A quick peek at the Serie B table shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but there's a lot more data to take in. Get our Catanzaro - Cittadella match preview!
- Catanzaro have the most conceded goals in the first half (4) in Serie B
- Cittadella have the most points from losing position (4) in Serie B
Cittadella have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Catanzaro nor Cittadella as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Catanzaro form and stats
Catanzaro have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Serie B. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
An away draw last time out for Catanzaro, facing Bari 1908 in a game that ended 2-2. Midfielder Vandeputte was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.92 (out of ten) in that game. Vandeputte served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Parma (0-5).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Catanzaro have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Goals are plenty in this team's league games, with 5 in a row seeing at least three goals (over 2.5).
Catanzaro are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Sampdoria awaits in four days.
Catanzaro have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Nicola Ceravolo with 5 goals in 3 league matches.
Cittadella form and stats
Things could have gone better for Cittadella in their Serie B away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Como with 0-3 on the scoreboard. That loss was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points. The attacker Maistrello got a match rating of 7.14 in that game. Maistrello hit one key pass.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Sampdoria with the score of 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Cittadella in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Cittadella, 9 draws and 4 defeats.
After this away game Cittadella return home for a Serie B game against Lecco. That game is only four sleeps after this.
As opposed to that, Cittadella have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Biasci 2 goals |  J. Vandeputte 2 goals |  L. Verna 2 goals |
Catanzaro missing players
Cittadella missing players
| Catanzaro | Cittadella | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11 | 7.7 | 6.5 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 12.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19 | 15.7 | 13.3 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
| 39% | 42% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 19% |
| 14.8 | 13.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 12 | 10.5 |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 3.3 |
- All of Catanzaro's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Cittadella's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Catanzaro have scored more than double the goals of Cittadella.
- Catanzaro have the most conceded goals in the first half (4) in Serie B
- Catanzaro have the most matches over the total-line (4) in Serie B
- Catanzaro have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Serie B
- Cittadella have the most points from losing position (4) in Serie B
- Cittadella have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Parma | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Venezia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Modena | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Catanzaro | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Palermo | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Como | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Südtirol | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Cosenza | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Bari 1908 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Cittadella | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Brescia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | Cremonese | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Pisa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Reggiana | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | Ascoli | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Ternana | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| 18 | Lecco | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 19 | Spezia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 1 |
| 20 | FeralpiSalò | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -11 | 1 |
