Cittadella fights Cosenza in Serie B face-off

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 26.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato (7623 seats)

Cittadella have managed 5 home victories so far this season, Cosenza have won 0 away. Who boosts their standings in this meeting?

Insights:
  • Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cosenza have yet to win a game away.

Cosenza have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Both participants have had enough rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an animated game!

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Cittadella form and stats

Cittadella have played 9 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Cittadella shared the glory with Brescia in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The forward Antonucci outdid all the other footballers in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.85 out of 10. Antonucci scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Heartbreak before that as Cittadella lost 1-3 at Cagliari's place.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Cittadella matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, two draws and two defeats (from six games).

Cittadella are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Vicenza awaits in three days.

A decent goal production from Cittadella in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. Cittadella have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cosenza form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cosenza so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-6 (win-draw-lose).

Cosenza failed to get anything from their last game, a Serie B home match vs Pisa (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-2. Midfield player Palmiero was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.62/10. Palmiero hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Pordenone that ended 1-1.

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 seven games. Results were one away win, two draws and four home wins.

A new game in only three days for Cosenza, the Serie B home match versus Ascoli. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cosenza as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Cosenza, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Head to head data (for the previous six meetings): Cittadella won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Cosenza have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / four

Top Goalscorers

CittadellaE. Baldini
E. Baldini
7 goals
CittadellaO. Okwonkwo
O. Okwonkwo
5 goals
CosenzaG. Gori
G. Gori
5 goals

Cittadella missing players

Cosenza missing players

Cittadella Cosenza
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 4 Played P 3 9 18
8 5 3 Won W 0 0 4
5 2 1 Drew D 2 3 4
5 2 0 Lost L 1 6 10
21 14 6 Scored S 2 6 15
18 8 2 Conceded C 3 20 29
94% 89% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
61% 67% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 72%
28% 44% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 33%
17% 22% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 22%
11% 11% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 11%
44% 44% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 50%
44% 56% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
17% 11% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 39%
 
5.2 4.8 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.9 4.1
3.7 3.3 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.6 3.9
3.4 3.4 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
13.9 13 12 Shots (avg) S ( 13 8.9 9.5
5.2 6.1 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 3 3.4
22% 25% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 22% 24%
 
10.7 8.6 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11 14.4 14.4
3.7 2.9 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 5.3 5.1
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cittadella have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cosenza have scored away.
  • Cosenza have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cosenza have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Cosenza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cosenza have yet to win a game away.
  • Cosenza 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 18 11 5 2 26 12 9 6 3 0 12 4 9 5 2 2 14 8 14 38
2 Brescia 18 10 4 4 30 20 9 3 3 3 13 12 9 7 1 1 17 8 10 34
3 Cremonese 18 9 5 4 27 17 9 4 4 1 14 9 9 5 1 3 13 8 10 32
4 Lecce 17 8 7 2 29 15 8 5 3 0 19 7 9 3 4 2 10 8 14 31
5 Benevento 17 9 4 4 29 16 9 5 2 2 18 10 8 4 2 2 11 6 13 31
6 Monza 17 8 7 2 24 16 8 7 1 0 17 7 9 1 6 2 7 9 8 31
7 Cittadella 18 8 5 5 21 18 9 5 2 2 14 8 9 3 3 3 7 10 3 29
8 Frosinone 18 6 10 2 28 17 10 3 6 1 15 10 8 3 4 1 13 7 11 28
9 Perugia 18 6 9 3 19 16 9 3 4 2 10 9 9 3 5 1 9 7 3 27
10 Ascoli 18 7 5 6 22 24 9 2 3 4 8 13 9 5 2 2 14 11 -2 26
11 Como 18 6 7 5 25 22 9 3 3 3 10 8 9 3 4 2 15 14 3 25
12 Ternana 18 6 5 7 27 27 9 4 1 4 13 12 9 2 4 3 14 15 0 23
13 Parma 18 5 8 5 21 21 8 2 4 2 6 6 10 3 4 3 15 15 0 23
14 Reggina 18 6 5 7 16 24 9 3 2 4 9 13 9 3 3 3 7 11 -8 23
15 SPAL 18 5 5 8 22 26 9 2 3 4 16 16 9 3 2 4 6 10 -4 20
16 Alessandria 18 5 2 11 19 29 9 3 1 5 6 12 9 2 1 6 13 17 -10 17
17 Cosenza 18 4 4 10 15 29 9 4 1 4 9 9 9 0 3 6 6 20 -14 16
18 Crotone 18 2 5 11 20 32 10 2 4 4 13 16 8 0 1 7 7 16 -12 11
19 Pordenone 18 1 5 12 15 37 9 1 3 5 9 17 9 0 2 7 6 20 -22 8
20 Vicenza 17 2 1 14 15 32 8 0 1 7 6 15 9 2 0 7 9 17 -17 7

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.