Struggling Imolese will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Cesena in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Imolese is in the worst form (0-0-6)
- Cesena have scored more than double the goals of Imolese.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This pitch has grass, which is not Cesena's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Cesena have performed like this: Played 43 matches resulting in 19 wins, 15 draws and 9 defeats with the goal stats 63-45 (scored/conceded).
Imolese form and stats
Imolese's results here at Stadio Romeo Galli in the Serie C: Girone B have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 5 defeats. All in all it has been a very rough period for Imolese who hasn’t won a league-game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against Fano, 65 days ago. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Stadio Romeo Galli, with the home team losing five in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Sambenedettese game.
In their previous game, the manager R. Cevoli led his Imolese to a defeat in the Serie C: Girone B match away at Ravenna. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Romeo Galli. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Legnago Salus (1-2).
Imolese aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Romeo Galli in the league, with only 5 goals from 8 games. Imolese have conceded 12 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Cesena form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Serie C: Girone B. Cesena has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Cesena go into this game after a win, the home game against Sambenedettese that ended 2-1. Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Mantova.
G. Zecca came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Sambenedettese last time out, making the manager W. Viali feel like a tactical genius. The end of the last match, against Sambenedettese, was very satisfying as G. Zecca scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
The travelling fans enjoy Cesena's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cesena are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Imolese, zero draws and two wins for Cesena. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.Imolese missing players
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| Imolese | Cesena | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 26 |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 17 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 69% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 44% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 38% | 38% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.7 | 6.6 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 6.5 | 9.3 |
| 2.6 | 2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.9 | 4.4 |
| 31% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 61% | 37% |
- Cesena have scored more than double the goals of Imolese.
- Cesena haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Imolese have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Imolese have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Imolese haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Imolese is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Südtirol | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 33 |
| 2 | Calcio Padova | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 30 |
| 3 | Cesena | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Modena | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Perugia | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | FeralpiSalo | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | Triestina | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Mantova | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 9 | Sambenedettese | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| 10 | Virtus Verona | 16 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 11 | Matelica Calcio | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 22 |
| 12 | Carpi | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 21 |
| 13 | Legnago Salus | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 16 |
| 14 | Gubbio | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 15 | Vis Pesaro | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 15 |
| 16 | Fermana | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 15 |
| 17 | Ravenna | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -16 | 13 |
| 18 | Imolese | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -11 | 12 |
| 19 | Fano | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 11 |
| 20 | Arezzo | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -19 | 8 |