The Cittadella & Salernitana managers R. Venturato and F. Castori are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Serie B league table.
- Cittadella have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Serie B
- Salernitana have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cittadella form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie B, Cittadella have managed 7 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 14 games.
Cittadella's previous game was a Serie B match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Pisa (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. 1-1 away at Empoli before that.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cittadella have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won six times, drawn three and lost four.
There will be little rest for Cittadella after this match as they are travelling to SPAL for a Serie B game in only four days.
A decent goal production from Cittadella in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 14 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Cittadella have conceded only 12 goals.
Salernitana form and stats
5 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Salernitana playing as the away team in the Serie B this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Salernitana as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
457 minutes! That's how long the Salernitana goalkeeper Vid Belec and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Salernitana's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Cosenza that finished 0-0. Preceding that game was the away victory against Cremonese with the score of 1-0.
Salernitana are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is six wins, four draws and ten defeats. From a total of 20 matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Salernitana as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. 18 goals have been conceded by Salernitana in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Salernitana - Cittadella 1-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Cittadella five wins, one draw and Salernitana three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Tutino 10 goals |   M. Gargiulo 7 goals | F. Proia 6 goals |
Cittadella missing players
Salernitana missing players
| Cittadella | Salernitana | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 12 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 40 | 21 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 31 |
| 27 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 9 | 18 | 27 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 79% | 82% |
| 71% | 79% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 68% |
| 39% | 43% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 36% |
| 21% | 14% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 21% | 14% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 7% | 7% |
| 43% | 36% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 43% |
| 39% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 43% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 43% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14.6 | 14.1 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.9 | 11 |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 28% | 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 24% | 30% |
- Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cittadella have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Serie B
- Cittadella haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Salernitana have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Empoli | 28 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 51 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 27 | 53 |
| 2 | Monza | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 47 |
| 3 | Salernitana | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 47 |
| 4 | Lecce | 28 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 52 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 46 |
| 5 | Venezia | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 46 |
| 6 | Cittadella | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 44 |
| 7 | Chievo | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 42 |
| 8 | SPAL | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 34 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 42 |
| 9 | Pisa | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 36 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 26 | -4 | 37 |
| 10 | Frosinone | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 18 | -5 | 37 |
| 11 | Brescia | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -1 | 36 |
| 12 | Reggina | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -4 | 36 |
| 13 | Pordenone | 28 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 34 |
| 14 | Vicenza | 28 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 38 | 39 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | -1 | 34 |
| 15 | Cremonese | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -3 | 32 |
| 16 | Reggiana | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -20 | 28 |
| 17 | Cosenza | 28 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -6 | 27 |
| 18 | Ascoli | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -15 | 24 |
| 19 | Pescara | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -23 | 23 |
| 20 | Virtus Entella | 28 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 44 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -20 | 21 |