Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cesena & Virtus Entella face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coppa Italia Serie C. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cesena and Virtus Entella.
Cesena form and stats
Cesena have reached this Coppa Italia Serie C stage through battling and winning against Pistoiese. Last season, Cesena's Coppa Italia Serie C journey ended in the 8th finals.Two draws in a row at home now for Cesena.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Cesena, who played 0-0 against Imolese. That match was also played at this venue (Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi).
In the game before, an away victory in the Serie C: Girone B match versus Lucchese with a 2-1 scoreline.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cesena as they are travelling to their away game against Viterbese Castrense in the Serie C: Girone B. That match is four days after this one.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Cesena, who have participated in five training matches. Cesena have won 1 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 3 games.
Virtus Entella form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Fiorenzuola in order to reach 2nd round of Coppa Italia Serie C.Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.
Entella are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Serie C: Girone B against Lucchese.
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Montevarchi Calcio's place.Entella have another game away from home in just three sleeps, a Serie C: Girone B game vs Gubbio. A back-breaking timetable for them!
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Virtus Entella have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
Cesena-Virtus Entella H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Cesena two wins, Virtus Entella three wins, one draw. four of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Schenetti 3 goals |   A. Candela 1 goals |  F. Ardizzone 1 goals |
Cesena missing players
Virtus Entella missing players
| Cesena | Virtus Entella | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 36 | 25 | Scored | S | 7 | 22 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Conceded | C | 18 | 37 | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 36% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10.2 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 23% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 27% | ||