Cittadella - Pisa: Small difference between teams in Serie B clash

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato (7623 seats)

It's the premier fixture of the new season for Cittadella and Pisa. The leaf is blank, the potential infinite.

Both participants have had ample time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic game!

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Cittadella form and stats

Last season, Cittadella's league stats were 13 wins, 13 draws and 12 losses, resulting in 11th place in the Serie B. From these 38 matches they scored 38 goals and let in 36. Playing at their own stadium in the previous season Cittadella produced 7-5-7 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 18 conceded.

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 12 games. Cittadella has won 6 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.

Cittadella have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Cittadella scored 12 goals and let in 1 goal during these three games.

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Pisa form and stats

Let's have a look at how Pisa performed last season in the Serie B: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 18 victories, 13 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 48 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 22/22 goals scored/conceded.

That victory felt sweet as this club had gone four league rounds without winning.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Pisa in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Pisa, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Pisa played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In these two matches Pisa scored 7 and conceded 0 goals.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Cittadella won seven games, one match ended in a draw and Pisa managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven The games between these sides have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 8 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Cittadella missing players

Pisa missing players

Cittadella Pisa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Cittadella Last season Pisa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   21 42
13 7   Won W   8 19
13 5   Drew D   5 13
12 7   Lost L   8 10
38 22   Scored S   23 53
36 18   Conceded C   25 42
84% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 90%
55% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 67%
32% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 33%
11% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   14% 19%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 10%
42% 42%   BTTS BTTS   52% 50%
42% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 38%
32% 26%   Failed to Score F T   29% 21%
 
5.2 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.7 5.2
3.9 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.8
3.6 3.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.8
6 2   Red cards R C   3 4
 
13.2 13.5   Shots (avg) S (   12.4 12.9
4.4 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.2
23% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 30%
 
11.7 9.9   Shots against (avg) S A   14.1 13.1
4 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 3.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ascoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bari 1908 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Benevento 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Brescia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cagliari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Cittadella 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Como 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Cosenza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Frosinone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Genoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Modena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Palermo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Parma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Perugia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Pisa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Reggina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 SPAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sudtirol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Ternana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Venezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 38 19 14 5 59 31 19 13 5 1 37 14 19 6 9 4 22 17 28 71
2 Cremonese 38 20 9 9 57 39 19 11 6 2 32 18 19 9 3 7 25 21 18 69
3 Monza 38 19 10 9 60 38 19 13 4 2 37 14 19 6 6 7 23 24 22 67
4 Pisa 38 18 13 7 48 35 19 10 8 1 26 13 19 8 5 6 22 22 13 67
5 Brescia 38 17 15 6 55 35 19 8 8 3 30 20 19 9 7 3 25 15 20 66
6 Ascoli 38 19 8 11 52 42 19 8 6 5 24 18 19 11 2 6 28 24 10 65
7 Benevento 38 18 9 11 62 39 19 10 4 5 38 20 19 8 5 6 24 19 23 63
8 Frosinone 38 15 13 10 58 45 19 10 6 3 34 16 19 5 7 7 24 29 13 58
9 Perugia 38 14 16 8 40 32 19 6 8 5 19 16 19 8 8 3 21 16 8 58
10 Ternana 38 15 9 14 58 61 19 9 2 8 30 27 19 6 7 6 28 34 -3 54
11 Cittadella 38 13 13 12 38 36 19 7 5 7 22 18 19 6 8 5 16 18 2 52
12 Parma 38 11 16 11 48 43 19 5 9 5 25 20 19 6 7 6 23 23 5 49
13 Como 38 11 14 13 49 54 19 5 7 7 20 21 19 6 7 6 29 33 -5 47
14 Reggina 38 13 9 16 31 49 19 9 2 8 19 24 19 4 7 8 12 25 -18 46
15 SPAL 38 9 15 14 46 54 19 4 8 7 30 28 19 5 7 7 16 26 -8 42
16 Cosenza 38 8 11 19 36 59 19 8 3 8 21 23 19 0 8 11 15 36 -23 35
17 Vicenza 38 9 7 22 38 59 19 5 5 9 22 26 19 4 2 13 16 33 -21 34
18 Alessandria 38 8 10 20 37 59 19 5 6 8 16 23 19 3 4 12 21 36 -22 34
19 Crotone 38 4 14 20 41 61 19 4 8 7 23 25 19 0 6 13 18 36 -20 26
20 Pordenone 38 3 9 26 29 71 19 2 7 10 19 34 19 1 2 16 10 37 -42 18

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.