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. All the pre-match information is available here!
Cesena form and stats
The Cesena followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi: A 0-1 defeat against Lecco (after extra-time).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Lecco and winning 2-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cesena have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Cesena friendly games in pre-season: Cesena played one friendly, won 1, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Cesena scored {4 goals} and conceded 1 in these one game.
Virtus Entella form and stats
Virtus Entella might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Pescara proved too strong as Entella slumped to a 2-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Comunale Chiavari.
It was a Serie C Play-offs defeat before that one as the away game against Pescara wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.Virtus Entella are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Cesena wins - draws - Virtus Entella wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Corazza 18 goals |   S. Merkaj 13 goals |  S. Shpendi 12 goals |
Cesena missing players
Virtus Entella missing players
| Cesena | Virtus Entella | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 47 | 20 | Scored | S | 18 | 46 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Conceded | C | 16 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 12.8 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.3 | ||
| 5 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 38% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | ||
| 7.4 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 10 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
