Lecce have journeyed here for an absorbing game versus the hosting Cittadella. Get ready for the fixture with this full Serie B preview!
- Cittadella have won all their matches at home so far.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cittadella and Lecce.
These teams have little in common geographically as Lecce have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Cittadella form and stats
Perfect Serie B season at home so far for Cittadella 3 wins from 3 appearances.
Cittadella faced defeat in their previous match, away at Benevento (1-4). Orji Okwonkwo, a striker, was the declared top performer for the team in that match, and was presented with a rating of 8.04 (out of 10). Okwonkwo scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Pordenone in a game that was won 1-0.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (6 in 3 games), Cittadella's attacking play is working. 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 2 from 3 matches.
Lecce form and stats
Things could have gone better for Lecce in their Serie B away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Lecce play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Crotone (placed 15th). Francesco Di Mariano, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.03. Mariano scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Alessandria.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lecce have scored 3 goals in 3 league games away. As opposed to that, Lecce have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Data for the former six meetings featuring these two participants are: four wins for Cittadella, two draws and zero wins for Lecce. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  O. Okwonkwo 3 goals |  E. Baldini 2 goals |   M. Coda 2 goals |
Cittadella missing players
Lecce missing players
| Cittadella | Lecce | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 60% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 80% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 40% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 40% |
| 6 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.7 | 6.4 |
| 2.4 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.3 | 3.6 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.6 | 12.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15.3 | 16.4 |
| 7.4 | 7.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.3 | 5.8 |
| 19% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 16% | 24% |
- Cittadella have won all their matches at home so far.
- Cittadella have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Cittadella have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Cittadella haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Cittadella | Last season | Lecce | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 43 | 22 | Played | P | 20 | 40 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 10 | 16 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Drew | D | 5 | 15 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 53 | 29 | Scored | S | 32 | 69 | ||
| 39 | 15 | Conceded | C | 20 | 49 | ||
| 95% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 65% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 30% | 32% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 38% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 10% | ||
| 40% | 32% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 65% | ||
| 37% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 22% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 6.1 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.8 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 15.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 27% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 2 | Ascoli | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Brescia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 4 | Benevento | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Cremonese | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Frosinone | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Reggina | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Cittadella | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Lecce | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | SPAL | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | Parma | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 12 | Cosenza | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Monza | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Perugia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Crotone | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | Como | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
| 17 | Ternana | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 1 |
| 18 | Pordenone | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -11 | 1 |
| 19 | Vicenza | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
| 20 | Alessandria | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 0 |