A total of seven rounds of fixtures are played and Cittadella are 4 points in front of SPAL. How will it end?
- Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- SPAL have lost all their away matches so far.
Cittadella and SPAL should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Cittadella form and stats
3-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Cittadella so far this season.
Cittadella enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Frosinone's place. The match ended 1-0 with Orji Okwonkwo scoring. Elhan Kastrati, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.05 out of 10 in that game. Kastrati stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match, Cittadella lost 1-2 at home to Lecce.A decent goal production from Cittadella in their home games so far, with 7 goals from 4 league matches. Cittadella have conceded 4 in these home matches.
SPAL form and stats
No Serie B points yet away for SPAL, from their first 3 matches. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on J. Clotet Ruiz, the SPAL manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
SPAL delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Parma (placed 12th) in their previous match; a Serie B game. SPAL's last match (vs Parma) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Lorenzo Colombo. Midfielder Federico Viviani was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.8. Viviani scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 62 successful passes (of 73 total).
Prior to that match, the SPAL manager J. Clotet Ruiz faced defeat when travelling to Ternana and losing 0-1.There's been a serious shortage of goals from SPAL's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. 4 goals have been conceded by SPAL in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last five meetings featuring these teams: Cittadella won two, SPAL triumphed in three and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  O. Okwonkwo 5 goals |   L. Colombo 4 goals |  F. Viviani 3 goals |
Cittadella missing players
SPAL missing players
| Cittadella | SPAL | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | 7 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 71% |
| 43% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 57% |
| 29% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 29% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 43% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 57% |
| 43% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 5 | 4 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | 6 |
| 3.1 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6 | 5.9 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.3 | 12.8 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 16.3 | 20.4 |
| 7.3 | 8 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 6.7 |
| 18% | 22% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 7% | 26% |
- Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cittadella have scored at least twice as many goals at home as SPAL have scored away.
- Cittadella have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cittadella have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Cittadella haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SPAL have lost all their away matches so far.
- SPAL have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- SPAL haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 2 | Cremonese | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Brescia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Lecce | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | Ascoli | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Benevento | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | Cittadella | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | Frosinone | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Perugia | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Reggina | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Cosenza | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Parma | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | Monza | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 14 | SPAL | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 15 | Ternana | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 16 | Como | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 17 | Crotone | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 18 | Alessandria | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 4 |
| 19 | Vicenza | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
| 20 | Pordenone | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -15 | 1 |