National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Cesena or Fermana that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Cesena form and stats
Cesena participated in Coppa Italia Serie C the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Cesena's previous match was a Coppa Italia Serie C game also played at their own arena, ending 3-1 against Fermana. The home side are looking to continue in that form.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Recanatese.Cesena have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 2 victories, 0 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Cesena have scored 7 goals and conceded 0 times.
Fermana form and stats
Last season their Coppa Italia Serie C adventure ended in the 1st round.Two away games in a row for Fermana, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 against Cesena in the Coppa Italia Serie C.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Olbia in the Serie C: Girone B.Just as the home team, Fermana have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Fermana win, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Head 2 Head
The sides have met each other before in this season, with the result Cesena - Fermana 3-1 logged in the official records. Previous seven meetings with these contenders: Cesena won two, Fermana triumphed in two and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Udoh 3 goals | S. Shpendi 2 goals |  C. Scorza 2 goals |
Cesena missing players
Fermana missing players
| Cesena | Fermana | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Scored | S | 11 | 22 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Conceded | C | 19 | 30 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 36% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 32% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.3 | ||
| 4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9.3 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 7.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 41% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 32% | ||
| 10.4 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
