Serie B: Pisa - Cittadella pre-match guide and facts

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani (14869 seats)

This league campaign has been a rollercoaster for these squads so far, good and bad resulting in mid-table positions so far. Let's get ready for Pisa - Cittadella!

Insights:
  • Pisa have yet to win a game at home.
  • Cittadella have the most points from losing position (8) in Serie B

This should be an engrossing fixture with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

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Pisa form and stats

Three Serie B home games done for Pisa, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches.

Pisa shared the glory with Spezia in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. The Pisa goalkeeper Nícolas was crucial in the match against Spezia last time out, making six saves. Nícolas, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.71 out of 10 in that game. Nícolas topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Cosenza (1-2).

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 Pisa have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 4 and lost 5.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Lecco are coming to town in three days.

Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.

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Cittadella form and stats

The visitors are W1-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.

Cittadella's last game was the home draw against Ternana (2-2). Midfielder Vita was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.05. Vita hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Lecco.

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 19 relevant matches. Results were 5 Cittadella wins, 10 draws and 4 defeats.

Cittadella have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Pisa-Cittadella H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Pisa two wins, Cittadella seven wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

CittadellaC. Cassano
C. Cassano
2 goals
PisaG. Masucci
G. Masucci
1 goals
PisaS. Canestrelli
S. Canestrelli
1 goals

Pisa missing players

Cittadella missing players

Pisa Cittadella
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 3 1 Played P 1 4 9
2 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
3 1 1 Drew D 1 2 4
3 2 0 Lost L 0 1 2
6 3 1 Scored S 1 4 9
7 5 1 Conceded C 1 5 11
75% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
62% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 78%
25% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 44%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 56%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 22%
38% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 33%
 
3.9 4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 8 6.2 5.3
4.6 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 1 2.5 3.1
3 2.7 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 2.4
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.4 10.3 7 Shots (avg) S ( 17 14.2 12.9
3.2 3 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.5 3.7
23% 33% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 29% 27%
 
13.1 11.3 10 Shots against (avg) S A 14 12.5 12.4
3.4 3.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5 4.3
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • All of Cittadella's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Pisa's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cittadella have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Cittadella have the most points from losing position (8) in Serie B
  • Cittadella have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Cittadella haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Pisa have yet to win a game at home.

  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 9 6 2 1 18 7 5 3 2 0 7 2 4 3 0 1 11 5 11 20
2 Palermo 8 6 1 1 14 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 5 4 1 0 9 2 10 19
3 Venezia 9 5 3 1 14 8 5 3 1 1 9 6 4 2 2 0 5 2 6 18
4 Catanzaro 9 5 3 1 15 13 4 2 1 1 6 7 5 3 2 0 9 6 2 18
5 Cosenza 9 4 2 3 14 9 5 2 1 2 10 6 4 2 1 1 4 3 5 14
6 Como 8 4 2 2 11 10 4 2 1 1 6 6 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 14
7 Cremonese 9 3 4 2 12 10 5 0 3 2 4 6 4 3 1 0 8 4 2 13
8 Cittadella 9 3 4 2 9 11 5 2 2 1 5 6 4 1 2 1 4 5 -2 13
9 Modena 8 3 3 2 7 7 5 2 1 2 4 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 0 12
10 Brescia 6 2 4 0 5 2 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 10
11 Südtirol 8 2 4 2 12 10 4 1 2 1 6 5 4 1 2 1 6 5 2 10
12 Bari 1908 9 1 7 1 8 8 4 0 4 0 4 4 5 1 3 1 4 4 0 10
13 Pisa 8 2 3 3 6 7 3 0 1 2 3 5 5 2 2 1 3 2 -1 9
14 Ascoli 9 2 3 4 10 12 4 2 1 1 6 2 5 0 2 3 4 10 -2 9
15 Reggiana 9 1 5 3 8 13 4 0 3 1 4 6 5 1 2 2 4 7 -5 8
16 Ternana 9 1 3 5 9 12 5 1 2 2 5 4 4 0 1 3 4 8 -3 6
17 Spezia 8 1 3 4 6 11 4 0 2 2 1 3 4 1 1 2 5 8 -5 6
18 FeralpiSalò 9 1 2 6 5 16 4 0 1 3 2 6 5 1 1 3 3 10 -11 5
19 Sampdoria 9 1 3 5 8 13 4 0 0 4 3 8 5 1 3 1 5 5 -5 4
20 Lecco 6 0 1 5 5 13 3 0 0 3 4 8 3 0 1 2 1 5 -8 1

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.