Venezia vs Frosinone match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Fri 14.October
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo (10500 seats)

Venezia will pray that their home advantage is enough to get a good result from this back-breaking encounter, versus high-powered Frosinone.

Insights:
  • Venezia have the most points from losing position (7) in Serie B
  • Frosinone have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

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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Venezia form and stats

Venezia have played 4 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

The Venezia crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Bari 1908 here at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo. Modolo was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.2 out of 10. The defender Modolo won 3 of 3 duels.

Before that match, a win away at Cagliari.

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 Venezia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 4 and lost 5.

Venezia aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo in the league, with only {3 goals} from 4 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded. When Venezia hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Palermo, Cittadella, Como, Pisa, Benevento and Perugia), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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Frosinone form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Grosso, the Frosinone manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Frosinone had fun at their own home (Stadio Pierluigi Penzo) last time out, beating SPAL 2-0. Mazzitelli and Caso scored. Midfield player Caso was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.33/10. Caso scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 8 times.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Parma's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Frosinone in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Frosinone, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

The attacking power of Frosinone when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. As opposed to that, Frosinone have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Last seven meetings between these contenders: Venezia won one, Frosinone were winners in three and we saw three draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

VeneziaM. Cuisance
M. Cuisance
2 goals
VeneziaD. Cheryshev
D. Cheryshev
2 goals
FrosinoneL. Moro
L. Moro
2 goals

Venezia missing players

Frosinone missing players

Venezia Frosinone
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 2 4 8
2 0 0 Won W 0 1 5
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
4 3 2 Lost L 2 3 3
10 3 2 Scored S 1 3 11
12 7 4 Conceded C 3 5 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 62%
50% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 38%
12% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 62%
25% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 12%
 
5.4 6.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.5 5.2
5.1 7 9 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 3.8 3.9
2.6 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 4 3.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 11.8 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 14.5 15.9
5 4.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.8 5.6
25% 17% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 16% 24%
 
13.8 13 16 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.5 10.6
4.2 4.8 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.5 3.4
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • All of Venezia's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Frosinone have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Frosinone have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Frosinone haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Venezia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Venezia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Venezia have the fewest points (1) at home in Serie B
  • Venezia have the most points from losing position (7) in Serie B
  • Venezia have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Serie B
  • Venezia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Venezia have yet to win a game at home.
  • Venezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Reggina 8 6 0 2 17 3 4 4 0 0 13 0 4 2 0 2 4 3 14 18
2 Bari 1908 8 5 3 0 18 9 3 1 2 0 9 5 5 4 1 0 9 4 9 18
3 Ternana 8 5 1 2 13 9 4 3 1 0 6 1 4 2 0 2 7 8 4 16
4 Brescia 8 5 1 2 12 12 4 3 1 0 6 2 4 2 0 2 6 10 0 16
5 Frosinone 8 5 0 3 11 5 4 4 0 0 8 0 4 1 0 3 3 5 6 15
6 Genoa 8 4 3 1 9 5 4 1 3 0 4 3 4 3 0 1 5 2 4 15
7 Parma 8 3 4 1 13 10 4 2 1 1 7 6 4 1 3 0 6 4 3 13
8 Cosenza 8 3 2 3 8 9 3 2 0 1 5 3 5 1 2 2 3 6 -1 11
9 Cagliari 8 3 2 3 7 8 4 2 0 2 4 6 4 1 2 1 3 2 -1 11
10 Sudtirol 7 3 1 3 7 10 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 0 2 3 6 -3 10
11 Modena 8 3 0 5 9 10 4 2 0 2 6 5 4 1 0 3 3 5 -1 9
12 Ascoli 8 2 3 3 9 11 5 1 2 2 5 7 3 1 1 1 4 4 -2 9
13 SPAL 8 2 3 3 10 13 4 2 0 2 4 5 4 0 3 1 6 8 -3 9
14 Cittadella 8 2 3 3 8 12 4 2 1 1 6 6 4 0 2 2 2 6 -4 9
15 Benevento 7 2 2 3 5 6 4 1 1 2 3 5 3 1 1 1 2 1 -1 8
16 Venezia 8 2 2 4 10 12 4 0 1 3 3 7 4 2 1 1 7 5 -2 8
17 Palermo 8 2 1 5 6 12 4 2 0 2 5 4 4 0 1 3 1 8 -6 7
18 Pisa 8 1 3 4 10 12 4 0 2 2 2 4 4 1 1 2 8 8 -2 6
19 Perugia 7 1 1 5 4 11 4 1 1 2 3 6 3 0 0 3 1 5 -7 4
20 Como 7 0 3 4 7 14 4 0 2 2 4 7 3 0 1 2 3 7 -7 3

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.