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other. The two top teams of the league table are automatically promoted, with a third following depending on standings and/or a playoff. Matches are usually played on Saturdays.