Cittadella will cross fingers that their home support is enough to get all three points from this rough duel, vs dynamic Südtirol.
- Cittadella have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Serie B
- Südtirol haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Cittadella form and stats
2-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Cittadella so far this season. When Cittadella hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Frosinone, Genoa, Brescia, Reggina and Bari 1908), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 208 minutes without scoring a league goal. Antonucci was the last player to find the net.
The fans are hoping that Cittadella will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Benevento (placed 16th). Kastrati, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.42 out of 10 in that game. Kastrati saved a penalty.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Bari 1908 (0-3).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 7 times, drawn 5 and lost 1.
It should be added that a peek at the 14 most recent league fixtures shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Cittadella has scored {7 goals-1} so far and conceded {7 goals-2} from 7 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Südtirol form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Südtirol have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 246 minutes ago. Col was the goal scorer.
Südtirol delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Ternana (placed 7th) in their previous game. Poluzzi was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.65. The agile goalkeeper Poluzzi topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Genoa's place.We have checked recent matches where Südtirol have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Südtirol have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 8 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Südtirol have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - zero - one (Cittadella wins - draws - Südtirol wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Antonucci 5 goals |   R. Odogwu 5 goals | M. Rover 4 goals |
Cittadella missing players
Südtirol missing players
| Cittadella | Südtirol | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 22 |
| 76% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 59% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 29% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 41% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 38% | 59% |
| 41% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 24% |
| 47% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 24% |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 4 | 2.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 6.4 | 5.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.4 | 16.4 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12 | 11.5 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 20% | 21% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 28% | 29% |
| 9.6 | 9.1 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 16 | 15.2 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
- Cittadella have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Serie B
- Südtirol 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 | Frosinone | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 |
| 2 | Reggina | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 29 |
| 3 | Bari 1908 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | Genoa | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 5 | Südtirol | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 22 |
| 6 | Brescia | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 7 | Ternana | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Parma | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 9 | Cagliari | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Ascoli | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Modena | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 20 |
| 12 | Pisa | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 19 |
| 13 | Palermo | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Cittadella | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Venezia | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 16 | Benevento | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 17 | Cosenza | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -11 | 16 |
| 18 | SPAL | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 15 |
| 19 | Como | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 15 |
| 20 | Perugia | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 12 |
