Chievo vs Cittadella betting preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Fri 24.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi (42160 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Chievo have their presumed home advantage while Cittadella are ahead 5 points in the Serie B table.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Cittadella are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Chievo form and stats

Overall Serie B stats at home this season for Chievo are 8-4-5 (wins-draw-losses).

The fans are hoping that Chievo will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Serie B game against Juve Stabia (placed 17th). Heartbreak before that as Chievo lost 0-1 at Cremonese's place.

A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Juve Stabia) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3.

This is expected to be a close game, with Chievo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Chievo as a small favourite), we find five games. Chievo has won three of these, drawn zero and lost two.

The manager A. Aglietti will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Benevento in only two days.

The Chievo fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 24 in 17 matches. 17 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 9 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. With the Cittadella losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking. Cittadella seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie B home defeat versus Ascoli with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Salernitana's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Cittadella in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Cittadella, five draws and five defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Cittadella are hosting Venezia in the Serie B only two days away.

Cittadella are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 22 away goals from 17 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Cittadella have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Cittadella - Chievo 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Chievo one win, two draws and Cittadella zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CittadellaD. Diaw
D. Diaw
13 goals
ChievoR. Meggiorini
R. Meggiorini
8 goals
CittadellaM. Iori
M. Iori
8 goals

Chievo missing players

Cittadella missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chievo Cittadella
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
11 8 2 Won W 1 9 15
14 4 1 Drew D 0 3 7
10 5 2 Lost L 4 5 13
42 24 7 Scored S 3 22 44
37 17 7 Conceded C 8 17 43
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
77% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 76% 80%
26% 35% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 35% 46%
14% 18% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 12% 17%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 9%
57% 53% 80% BTTS BTTS 20% 41% 49%
29% 35% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 41% 37%
20% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 24% 23%
 
4.4 5.1 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.4 5.8
4.1 3.1 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 5.2 4.8
2.7 2.4 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 3.1 3.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
445 240 81 Total Shots T S 58 201 426
141 80 24 Shots on Target S O 15 70 135
30% 30% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 31% 33%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Chievo has the most dropped points from leading position (25)
  • Chievo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chievo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Benevento 35 24 8 3 60 22 18 14 4 0 39 8 17 10 4 3 21 14 38 80
2 Crotone 35 18 8 9 57 37 18 11 5 2 32 14 17 7 3 7 25 23 20 62
3 Spezia 35 16 8 11 52 39 18 10 3 5 30 18 17 6 5 6 22 21 13 56
4 Pordenone 35 16 7 12 43 41 18 11 4 3 24 11 17 5 3 9 19 30 2 55
5 Frosinone 35 14 11 10 38 33 17 10 4 3 26 14 18 4 7 7 12 19 5 53
6 Cittadella 35 15 7 13 44 43 18 6 4 8 22 26 17 9 3 5 22 17 1 52
7 Salernitana 35 14 9 12 49 43 17 10 6 1 32 17 18 4 3 11 17 26 6 51
8 Pisa 35 13 11 11 46 42 18 9 5 4 27 20 17 4 6 7 19 22 4 50
9 Empoli 35 12 12 11 40 41 18 7 8 3 25 18 17 5 4 8 15 23 -1 48
10 Chievo 35 11 14 10 42 37 17 8 4 5 24 17 18 3 10 5 18 20 5 47
11 Virtus Entella 35 12 11 12 44 45 17 8 6 3 19 13 18 4 5 9 25 32 -1 47
12 Ascoli 35 13 6 16 46 51 17 9 4 4 25 18 18 4 2 12 21 33 -5 45
13 Cremonese 35 11 11 13 38 40 17 7 4 6 20 17 18 4 7 7 18 23 -2 44
14 Venezia 35 10 14 11 33 38 17 3 6 8 14 23 18 7 8 3 19 15 -5 44
15 Pescara 35 11 9 15 47 53 18 6 8 4 30 23 17 5 1 11 17 30 -6 42
16 Perugia 35 11 9 15 34 44 18 7 5 6 18 17 17 4 4 9 16 27 -10 42
17 Juve Stabia 35 11 8 16 45 57 18 9 3 6 29 27 17 2 5 10 16 30 -12 41
18 Cosenza 35 9 10 16 40 46 17 4 5 8 16 20 18 5 5 8 24 26 -6 37
19 Trapani 35 8 13 14 43 59 17 6 6 5 24 20 18 2 7 9 19 39 -16 36
20 Livorno 35 5 6 24 29 59 17 3 2 12 18 35 18 2 4 12 11 24 -30 21

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Benevento 35 24 8 3 60 22 18 14 4 0 39 8 17 10 4 3 21 14 38 80
2 Crotone 35 18 8 9 57 37 18 11 5 2 32 14 17 7 3 7 25 23 20 62
3 Spezia 35 16 8 11 52 39 18 10 3 5 30 18 17 6 5 6 22 21 13 56
4 Pordenone 35 16 7 12 43 41 18 11 4 3 24 11 17 5 3 9 19 30 2 55
5 Frosinone 35 14 11 10 38 33 17 10 4 3 26 14 18 4 7 7 12 19 5 53
6 Cittadella 35 15 7 13 44 43 18 6 4 8 22 26 17 9 3 5 22 17 1 52
7 Salernitana 35 14 9 12 49 43 17 10 6 1 32 17 18 4 3 11 17 26 6 51
8 Pisa 35 13 11 11 46 42 18 9 5 4 27 20 17 4 6 7 19 22 4 50
9 Empoli 35 12 12 11 40 41 18 7 8 3 25 18 17 5 4 8 15 23 -1 48
10 Chievo 35 11 14 10 42 37 17 8 4 5 24 17 18 3 10 5 18 20 5 47
11 Virtus Entella 35 12 11 12 44 45 17 8 6 3 19 13 18 4 5 9 25 32 -1 47
12 Ascoli 35 13 6 16 46 51 17 9 4 4 25 18 18 4 2 12 21 33 -5 45
13 Cremonese 35 11 11 13 38 40 17 7 4 6 20 17 18 4 7 7 18 23 -2 44
14 Venezia 35 10 14 11 33 38 17 3 6 8 14 23 18 7 8 3 19 15 -5 44
15 Pescara 35 11 9 15 47 53 18 6 8 4 30 23 17 5 1 11 17 30 -6 42
16 Perugia 35 11 9 15 34 44 18 7 5 6 18 17 17 4 4 9 16 27 -10 42
17 Juve Stabia 35 11 8 16 45 57 18 9 3 6 29 27 17 2 5 10 16 30 -12 41
18 Cosenza 35 9 10 16 40 46 17 4 5 8 16 20 18 5 5 8 24 26 -6 37
19 Trapani 35 8 13 14 43 59 17 6 6 5 24 20 18 2 7 9 19 39 -16 36
20 Livorno 35 5 6 24 29 59 17 3 2 12 18 35 18 2 4 12 11 24 -30 21

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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.