Brescia stubborn opponents but Cittadella expect victory

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Wed 01.March
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato (7623 seats)

The home supporters bank on a win in this fixture, as the home advantage could mean an extra goal against a struggling visitor. Cittadella are in 12th spot while the guesting Brescia panic at 19th.

Insights:
  • Brescia is in the worst form (0-0-6)

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cittadella and Brescia.

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Cittadella form and stats

4-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Cittadella so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato.

Cittadella are returning here after visiting Ternana and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Crociata (2) scored the goal(s). A late climax in the match against Ternana as the winning goal came three minutes into overtime; scored by Crociata. Midfield player Crociata got a match rating of 8.24 in that game, the max score being 10. Crociata scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 48 successful passes (of 58 total).

Ahead of that match, Cittadella won a home game hosting Reggina (3-2).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cittadella as they are travelling to their away game against SPAL in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.

The Cittadella fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 12 matches. On the other hand, Cittadella have conceded 14 goals.

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Brescia form and stats

Brescia have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 2-3-7 (12 played). Brescia are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost seven in a row. It's been 9 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The Palermo game.)

Brescia aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 522 league minutes without a goal. Rodríguez was the last player to find the net.

Brescia might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Bari 1908 proved too strong as Brescia slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Mario Rigamonti. Karačić, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.34. Karačić hit two key passes and won 7 of 12 duels.

A 0-1 defeat away at Benevento before that.

Few goals the story here? 14 of this side's last 17 league rounds have had two or less goals.

A new game in only four days for Brescia, the Serie B home match versus Cagliari. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Brescia as they have only managed to score 9 times from 12 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Brescia's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Cittadella have won or drawn the last 10 matches (4-6-0) versus Brescia.

Brescia - Cittadella 1-1 was the score in these squads' latest H2H match, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

CittadellaM. Antonucci
M. Antonucci
8 goals
CittadellaG. Crociata
G. Crociata
6 goals
BresciaF. Aye
F. Aye
5 goals

Cittadella missing players

Brescia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cittadella Brescia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 3 12 26
8 4 0 Won W 1 2 6
9 5 3 Drew D 1 3 7
9 3 0 Lost L 1 7 13
24 13 2 Scored S 4 9 21
32 14 2 Conceded C 3 23 39
81% 75% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 92% 96%
69% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 73%
38% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 31%
12% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 15%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
38% 33% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 42% 42%
35% 42% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 17% 19%
46% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 42%
 
4.2 4.5 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.8 4.4
4.4 3.2 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.2 4.6
3.3 3.5 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.4 2.6
7 4 2 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
13.1 15 16 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 12.1 11.3
3.8 4.2 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.7
24% 26% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 21% 22%
 
10.4 9.5 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10 11 12.2
4 3.6 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 4.3 4.3
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Brescia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Brescia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Brescia is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  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 26 17 4 5 43 18 13 10 2 1 24 7 13 7 2 4 19 11 25 55
2 Genoa 26 13 8 5 31 19 13 6 6 1 15 6 13 7 2 4 16 13 12 46
3 Bari 1908 26 11 10 5 43 27 13 4 6 3 23 16 13 7 4 2 20 11 16 43
4 Reggina 26 13 3 10 38 28 13 7 2 4 23 14 13 6 1 6 15 14 10 42
5 Sudtirol 26 10 11 5 28 27 14 4 8 2 16 15 12 6 3 3 12 12 1 41
6 Pisa 26 9 11 6 38 27 13 6 3 4 21 13 13 3 8 2 17 14 11 38
7 Parma 26 10 7 9 34 30 13 7 1 5 18 12 13 3 6 4 16 18 4 37
8 Cagliari 26 9 10 7 29 27 13 8 3 2 19 13 13 1 7 5 10 14 2 37
9 Palermo 26 9 9 8 29 31 13 6 4 3 15 11 13 3 5 5 14 20 -2 36
10 Modena 26 10 5 11 38 36 12 5 4 3 21 14 14 5 1 8 17 22 2 35
11 Ternana 26 9 7 10 26 33 13 6 4 3 13 10 13 3 3 7 13 23 -7 34
12 Cittadella 26 8 9 9 24 32 12 4 5 3 13 14 14 4 4 6 11 18 -8 33
13 Ascoli 25 8 8 9 28 30 12 3 4 5 12 15 13 5 4 4 16 15 -2 32
14 Como 26 7 10 9 32 36 13 5 4 4 18 15 13 2 6 5 14 21 -4 31
15 Perugia 26 8 5 13 29 32 12 5 3 4 17 14 14 3 2 9 12 18 -3 29
16 Venezia 26 7 8 11 29 34 14 3 4 7 14 20 12 4 4 4 15 14 -5 29
17 Benevento 25 6 8 11 21 27 13 3 3 7 10 16 12 3 5 4 11 11 -6 26
18 SPAL 26 5 10 11 29 36 13 3 4 6 19 19 13 2 6 5 10 17 -7 25
19 Brescia 26 6 7 13 21 39 14 4 4 6 12 16 12 2 3 7 9 23 -18 25
20 Cosenza 26 5 8 13 21 42 13 4 5 4 14 14 13 1 3 9 7 28 -21 23

Brescia:
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 Frosinone 26 17 4 5 43 18 13 10 2 1 24 7 13 7 2 4 19 11 25 55
2 Genoa 26 13 8 5 31 19 13 6 6 1 15 6 13 7 2 4 16 13 12 46
3 Bari 1908 26 11 10 5 43 27 13 4 6 3 23 16 13 7 4 2 20 11 16 43
4 Reggina 26 13 3 10 38 28 13 7 2 4 23 14 13 6 1 6 15 14 10 42
5 Sudtirol 26 10 11 5 28 27 14 4 8 2 16 15 12 6 3 3 12 12 1 41
6 Pisa 26 9 11 6 38 27 13 6 3 4 21 13 13 3 8 2 17 14 11 38
7 Parma 26 10 7 9 34 30 13 7 1 5 18 12 13 3 6 4 16 18 4 37
8 Cagliari 26 9 10 7 29 27 13 8 3 2 19 13 13 1 7 5 10 14 2 37
9 Palermo 26 9 9 8 29 31 13 6 4 3 15 11 13 3 5 5 14 20 -2 36
10 Modena 26 10 5 11 38 36 12 5 4 3 21 14 14 5 1 8 17 22 2 35
11 Ternana 26 9 7 10 26 33 13 6 4 3 13 10 13 3 3 7 13 23 -7 34
12 Cittadella 26 8 9 9 24 32 12 4 5 3 13 14 14 4 4 6 11 18 -8 33
13 Ascoli 25 8 8 9 28 30 12 3 4 5 12 15 13 5 4 4 16 15 -2 32
14 Como 26 7 10 9 32 36 13 5 4 4 18 15 13 2 6 5 14 21 -4 31
15 Perugia 26 8 5 13 29 32 12 5 3 4 17 14 14 3 2 9 12 18 -3 29
16 Venezia 26 7 8 11 29 34 14 3 4 7 14 20 12 4 4 4 15 14 -5 29
17 Benevento 25 6 8 11 21 27 13 3 3 7 10 16 12 3 5 4 11 11 -6 26
18 SPAL 26 5 10 11 29 36 13 3 4 6 19 19 13 2 6 5 10 17 -7 25
19 Brescia 26 6 7 13 21 39 14 4 4 6 12 16 12 2 3 7 9 23 -18 25
20 Cosenza 26 5 8 13 21 42 13 4 5 4 14 14 13 1 3 9 7 28 -21 23

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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.