Brescia and Cittadella club members can't wait for Serie B meet at Stadio Mario Rigamonti

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 19.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Mario Rigamonti (16743 seats)

The home team, Brescia, should be favourites in this fixture, but Cittadella have proven both smartness and heroism. Learn more about the fixture!

Insights:
  • Brescia have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Serie B
  • Cittadella haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

The visiting Cittadella played their last game only four days ago, a Coppa Italia match. That game, against Cagliari, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Cittadella.

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Brescia form and stats

The story so far in the Serie B for Brescia at their home stadium (Stadio Mario Rigamonti) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Brescia, their manager Inzaghi and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Brescia enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at SPAL's place. The match ended 2-0 with Bisoli and Tramoni scoring. Bisoli (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.11/10. Bisoli scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Before that game, the home loss against Monza with the scoreline 0-2.

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 Brescia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won two times, drawn three and lost two.

A decent goal production from Brescia in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Cittadella form and stats

Playing away, Cittadella have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie B this season.

180 minutes! That's how long the Cittadella goalkeeper Elhan Kastrati and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Cittadella are travelling again after losing away to Cagliari in their previous match (1-3). Defender Donnarumma was the best team player with a rating of 7.71. Donnarumma scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 10 of 16 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Ascoli.

We have checked recent matches where Cittadella have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were three victories, three draws and three defeats.

The attacking power of Cittadella when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cittadella have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

CittadellaE. Baldini
E. Baldini
7 goals
CittadellaO. Okwonkwo
O. Okwonkwo
5 goals
BresciaM. Bertagnoli
M. Bertagnoli
4 goals

Brescia missing players

Cittadella missing players

Brescia Cittadella
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 3 8 17
10 3 0 Won W 0 3 8
3 2 0 Drew D 0 2 4
4 3 1 Lost L 3 3 5
29 12 2 Scored S 1 6 20
19 11 4 Conceded C 7 9 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
65% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 59%
41% 38% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 12% 29%
41% 38% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 12% 18%
24% 25% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 12%
47% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 41%
35% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 47%
18% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 25% 18%
 
5.8 5.4 11 Corners for (avg) C F 9.7 5.5 5.1
6.5 6.9 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4 3.6
2.2 1.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3.2 3.4
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.6 15.5 24 Shots (avg) S ( 16 14.4 13.6
4.6 4.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 4.4 5.3
37% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 5% 17% 22%
 
13 11.5 11 Shots against (avg) S A 9 12.9 10.6
3.6 3.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.4 3.6
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Brescia have the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Serie B
  • Brescia 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 Pisa 17 10 5 2 24 12 9 6 3 0 12 4 8 4 2 2 12 8 12 35
2 Brescia 17 10 3 4 29 19 8 3 2 3 12 11 9 7 1 1 17 8 10 33
3 Lecce 17 8 7 2 29 15 8 5 3 0 19 7 9 3 4 2 10 8 14 31
4 Benevento 17 9 4 4 29 16 9 5 2 2 18 10 8 4 2 2 11 6 13 31
5 Monza 17 8 7 2 24 16 8 7 1 0 17 7 9 1 6 2 7 9 8 31
6 Cremonese 17 8 5 4 23 16 9 4 4 1 14 9 8 4 1 3 9 7 7 29
7 Cittadella 17 8 4 5 20 17 9 5 2 2 14 8 8 3 2 3 6 9 3 28
8 Perugia 17 6 8 3 18 15 8 3 3 2 9 8 9 3 5 1 9 7 3 26
9 Ascoli 17 7 5 5 21 20 8 2 3 3 7 9 9 5 2 2 14 11 1 26
10 Frosinone 17 5 10 2 24 17 9 2 6 1 11 10 8 3 4 1 13 7 7 25
11 Como 17 6 6 5 24 21 8 3 2 3 9 7 9 3 4 2 15 14 3 24
12 Ternana 17 6 4 7 26 26 9 4 1 4 13 12 8 2 3 3 13 14 0 22
13 Reggina 17 6 4 7 15 23 9 3 2 4 9 13 8 3 2 3 6 10 -8 22
14 SPAL 17 5 5 7 22 22 9 2 3 4 16 16 8 3 2 3 6 6 0 20
15 Parma 17 4 8 5 19 21 8 2 4 2 6 6 9 2 4 3 13 15 -2 20
16 Alessandria 17 5 2 10 19 27 8 3 1 4 6 10 9 2 1 6 13 17 -8 17
17 Cosenza 17 4 4 9 15 27 8 4 1 3 9 7 9 0 3 6 6 20 -12 16
18 Crotone 17 1 5 11 16 31 9 1 4 4 9 15 8 0 1 7 7 16 -15 8
19 Pordenone 17 1 5 11 14 33 9 1 3 5 9 17 8 0 2 6 5 16 -19 8
20 Vicenza 17 2 1 14 15 32 8 0 1 7 6 15 9 2 0 7 9 17 -17 7

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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.