Cittadella favourites for feisty fight facing Pordenone

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 07.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato (7623 seats)

It's advantage Cittadella so far with their 5th position in the Serie B table, welcoming Pordenone who are placed 7th.

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 Pordenone.

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Cittadella form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie B, Cittadella have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 14 games.

Cittadella are returning here after visiting Cosenza in a Serie B game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Francesco Stanco and Alessio Vita scored the goal(s). Before that, Cittadella drew at home versus Cremonese.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cittadella handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, six draws and three defeats.

Cittadella are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games. Cittadella have conceded 19 in these home matches.

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Pordenone form and stats

There's been little loot from Pordenone's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 13 away games in the Serie B. Pordenone only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 3 draws.

Pordenone are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Serie B against Juve Stabia (placed 14th). Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Empoli.

Pordenone are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and three defeats. From a total of six matches.

The visiting Pordenone have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 13 games. Pordenone have conceded 25 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Pordenone - Cittadella 0-0 earlier this season. Last three meetings between the teams: Cittadella won two, Pordenone won zero and one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cittadella
D. Diaw
11 goals
PordenoneL. Strizzolo
L. Strizzolo
8 goals
CittadellaM. Iori
M. Iori
6 goals

Cittadella missing players

Pordenone missing players

Cittadella Pordenone
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 5 Played P 4 13 27
12 5 1 Won W 0 3 12
7 4 2 Drew D 1 3 6
8 5 2 Lost L 3 7 9
35 18 6 Scored S 3 15 35
30 19 8 Conceded C 9 25 34
89% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
74% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 85% 74%
48% 57% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 62% 52%
15% 21% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 31% 19%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 7%
52% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 69% 52%
37% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 30%
22% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 23% 22%
 
6 6.6 8.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.5 5.1
4.9 4.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.7 5.1
3.1 3.1 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.8 2.6
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 4 4
 
342 185 81 Total Shots T S 56 176 391
111 53 21 Shots on Target S O 17 56 125
32% 34% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 27% 28%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pordenone have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pordenone haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Benevento 27 20 6 1 50 15 14 11 3 0 30 6 13 9 3 1 20 9 35 66
2 Frosinone 27 13 8 6 33 21 13 9 3 1 22 7 14 4 5 5 11 14 12 47
3 Crotone 27 14 4 9 44 32 14 9 3 2 26 12 13 5 1 7 18 20 12 46
4 Spezia 27 12 8 7 39 29 14 8 3 3 23 14 13 4 5 4 16 15 10 44
5 Cittadella 27 12 7 8 35 30 14 5 4 5 18 19 13 7 3 3 17 11 5 43
6 Salernitana 27 12 6 9 36 31 13 8 4 1 22 11 14 4 2 8 14 20 5 42
7 Pordenone 27 12 6 9 35 34 14 9 3 2 20 9 13 3 3 7 15 25 1 42
8 Empoli 27 10 9 8 32 33 14 6 6 2 20 13 13 4 3 6 12 20 -1 39
9 Chievo 27 9 11 7 32 27 13 6 3 4 18 13 14 3 8 3 14 14 5 38
10 Pescara 27 10 5 12 38 40 14 5 5 4 23 18 13 5 0 8 15 22 -2 35
11 Virtus Entella 27 9 8 10 32 36 13 6 4 3 13 11 14 3 4 7 19 25 -4 35
12 Pisa 27 8 9 10 34 35 14 5 5 4 19 17 13 3 4 6 15 18 -1 33
13 Perugia 27 9 6 12 28 36 14 6 3 5 16 15 13 3 3 7 12 21 -8 33
14 Juve Stabia 27 9 6 12 32 42 14 7 2 5 20 20 13 2 4 7 12 22 -10 33
15 Ascoli 26 9 5 12 36 38 12 7 3 2 19 11 14 2 2 10 17 27 -2 32
16 Venezia 27 7 11 9 25 30 13 2 5 6 10 16 14 5 6 3 15 14 -5 32
17 Cremonese 26 6 9 11 26 32 13 5 4 4 18 14 13 1 5 7 8 18 -6 27
18 Cosenza 27 5 9 13 29 33 13 2 4 7 10 15 14 3 5 6 19 18 -4 24
19 Trapani 27 5 9 13 30 51 13 3 5 5 17 19 14 2 4 8 13 32 -21 24
20 Livorno 27 4 6 17 23 44 13 3 2 8 17 28 14 1 4 9 6 16 -21 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.