Serie B preview and data: Benevento - Cosenza at Stadio Ciro Vigorito

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ciro Vigorito (12847 seats)

A peek at the Serie B table shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's more to this game than that. Get our Benevento - Cosenza preview!

Insights:
  • Benevento have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Cosenza have yet to win a game away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Benevento form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie B, Benevento have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Benevento.

An away draw last time out for Benevento, facing Cremonese in a game that ended 1-1. Midfield player Giacomo Calò got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, the max score being 10. Calò served one assist, hit five key passes and had 57 successful passes (of 65 total).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Perugia that ended 0-0.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (8 in 4 games), Benevento's attacking play is working. 4 goals have been conceded.

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Cosenza form and stats

0 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Cosenza playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.

Cosenza delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Frosinone (placed 10th) in their previous match; a Serie B game. Goalkeeper Mauro Vigorito made a total of seven saves, making him a hero against Frosinone. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Mauro Vigorito was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.62. The agile goalkeeper Vigorito stopped the opponent with seven saves.

A 0-1 defeat away at Alessandria before that.

After this away game Cosenza return home for a Serie B game against Ternana. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Goals are few and far between in Cosenza's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. The Cosenza manager M. Zaffaroni has some worries about the defense as 8 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Last eight meetings involving these participants: Benevento won five, Cosenza triumphed in zero and we saw three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

BeneventoG. Lapadula
G. Lapadula
4 goals
CosenzaG. Gori
G. Gori
4 goals
BeneventoR. Insigne
R. Insigne
2 goals

Benevento missing players

Cosenza missing players

Benevento Cosenza
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 2 4 8
3 2 1 Won W 0 0 3
4 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 2 3 3
12 8 4 Scored S 1 2 8
7 4 1 Conceded C 6 8 10
75% 50% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 62%
25% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 25% 25%
25% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 12%
25% 50% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 12%
50% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 50%
38% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
38% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 25%
 
4.5 3.8 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5 2.9
5 6.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.5 5
2.5 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.6 14 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.8 7.6
3.4 3.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.2 4
44% 57% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 15% 25%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Benevento have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Benevento have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Benevento have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cosenza have scored away.
  • Cosenza have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cosenza have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Cosenza have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Cosenza have yet to win a game away.
  • Cosenza haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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

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.