Cosenza vs Benevento match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 15.January
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla (24209 seats)

Benevento have rested following their 0-2-game against Perugia and are eager to go again when travelling to Cosenza. Get all the intelligence!

Insights:
  • Cosenza have the most conceded goals (32) in Serie B
  • Benevento have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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Cosenza form and stats

3-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Cosenza so far this season. When Cosenza hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cittadella, SPAL, Venezia, Como, Cosenza and Perugia), they have won 1 of 2 matches! With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Cosenza to get some points in this home game.

Cosenza lost their last game at Cagliari (placed 11th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Meroni was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.64 out of 10. The defender Meroni won 5 of 7 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against Ascoli that was lost 1-3.

Cosenza has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. 13 goals have been conceded.

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Benevento form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. When Benevento is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Cittadella, SPAL, Venezia, Como, Benevento and Perugia is teams we like to compare Cosenza with.

Benevento might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Perugia proved too strong as Benevento slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Ciro Vigorito. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. Tello got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, top player of the team. Tello hit two key passes.

A 1-1 draw at Modena's stadium before that.

Low on goals? 12 of this side's most recent 16 league matches have had two goals or less.

Benevento are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far). When Benevento is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Cittadella, SPAL, Venezia, Como, Benevento and Perugia.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Benevento - Cosenza 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Cosenza victories, three draws and four Benevento wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CosenzaJ. Larrivey
J. Larrivey
3 goals
BeneventoF. Forte
F. Forte
3 goals
BeneventoA. La Gumina
A. La Gumina
3 goals

Cosenza missing players

Benevento missing players

Cosenza Benevento
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 3 9 19
4 3 1 Won W 2 3 5
5 2 1 Drew D 0 4 7
10 4 0 Lost L 1 2 7
17 12 3 Scored S 5 10 17
32 13 1 Conceded C 3 8 20
95% 89% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
79% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 63%
47% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 33% 26%
26% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
58% 78% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 47%
11% 11% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 26%
37% 22% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 37%
 
4.2 3.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 8.3 4.6 5.6
5.5 5.3 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.4 4.8
2.6 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3.6 3.3
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.3 10.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 16.7 10.7 11.4
3.3 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.2 3.2
27% 35% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 34% 28%
 
16.2 16.1 17 Shots against (avg) S A 7.3 11.4 11.9
5.2 5.2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 5 4.7
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Benevento have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Benevento have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Cosenza have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cosenza have the most conceded goals (32) in Serie B
  • Cosenza have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Serie B
  • Cosenza have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Serie B
  • Cosenza is in the worst form (0-3-3)

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

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.