Serie B duel: Close contest expected between Cittadella and Chievo

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato (7623 seats)

Cittadella and Chievo have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Serie B.

Insights:
  • Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

The season is still full of potential for Cittadella as they can still win the whole Serie B.

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Cittadella form and stats

Overall Serie B stats at home this season for Cittadella are 7-6-3 (wins-draw-losses). Cittadella have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Cittadella manager R. Venturato and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Frosinone (placed 14th) in the Serie B. In the match before that, Cittadella hosted Reggina and drew the game 1-1.

The Cittadella goalkeeper Elhan Kastrati was crucial in the match against Frosinone last time out, making six saves.

This is expected to be a close game, with Cittadella perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cittadella as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Cittadella has won eight of these, drawn two and lost four.

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

Cittadella are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 16 games. Cittadella have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Chievo form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie B matches, Chievo have produced an overall stat of 3-8-4 so far.

Chievo are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Serie B against Pisa (placed 13th). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against SPAL.

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

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Chievo manager A. Aglietti as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Venezia.

Chievo are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 15 games (in the league). Chievo have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Cittadella and Chievo have met before this season: Chievo - Cittadella 2-1. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: zero - two - three (Cittadella wins - draws - Chievo wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CittadellaM. Gargiulo
M. Gargiulo
7 goals
ChievoL. Garritano
L. Garritano
7 goals
CittadellaF. Proia
F. Proia
6 goals

Cittadella missing players

Chievo missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cittadella Chievo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 15 32
12 7 3 Won W 1 3 12
11 6 2 Drew D 3 8 12
10 3 0 Lost L 1 4 8
42 22 10 Scored S 6 15 40
31 13 2 Conceded C 5 16 29
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 88%
67% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 60% 69%
33% 38% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 27% 38%
18% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 20% 12%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 6%
42% 38% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 53% 53%
36% 50% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 33% 38%
27% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 33% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.6 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.8
3 2 2 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
14.1 13.9 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 15.2 14.9 12.4
4.7 5.2 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4.1 3.8
27% 27% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 25% 33%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Empoli 31 16 14 1 54 24 15 8 7 0 26 10 16 8 7 1 28 14 30 62
2 Lecce 33 15 13 5 62 38 17 6 8 3 33 23 16 9 5 2 29 15 24 58
3 Salernitana 33 15 12 6 36 29 16 9 6 1 21 9 17 6 6 5 15 20 7 57
4 Venezia 33 14 11 8 46 33 17 9 2 6 25 18 16 5 9 2 21 15 13 53
5 Monza 33 13 13 7 42 29 16 7 6 3 24 13 17 6 7 4 18 16 13 52
6 SPAL 33 12 14 7 39 35 16 7 6 3 23 16 17 5 8 4 16 19 4 50
7 Chievo 32 12 12 8 40 29 17 9 4 4 25 13 15 3 8 4 15 16 11 48
8 Cittadella 33 12 11 10 42 31 16 7 6 3 22 13 17 5 5 7 20 18 11 47
9 Brescia 33 11 11 11 47 45 17 7 5 5 29 23 16 4 6 6 18 22 2 44
10 Reggina 33 11 11 11 35 35 16 7 3 6 16 15 17 4 8 5 19 20 0 44
11 Cremonese 32 11 9 12 38 37 16 6 4 6 21 19 16 5 5 6 17 18 1 42
12 Vicenza 33 9 14 10 42 45 16 4 9 3 19 18 17 5 5 7 23 27 -3 41
13 Pisa 32 9 13 10 40 46 16 5 9 2 18 15 16 4 4 8 22 31 -6 40
14 Frosinone 33 9 13 11 29 38 17 3 8 6 12 19 16 6 5 5 17 19 -9 40
15 Pordenone 32 8 13 11 33 34 15 3 9 3 20 15 17 5 4 8 13 19 -1 37
16 Ascoli 33 8 10 15 29 42 17 6 5 6 14 19 16 2 5 9 15 23 -13 34
17 Cosenza 33 5 17 11 26 35 17 2 9 6 12 17 16 3 8 5 14 18 -9 32
18 Reggiana 33 8 7 18 27 50 17 5 5 7 17 21 16 3 2 11 10 29 -23 31
19 Pescara 33 6 10 17 27 50 16 3 4 9 16 25 17 3 6 8 11 25 -23 28
20 Virtus Entella 33 4 10 19 25 54 17 3 4 10 15 30 16 1 6 9 10 24 -29 22

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 Empoli 31 16 14 1 54 24 15 8 7 0 26 10 16 8 7 1 28 14 30 62
2 Lecce 33 15 13 5 62 38 17 6 8 3 33 23 16 9 5 2 29 15 24 58
3 Salernitana 33 15 12 6 36 29 16 9 6 1 21 9 17 6 6 5 15 20 7 57
4 Venezia 33 14 11 8 46 33 17 9 2 6 25 18 16 5 9 2 21 15 13 53
5 Monza 33 13 13 7 42 29 16 7 6 3 24 13 17 6 7 4 18 16 13 52
6 SPAL 33 12 14 7 39 35 16 7 6 3 23 16 17 5 8 4 16 19 4 50
7 Chievo 32 12 12 8 40 29 17 9 4 4 25 13 15 3 8 4 15 16 11 48
8 Cittadella 33 12 11 10 42 31 16 7 6 3 22 13 17 5 5 7 20 18 11 47
9 Brescia 33 11 11 11 47 45 17 7 5 5 29 23 16 4 6 6 18 22 2 44
10 Reggina 33 11 11 11 35 35 16 7 3 6 16 15 17 4 8 5 19 20 0 44
11 Cremonese 32 11 9 12 38 37 16 6 4 6 21 19 16 5 5 6 17 18 1 42
12 Vicenza 33 9 14 10 42 45 16 4 9 3 19 18 17 5 5 7 23 27 -3 41
13 Pisa 32 9 13 10 40 46 16 5 9 2 18 15 16 4 4 8 22 31 -6 40
14 Frosinone 33 9 13 11 29 38 17 3 8 6 12 19 16 6 5 5 17 19 -9 40
15 Pordenone 32 8 13 11 33 34 15 3 9 3 20 15 17 5 4 8 13 19 -1 37
16 Ascoli 33 8 10 15 29 42 17 6 5 6 14 19 16 2 5 9 15 23 -13 34
17 Cosenza 33 5 17 11 26 35 17 2 9 6 12 17 16 3 8 5 14 18 -9 32
18 Reggiana 33 8 7 18 27 50 17 5 5 7 17 21 16 3 2 11 10 29 -23 31
19 Pescara 33 6 10 17 27 50 16 3 4 9 16 25 17 3 6 8 11 25 -23 28
20 Virtus Entella 33 4 10 19 25 54 17 3 4 10 15 30 16 1 6 9 10 24 -29 22

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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.