Stadium regulars at Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato haven’t celebrated many wins this season, with Cittadella languishing in the 16th position. The opposing Ascoli will try to guard their higher league place in this fixture.
- Cittadella have the fewest scored goals (16) in Serie B
- Ascoli have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cittadella have scored home.
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!
Cittadella form and stats
Cittadella, who have the fewest scored goals (16) in Serie B, have played 10 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-5-3 (wins-draws-losses). With seven home Serie B games in a row without a win, the Cittadella fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.
Cittadella travelled for their previous game, a trip to Venezia that ended 1-1. Defender Visentin got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.41/10. Visentin won 6 of 9 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Cagliari that ended 0-0.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 Cittadella have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 5 and lost 4.
Low on goals? In this team's last 16 league games, 13 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).
Cittadella have scored {7 league goals} here from 10 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Cittadella have conceded 12 goals.
Ascoli form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie B matches, Ascoli have produced an overall stat of 4-4-3 so far.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Palermo with 1-2 on the scoreboard. It's possibly a bad omen for Ascoli that their goalie Leali pulled off six saves in the Palermo match, but still could not rescue them from a loss. Leali (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.8. Leali saved a penalty.
Before that, Ascoli travelled to SPAL and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ascoli playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 4 Ascoli wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Ascoli have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 15 goals have been scored. 12 goals have been conceded by Ascoli in these games.
Head 2 Head
Ascoli - Cittadella 0-0 was the story when this pair of squads formerly did battle, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cittadella three wins, four draws and Ascoli three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Antonucci 6 goals |   C. Gondo 5 goals |  F. Dionisi 4 goals |
Cittadella missing players
Ascoli missing players
| Cittadella | Ascoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 16 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 15 | 26 |
| 26 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| 77% | 70% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 64% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 82% | 73% |
| 27% | 20% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 17% | 27% | 41% |
| 9% | 10% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 27% | 23% |
| 5% | 10% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 9% |
| 36% | 30% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 59% |
| 36% | 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| 50% | 60% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 27% | 32% |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 4.2 | 2.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 13.1 | 15.2 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 11.8 | 12.1 |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 20% | 18% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 36% | 34% |
| 10.2 | 9.7 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 13.3 | 12.5 |
| 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.3 | 4 |
- Ascoli have scored at least twice as many goals away as Cittadella have scored home.
- Ascoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Cittadella have the fewest scored goals (16) in Serie B
- Cittadella have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Serie B
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Frosinone | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 21 | 48 |
| 2 | Genoa | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 40 |
| 3 | Reggina | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 39 |
| 4 | Sudtirol | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 35 |
| 5 | Bari 1908 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 33 |
| 6 | Cagliari | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 32 |
| 7 | Ternana | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -3 | 32 |
| 8 | Pisa | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 31 |
| 9 | Palermo | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -1 | 31 |
| 10 | Parma | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 30 |
| 11 | Modena | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 28 |
| 12 | Ascoli | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | -1 | 26 |
| 13 | Como | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -6 | 26 |
| 14 | Brescia | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -10 | 25 |
| 15 | SPAL | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 24 |
| 16 | Cittadella | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 24 |
| 17 | Benevento | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -5 | 23 |
| 18 | Perugia | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -8 | 23 |
| 19 | Venezia | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -7 | 21 |
| 20 | Cosenza | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | -16 | 21 |
