Serie B: The average league table spots illustrates the road Cittadella and Como have taken so far. Both contenders are up for it; let's bake this cake!
- Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Como have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cittadella form and stats
4 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Cittadella have to build on here at Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato in the Serie B.
Cittadella manager E. Gorini and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Perugia (placed 10th) in the Serie B. Goalkeeper Elhan Kastrati got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.41 out of ten. Kastrati stopped the opponent with four saves.
1-1 away at Ternana before that.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cittadella have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won six times, drawn five and lost two.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cittadella as they are travelling to their away game against Alessandria in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.
Cittadella has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Cittadella are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Como form and stats
Playing away, Como have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Serie B this season.
Como's last game was the home draw against Parma (1-1). Midfield player Vittorio Parigini was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.63/10. Parigini served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).
Prior to that match, the Como manager G. Gattuso faced defeat when travelling to Monza and losing 2-3.We have checked recent matches where Como have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were three victories, three draws and three defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Pisa in just four days.
Como are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 7 away games so far. Como struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 12 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  O. Okwonkwo 5 goals |  E. Baldini 4 goals |   A. Bellemo 4 goals |
Cittadella missing players
Como missing players
| Cittadella | Como | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 21 |
| 15 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| 93% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 29% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 36% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 43% | 29% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 21% |
| 43% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 64% |
| 43% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 5.2 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 7.4 | 6.1 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 12.6 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.7 | 12.9 |
| 5.4 | 6.1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 20% | 23% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 39% | 30% |
| 10.5 | 9.1 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 22.5 | 19 | 15.9 |
| 3.3 | 2.9 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.4 | 5 |
- All of Como's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cittadella have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Como have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Como have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Como haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pisa | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 28 |
| 2 | Brescia | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | Lecce | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 25 |
| 4 | Frosinone | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Benevento | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 6 | Cremonese | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Ascoli | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Monza | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Reggina | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Perugia | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Cittadella | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | Como | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 20 |
| 13 | Ternana | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Parma | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 18 |
| 15 | SPAL | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 16 | Cosenza | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -7 | 15 |
| 17 | Alessandria | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 14 |
| 18 | Crotone | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 8 |
| 19 | Vicenza | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 7 |
| 20 | Pordenone | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -20 | 4 |