Serie B prediction and pre-match guide: Como odds-on favoured to subdue Cosenza

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia (13602 seats)

Examine their own playing style or look more at the opponent? Both Como and Cosenza have to try something separate than earlier this season. Read more!

Insights:
  • Como haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Cosenza have the fewest scored goals (20) in Serie B

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Cosenza, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Como form and stats

4 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Como have to build on here at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia in the Serie B. When Como hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Brescia, SPAL, Venezia, Como, Benevento and Perugia), they have won 3 of 5 matches!

An away draw last time out for Como, facing SPAL in a game that ended 1-1. The Como goalkeeper Gomis was crucial in the match against SPAL last time out, making six saves.

1-1 away at Südtirol before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Como handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Low on goals? Looking at this team's last 15 league games, 12 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).

The manager Longo will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Perugia in only four days.

Como are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 12 games. On the other hand, Como have conceded 14 goals.

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Cosenza form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cosenza so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-8 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Cosenza have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road.

Cosenza delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Südtirol (placed 4th) in their previous fixture. Venturi, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.85. Venturi won 10 of 12 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Bari 1908 wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Cosenza have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 0 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 10 of this team's last 12 league fixtures have had two goals or less.

A new game in only three days for Cosenza, the Serie B home match versus Reggina. Busy days.

Cosenza are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {6 goals} from 12 away games. Cosenza struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Cosenza - Como 3-1 was the end result in these squads' last H2H fixture, played this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - zero - two (Como wins - draws - Cosenza wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 2 red cards from the last three duels.

Top Goalscorers

ComoA. Cerri
A. Cerri
5 goals
ComoL. Mancuso
L. Mancuso
5 goals
ComoP. Cutrone
P. Cutrone
5 goals

Como missing players

Cosenza missing players

Como Cosenza
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 5 Played P 3 12 25
6 4 3 Won W 1 1 5
10 4 1 Drew D 0 3 8
9 4 1 Lost L 2 8 12
27 13 7 Scored S 1 6 20
35 14 5 Conceded C 7 23 37
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
72% 67% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 83% 72%
32% 25% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 40%
24% 17% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 20%
12% 8% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 8% 8%
48% 42% 40% BTTS BTTS 0% 42% 52%
24% 25% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 8% 20%
32% 33% 20% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 40%
 
4.5 4.6 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.2 4.5
6.1 5.6 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.8 5.7
2.7 2.3 3.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.8 2.8
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
13.6 14.5 13.4 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 10.6 10.9
4.3 4.9 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.9 3.5
25% 22% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 17% 23%
 
14.9 14.9 15.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 16.6 16
4.3 3.7 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.1 5.1
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Como have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cosenza have scored away.
  • Como haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Cosenza have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cosenza have the fewest points (6) away in Serie B
  • Cosenza have the fewest scored goals (20) in Serie B
  • Cosenza have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Serie B
  • Cosenza have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Serie B
  • Cosenza have the most conceded goals in the first half (20) in Serie B
  • Cosenza have the the worst goal difference (-17) away in Serie B
  • Cosenza have the the worst goal difference (-17) in Serie B
  • Cosenza haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 25 17 4 4 40 14 12 10 2 0 21 3 13 7 2 4 19 11 26 55
2 Genoa 24 12 7 5 26 17 12 5 6 1 12 6 12 7 1 4 14 11 9 42
3 Bari 1908 25 10 10 5 41 27 13 4 6 3 23 16 12 6 4 2 18 11 14 40
4 Südtirol 25 10 10 5 27 26 13 4 7 2 15 14 12 6 3 3 12 12 1 40
5 Reggina 25 12 3 10 36 27 12 6 2 4 21 13 13 6 1 6 15 14 9 39
6 Cagliari 25 9 9 7 29 27 13 8 3 2 19 13 12 1 6 5 10 14 2 36
7 Pisa 25 8 11 6 36 26 12 5 3 4 19 12 13 3 8 2 17 14 10 35
8 Palermo 25 9 8 8 28 30 13 6 4 3 15 11 12 3 4 5 13 19 -2 35
9 Modena 24 10 4 10 35 32 11 5 3 3 19 12 13 5 1 7 16 20 3 34
10 Parma 25 9 7 9 30 27 13 7 1 5 18 12 12 2 6 4 12 15 3 34
11 Ternana 25 9 7 9 25 31 12 6 4 2 12 8 13 3 3 7 13 23 -6 34
12 Ascoli 25 8 8 9 28 30 12 3 4 5 12 15 13 5 4 4 16 15 -2 32
13 Cittadella 25 7 9 9 22 31 12 4 5 3 13 14 13 3 4 6 9 17 -9 30
14 Perugia 25 8 5 12 28 30 12 5 3 4 17 14 13 3 2 8 11 16 -2 29
15 Venezia 25 7 7 11 29 34 13 3 3 7 14 20 12 4 4 4 15 14 -5 28
16 Como 25 6 10 9 27 35 12 4 4 4 13 14 13 2 6 5 14 21 -8 28
17 Benevento 25 6 8 11 21 27 13 3 3 7 10 16 12 3 5 4 11 11 -6 26
18 SPAL 25 5 10 10 29 33 13 3 4 6 19 19 12 2 6 4 10 14 -4 25
19 Brescia 25 6 7 12 21 37 13 4 4 5 12 14 12 2 3 7 9 23 -16 25
20 Cosenza 25 5 8 12 20 37 13 4 5 4 14 14 12 1 3 8 6 23 -17 23

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.