A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Cittadella fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and Cosenza's 16th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Cittadella has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Serie B
- Cosenza has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Serie B
It's no vacation for neither Cittadella nor Cosenza as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Cosenza, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
Cittadella form and stats
21 points is a decent return from 10 Serie B games here at Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato for Cittadella. The data says 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
An away draw last time out for Cittadella, facing Brescia in a game that ended 3-3. In the match before that, Cittadella hosted Cremonese and drew the game 1-1.
Late drama in the game against Brescia as Cittadella were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Enrico Baldini popped out and made it level in the 84th minute. A goal frenzy last time out for Cittadella, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Brescia. Fun stuff to watch! The hometeam coach R. Venturato made a successful contribution in the game against Brescia, bringing on Enrico Baldini who scored the equalizer in the 3-3 draw.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Cittadella's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played eight games, won four matches, drawn three and lost one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cittadella as they are travelling to their away game against Pordenone in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.
Cittadella have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato with 18 goals in 10 league 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 7 from 10 matches.
Cosenza form and stats
3-5-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cosenza in their Serie B matches away.
There were no winners in Cosenza's previous match, a Serie B home game that ended 1-1 vs SPAL (placed 6th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Virtus Entella with the score of 2-1.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Cosenza playing away, we found three games. Results were one away win, one draw and one home win.
The visiting Cosenza have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 10 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Cosenza - Cittadella 1-1 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Cittadella won two games, one match ended with a draw and Cosenza has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / threeTop Goalscorers
  M. Gargiulo 7 goals | R. Ogunseye 5 goals | F. Proia 3 goals |
Cittadella missing players
Cosenza missing players
| Cittadella | Cosenza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 35 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 16 |
| 21 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 76% |
| 76% | 80% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 62% |
| 48% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 30% | 19% |
| 29% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 10% | 5% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 48% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 40% | 43% |
| 38% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 48% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 14.7 | 14.9 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 10.7 | 11.7 |
| 5.4 | 6.1 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| 31% | 30% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 31% | 23% |
- Cittadella has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Serie B
- Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cittadella have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Cittadella have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cittadella have scored more than double the goals of Cosenza.
- Cittadella haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cosenza has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Serie B
- Cosenza has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Serie B
- Cosenza has the most matches under the total-line (17) in Serie B
- Cosenza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 40 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 22 | 42 |
| 2 | Monza | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 36 |
| 3 | Chievo | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 36 |
| 4 | Salernitana | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 36 |
| 5 | Cittadella | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 35 |
| 6 | SPAL | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | Venezia | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 8 | Lecce | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 36 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 31 |
| 9 | Pordenone | 21 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 |
| 10 | Frosinone | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 28 |
| 11 | Pisa | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -6 | 27 |
| 12 | Vicenza | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 25 |
| 13 | Cremonese | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 23 |
| 14 | Brescia | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 22 |
| 15 | Reggina | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 16 | Cosenza | 21 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -2 | 21 |
| 17 | Ascoli | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 20 |
| 18 | Reggiana | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -16 | 18 |
| 19 | Virtus Entella | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -16 | 17 |
| 20 | Pescara | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -21 | 16 |