Evenly matched teams: Cittadella vs Monza match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato (7623 seats)

Cittadella will plan to draw on their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s opposition. The home side are currently 3 points behind Monza.

Insights:
  • Cittadella have the most clean sheets (12) in Serie B

It's no vacation for neither Cittadella nor Monza 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.

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Cittadella form and stats

Cittadella have collected 21 points from their Serie B home games so far after 6-3-4.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Elhan Kastrati not having conceded a league goal in 182 minutes.

The Cittadella manager Gorini and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus SPAL (placed 15th). Perticone, defender, was given a rating of 7.23/10 in that game, top of the team. Perticone won 5 of 8 duels.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Frosinone.

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 13 games. Cittadella has won seven of these, drawn two and lost four.

Cittadella has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. From these home matches, Cittadella have conceded only 12 goals.

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Monza form and stats

The visitors are W3-D6-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B. Monza love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Monza delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Parma (placed 14th) in their previous fixture. Mazzitelli got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, top player of the team. Mazzitelli hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 59 successful passes (of 66 total).

A 0-1 loss hosting Lecce before that.

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

Monza have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 13 league away games 15 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Monza have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Cittadella and Monza have played each other already this season: Monza - Cittadella 1-0. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - one - three (Cittadella wins - draws - Monza wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MonzaD. Carvalho
D. Carvalho
8 goals
CittadellaE. Baldini
E. Baldini
7 goals
CittadellaO. Okwonkwo
O. Okwonkwo
7 goals

Cittadella missing players

Monza missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cittadella Monza
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 3 13 27
11 6 1 Won W 1 3 12
9 3 0 Drew D 2 6 9
7 4 3 Lost L 0 4 6
31 18 3 Scored S 2 15 41
26 12 5 Conceded C 1 16 29
89% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 85% 93%
59% 69% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 77% 70%
30% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 44%
15% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 33%
11% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 19%
41% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 62% 59%
44% 46% 25% Clean Sheets C S 67% 31% 33%
26% 23% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 23% 15%
 
5.1 4.9 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 7.7 5.9 6
4 3.7 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.1 4.4
3.5 3.5 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.7 2.3
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 5 5
 
13.3 12.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 10 11.9
4.8 5.5 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.4 3.6
24% 25% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 34% 42%
 
11.6 9.5 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.8 11.7
3.9 3.3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.2 3.7
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cittadella have the most clean sheets (12) in Serie B

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lecce 27 14 10 3 45 23 14 9 4 1 31 13 13 5 6 2 14 10 22 52
2 Brescia 27 14 9 4 42 26 14 5 6 3 21 17 13 9 3 1 21 9 16 51
3 Cremonese 27 14 8 5 41 24 13 7 5 1 22 12 14 7 3 4 19 12 17 50
4 Pisa 27 13 10 4 35 22 14 7 6 1 18 11 13 6 4 3 17 11 13 49
5 Benevento 27 13 8 6 42 24 14 7 4 3 27 14 13 6 4 3 15 10 18 47
6 Monza 27 12 9 6 41 29 14 9 3 2 26 13 13 3 6 4 15 16 12 45
7 Frosinone 27 11 11 5 41 28 14 6 6 2 22 12 13 5 5 3 19 16 13 44
8 Cittadella 27 11 9 7 31 26 13 6 3 4 18 12 14 5 6 3 13 14 5 42
9 Ascoli 27 12 6 9 38 35 13 4 4 5 14 16 14 8 2 4 24 19 3 42
10 Perugia 27 10 11 6 30 24 13 4 5 4 13 11 14 6 6 2 17 13 6 41
11 Reggina 27 11 5 11 26 34 14 7 2 5 16 16 13 4 3 6 10 18 -8 38
12 Como 27 8 12 7 34 36 13 4 6 3 15 12 14 4 6 4 19 24 -2 36
13 Ternana 27 9 7 11 38 42 14 6 1 7 19 19 13 3 6 4 19 23 -4 34
14 Parma 27 7 12 8 34 31 13 4 5 4 17 12 14 3 7 4 17 19 3 33
15 SPAL 27 6 10 11 31 41 14 3 6 5 23 21 13 3 4 6 8 20 -10 28
16 Alessandria 27 6 6 15 28 42 14 4 4 6 12 17 13 2 2 9 16 25 -14 24
17 Cosenza 27 5 8 14 24 42 13 5 2 6 13 15 14 0 6 8 11 27 -18 23
18 Vicenza 27 4 6 17 26 46 13 2 4 7 13 20 14 2 2 10 13 26 -20 18
19 Crotone 27 2 9 16 28 47 13 2 6 5 16 20 14 0 3 11 12 27 -19 15
20 Pordenone 27 2 6 19 19 52 13 1 4 8 11 24 14 1 2 11 8 28 -33 12

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 Lecce 27 14 10 3 45 23 14 9 4 1 31 13 13 5 6 2 14 10 22 52
2 Brescia 27 14 9 4 42 26 14 5 6 3 21 17 13 9 3 1 21 9 16 51
3 Cremonese 27 14 8 5 41 24 13 7 5 1 22 12 14 7 3 4 19 12 17 50
4 Pisa 27 13 10 4 35 22 14 7 6 1 18 11 13 6 4 3 17 11 13 49
5 Benevento 27 13 8 6 42 24 14 7 4 3 27 14 13 6 4 3 15 10 18 47
6 Monza 27 12 9 6 41 29 14 9 3 2 26 13 13 3 6 4 15 16 12 45
7 Frosinone 27 11 11 5 41 28 14 6 6 2 22 12 13 5 5 3 19 16 13 44
8 Cittadella 27 11 9 7 31 26 13 6 3 4 18 12 14 5 6 3 13 14 5 42
9 Ascoli 27 12 6 9 38 35 13 4 4 5 14 16 14 8 2 4 24 19 3 42
10 Perugia 27 10 11 6 30 24 13 4 5 4 13 11 14 6 6 2 17 13 6 41
11 Reggina 27 11 5 11 26 34 14 7 2 5 16 16 13 4 3 6 10 18 -8 38
12 Como 27 8 12 7 34 36 13 4 6 3 15 12 14 4 6 4 19 24 -2 36
13 Ternana 27 9 7 11 38 42 14 6 1 7 19 19 13 3 6 4 19 23 -4 34
14 Parma 27 7 12 8 34 31 13 4 5 4 17 12 14 3 7 4 17 19 3 33
15 SPAL 27 6 10 11 31 41 14 3 6 5 23 21 13 3 4 6 8 20 -10 28
16 Alessandria 27 6 6 15 28 42 14 4 4 6 12 17 13 2 2 9 16 25 -14 24
17 Cosenza 27 5 8 14 24 42 13 5 2 6 13 15 14 0 6 8 11 27 -18 23
18 Vicenza 27 4 6 17 26 46 13 2 4 7 13 20 14 2 2 10 13 26 -20 18
19 Crotone 27 2 9 16 28 47 13 2 6 5 16 20 14 0 3 11 12 27 -19 15
20 Pordenone 27 2 6 19 19 52 13 1 4 8 11 24 14 1 2 11 8 28 -33 12

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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.