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

It's no vacation for neither Cittadella nor Spezia 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.

This pitch has grass, which is not Spezia's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Spezia have performed like this: Played 43 matches resulting in 8 wins, 11 draws and 24 defeats with the goal stats 41-63 (scored/conceded).

Cittadella form and stats

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 eleven games. Cittadella has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 4.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Cittadella, who have participated in one training match. Cittadella have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.

Last season, Cittadella's league statistics were 12 wins, 15 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Serie B. Over these 36 matches they scored 49 goals and conceded 38. Playing at home last season Cittadella managed 9-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with 38 goals and 20 conceded.

Spezia form and stats

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Spezia playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were 4 Spezia wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Let's have a look at how Spezia performed last season in the Serie B: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 9 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 53 and conceded 46 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 10 with 22/28 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cittadella 2 wins, 3 draws and Spezia 5 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

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