Cittadella - Cagliari: Small difference between teams clash

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato (7623 seats)

Cittadella saw a 2-1 score facing Pisa last fixture, a game to learn from. Next up is this fit Cagliari side.

Insights:
  • Cittadella have the fewest scored goals (15) in Serie B
  • Cagliari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Cagliari, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

Cittadella and Cagliari should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Cittadella form and stats

Cittadella have collected 10 points from their Serie B home games so far after 2-4-3. When Cittadella hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Frosinone, Genoa, Reggina, Pisa and Bari 1908), they have won 2 of 3 matches! The Cittadella manager Gorini might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Cittadella are returning here after visiting Pisa and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Crociata and Mastrantonio scored the goal(s). At last, a league victory after four fixtures without one. Kastrati loved the game against Pisa. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory. Midfielder Mastrantonio was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.45 (out of ten) in that game. Mastrantonio scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Prior to that, an away loss at Como.

It should be taken into account that a glance at the 17 most recent league matches shows that 13 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Cittadella aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato in the league, with only {7 goals} from 9 games. 12 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. When Cittadella hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like SPAL, Venezia, Como, Benevento, Cosenza and Perugia), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Cagliari form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cagliari so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-4 (win-draw-lose). Cagliari seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Cagliari goalkeeper Boris Radunovic is eager to challenge this, with his 217 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Cagliari are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the fixture against Como (placed 16th). Goalkeeper Radunović got the top player rating of the team with 8.11/10. Radunović topped it up with a clean sheet.

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

Betting related statistic: Both sides have scored at least once in 9 of this club's last 12 league games.

As opposed to that, Cagliari have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides face each other this season, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Cagliari - Cittadella 2-1. Previous two meetings with these teams: Cittadella won zero, Cagliari were winners in two and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CagliariG. Lapadula
G. Lapadula
7 goals
CagliariL. Pavoletti
L. Pavoletti
6 goals
CittadellaM. Antonucci
M. Antonucci
5 goals

Cittadella missing players

Cagliari missing players

Cittadella Cagliari
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 9 3 Played P 3 9 20
5 2 2 Won W 1 1 7
7 4 0 Drew D 1 4 7
8 3 1 Lost L 1 4 6
15 7 5 Scored S 3 9 25
25 12 6 Conceded C 2 11 23
80% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
65% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 75%
30% 22% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 40%
10% 11% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 20%
5% 11% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
35% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 56% 60%
35% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 25%
50% 56% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 20%
 
4.5 4.9 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 5.7 5.5
4.1 2.7 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.6 4.3
3.5 3.6 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 1.9
5 3 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
13.7 16 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11 14.2 14.9
3.8 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.6 4.4
20% 18% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 28% 28%
 
10 9.4 12.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 12.3 11.8
3.9 3.8 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 4.2
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cagliari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cittadella have the fewest scored goals (15) 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 20 13 3 4 30 12 10 8 2 0 17 3 10 5 1 4 13 9 18 42
2 Reggina 20 11 3 6 30 17 10 5 2 3 19 10 10 6 1 3 11 7 13 36
3 Bari 1908 20 8 9 3 34 19 10 3 5 2 20 12 10 5 4 1 14 7 15 33
4 Genoa 19 9 6 4 21 14 9 3 5 1 9 6 10 6 1 3 12 8 7 33
5 Pisa 20 7 8 5 31 22 10 5 2 3 18 10 10 2 6 2 13 12 9 29
6 Cagliari 20 7 7 6 25 23 11 6 3 2 16 12 9 1 4 4 9 11 2 28
7 Parma 20 7 6 7 25 24 10 5 1 4 14 11 10 2 5 3 11 13 1 27
8 Sudtirol 19 6 8 5 21 24 10 2 6 2 11 12 9 4 2 3 10 12 -3 26
9 Ternana 19 7 5 7 20 24 9 4 3 2 8 6 10 3 2 5 12 18 -4 26
10 Ascoli 19 6 7 6 24 23 10 2 4 4 10 13 9 4 3 2 14 10 1 25
11 Modena 20 7 4 9 29 30 9 3 3 3 15 12 11 4 1 6 14 18 -1 25
12 Palermo 20 6 7 7 22 25 10 4 3 3 11 9 10 2 4 4 11 16 -3 25
13 Brescia 19 6 7 6 20 26 10 4 4 2 11 9 9 2 3 4 9 17 -6 25
14 SPAL 20 5 8 7 22 23 10 3 2 5 14 13 10 2 6 2 8 10 -1 23
15 Benevento 19 5 7 7 17 20 10 2 3 5 7 12 9 3 4 2 10 8 -3 22
16 Como 20 5 7 8 22 29 10 4 3 3 11 10 10 1 4 5 11 19 -7 22
17 Cittadella 20 5 7 8 15 25 9 2 4 3 7 12 11 3 3 5 8 13 -10 22
18 Venezia 19 5 5 9 23 28 10 2 2 6 11 17 9 3 3 3 12 11 -5 20
19 Perugia 20 5 5 10 19 27 10 3 3 4 10 14 10 2 2 6 9 13 -8 20
20 Cosenza 19 4 5 10 17 32 9 3 2 4 12 13 10 1 3 6 5 19 -15 17

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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.