Soccer betting preview: Alessandria welcomes Cittadella in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 05.December
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta (6000 seats)

Alessandria have some lost ground to recover from their 17th place, and the first chance is versus Cittadella. Read more!

Insights:
  • Alessandria have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cittadella haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

The visiting Cittadella played their last game only four days ago, a Serie B match.

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Alessandria form and stats

3-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Alessandria so far this season.

The fans are hoping that Alessandria will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Serie B game against Pordenone (placed 20th). Goalkeeper Matteo Pisseri got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.24 out of ten. Pisseri stopped the opponent with four saves.

Before that, Alessandria had a home game versus Cremonese which ended with a victory 1-0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Alessandria here at Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). 9 goals have been conceded.

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Cittadella form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. With three draws in a row for Cittadella the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.

There were no winners in Cittadella's previous match, a Serie B home game that ended 2-2 vs Como (placed 12th). Drawing 2-2 against Como after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager E. Gorini needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.

Before that, Cittadella travelled to Perugia and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cittadella as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. 9 goals have been conceded by Cittadella in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Alessandria zero wins, zero draws and Cittadella two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AlessandriaS. Corazza
S. Corazza
6 goals
CittadellaE. Baldini
E. Baldini
5 goals
CittadellaO. Okwonkwo
O. Okwonkwo
5 goals

Alessandria missing players

Cittadella missing players

Alessandria Cittadella
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 3 Played P 0 7 15
4 3 1 Won W 0 2 6
2 1 1 Drew D 0 2 4
9 3 1 Lost L 0 3 5
15 6 2 Scored S 0 5 17
26 9 3 Conceded C 0 9 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 93%
73% 57% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 57% 60%
33% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 33%
33% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 20%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 13%
47% 43% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 47%
20% 43% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 40%
33% 14% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 20%
 
5.9 7.9 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6.1 5.1
5.2 6 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 3.7
2.6 2.6 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.3 3.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.4 13.6 14 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14.4 13.5
4 4.1 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.7 5.6
25% 21% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 15% 20%
 
12.9 11.4 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11.9 10.4
4.6 4.7 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.7 3.5
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Alessandria have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Alessandria haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cittadella haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Brescia 15 9 3 3 27 17 7 3 2 2 12 9 8 6 1 1 15 8 10 30
2 Pisa 15 8 5 2 22 12 8 5 3 0 11 4 7 3 2 2 11 8 10 29
3 Lecce 15 7 7 1 27 14 7 4 3 0 17 7 8 3 4 1 10 7 13 28
4 Benevento 15 7 4 4 25 15 8 4 2 2 16 9 7 3 2 2 9 6 10 25
5 Monza 15 6 7 2 19 14 7 6 1 0 14 5 8 0 6 2 5 9 5 25
6 Ascoli 15 7 4 4 21 18 7 2 2 3 7 9 8 5 2 1 14 9 3 25
7 Frosinone 15 5 9 1 21 13 8 2 5 1 10 9 7 3 4 0 11 4 8 24
8 Cremonese 15 6 5 4 18 14 8 3 4 1 11 7 7 3 1 3 7 7 4 23
9 Perugia 15 5 7 3 16 14 7 2 3 2 8 8 8 3 4 1 8 6 2 22
10 Cittadella 15 6 4 5 17 17 8 4 2 2 12 8 7 2 2 3 5 9 0 22
11 Reggina 15 6 4 5 15 17 8 3 2 3 9 9 7 3 2 2 6 8 -2 22
12 Como 15 5 6 4 23 20 7 3 2 2 9 6 8 2 4 2 14 14 3 21
13 Ternana 15 6 3 6 25 23 8 4 1 3 13 10 7 2 2 3 12 13 2 21
14 Parma 15 4 6 5 18 20 7 2 3 2 5 5 8 2 3 3 13 15 -2 18
15 SPAL 15 4 5 6 20 19 8 2 3 3 16 14 7 2 2 3 4 5 1 17
16 Cosenza 15 4 3 8 14 24 7 4 1 2 9 5 8 0 2 6 5 19 -10 15
17 Alessandria 15 4 2 9 15 26 7 3 1 3 6 9 8 1 1 6 9 17 -11 14
18 Crotone 15 1 5 9 13 26 8 1 4 3 8 13 7 0 1 6 5 13 -13 8
19 Vicenza 15 2 1 12 15 30 7 0 1 6 6 14 8 2 0 6 9 16 -15 7
20 Pordenone 15 1 4 10 12 30 8 1 2 5 8 16 7 0 2 5 4 14 -18 7

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.