Ascoli vs Cittadella match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 03.September
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca (20550 seats)

Ascoli are ready to contest Cittadella in this Serie B fixture. All you can know about the fixture is here!

Insights:
  • Ascoli have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Serie B
  • Cittadella have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Serie B

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Ascoli form and stats

Only two Serie B home games for Ascoli so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

Ascoli are returning here after visiting Palermo and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Gondo scored the goal(s). Gondo was absolutely essential when Ascoli beat Palermo 3-2, scoring three goals. The forward Gondo outdid all teammates in that game and received a match rating of 9.31 out of 10. Gondo scored three goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus SPAL that ended 1-1.

Ascoli has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Cittadella form and stats

Cittadella have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Serie B were 6 victories, 8 draws and 5 defeats from 19 fixtures.

Cittadella's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Venezia that finished 1-1. Cassandro, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.65. Cassandro hit two key passes and won 8 of 12 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cagliari wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

1 goal so far away for Cittadella, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Ascoli-Cittadella H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ascoli three wins, Cittadella four wins, three draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AscoliC. Gondo
C. Gondo
4 goals
CittadellaE. Baldini
E. Baldini
2 goals
CittadellaR. Asencio Moraes
R. Asencio Moraes
2 goals

Ascoli missing players

Cittadella missing players

Ascoli Cittadella
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 2 1 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
6 3 1 Scored S 0 1 6
4 2 1 Conceded C 0 2 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.3 7 10 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 4.3
7.7 5.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 9 4.7
3 3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.3 12 15 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 15.3
4.3 3.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 4
46% 43% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 50%
 
11.3 11 12 Shots against (avg) S A 0 16 13.3
5 4.5 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 8 6
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Ascoli have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Serie B
  • Cittadella have the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Serie B
Ascoli Last season Cittadella
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
39 20   Played P   19 38
19 8   Won W   6 13
8 6   Drew D   8 13
12 6   Lost L   5 12
52 24   Scored S   16 38
43 19   Conceded C   18 36
95% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 84%
72% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   47% 55%
38% 30%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   21% 32%
23% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   11% 11%
13% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 8%
49% 45%   BTTS BTTS   42% 42%
31% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   37% 42%
26% 30%   Failed to Score F T   37% 32%
 
4.2 3.8   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.2
5.7 5.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 3.9
2.7 2.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.7 3.6
5 5   Red cards R C   4 6
 
14.1 15   Shots (avg) S (   12.9 13.2
4.7 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 4.4
28% 22%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 23%
 
12.2 10.9   Shots against (avg) S A   13.5 11.7
3.9 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ascoli 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 7
2 Genoa 3 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 7
3 Reggina 3 2 0 1 7 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 5 6
4 Frosinone 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 6
5 Cosenza 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
6 Bari 1908 3 1 2 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 5
7 Parma 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
8 Palermo 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
9 Cittadella 3 1 1 1 6 6 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4
10 Venezia 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 4
11 Cagliari 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
12 Benevento 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
13 SPAL 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 4
14 Modena 3 1 0 2 5 4 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
15 Brescia 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 3
16 Ternana 3 1 0 2 3 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 6 -3 3
17 Como 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
18 Pisa 3 0 1 2 5 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 3 4 -2 1
19 Perugia 3 0 1 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 1
20 Sudtirol 3 0 0 3 1 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 -7 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lecce 38 19 14 5 59 31 19 13 5 1 37 14 19 6 9 4 22 17 28 71
2 Cremonese 38 20 9 9 57 39 19 11 6 2 32 18 19 9 3 7 25 21 18 69
3 Monza 38 19 10 9 60 38 19 13 4 2 37 14 19 6 6 7 23 24 22 67
4 Pisa 38 18 13 7 48 35 19 10 8 1 26 13 19 8 5 6 22 22 13 67
5 Brescia 38 17 15 6 55 35 19 8 8 3 30 20 19 9 7 3 25 15 20 66
6 Ascoli 38 19 8 11 52 42 19 8 6 5 24 18 19 11 2 6 28 24 10 65
7 Benevento 38 18 9 11 62 39 19 10 4 5 38 20 19 8 5 6 24 19 23 63
8 Frosinone 38 15 13 10 58 45 19 10 6 3 34 16 19 5 7 7 24 29 13 58
9 Perugia 38 14 16 8 40 32 19 6 8 5 19 16 19 8 8 3 21 16 8 58
10 Ternana 38 15 9 14 58 61 19 9 2 8 30 27 19 6 7 6 28 34 -3 54
11 Cittadella 38 13 13 12 38 36 19 7 5 7 22 18 19 6 8 5 16 18 2 52
12 Parma 38 11 16 11 48 43 19 5 9 5 25 20 19 6 7 6 23 23 5 49
13 Como 38 11 14 13 49 54 19 5 7 7 20 21 19 6 7 6 29 33 -5 47
14 Reggina 38 13 9 16 31 49 19 9 2 8 19 24 19 4 7 8 12 25 -18 46
15 SPAL 38 9 15 14 46 54 19 4 8 7 30 28 19 5 7 7 16 26 -8 42
16 Cosenza 38 8 11 19 36 59 19 8 3 8 21 23 19 0 8 11 15 36 -23 35
17 Vicenza 38 9 7 22 38 59 19 5 5 9 22 26 19 4 2 13 16 33 -21 34
18 Alessandria 38 8 10 20 37 59 19 5 6 8 16 23 19 3 4 12 21 36 -22 34
19 Crotone 38 4 14 20 41 61 19 4 8 7 23 25 19 0 6 13 18 36 -20 26
20 Pordenone 38 3 9 26 29 71 19 2 7 10 19 34 19 1 2 16 10 37 -42 18

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.