Possible nail-biting contest in Cittadella - Venezia game

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 03.Sep
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato (7623 seats)

Venezia have travelled here for an intriguing fight versus the hosting Cittadella. Get smart on the fixture with this full Serie B preview!

Insights:
  • Venezia have the most points from losing position (4) in Serie B

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.

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Cittadella form and stats

Cittadella have only played one Serie B game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 8 draws and 6 defeats from 19 matches.

The home team returns to Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato after drawing with Bari 1908 (placed 5th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Defender Pavan got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.81/10. Pavan scored one goal and won 5 of 8 duels.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Parma.

Early season league goal statistics from Cittadella's 1 home game: {1 goals}, 0 conceded.

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Venezia form and stats

Only one away game in the Serie B so far for Venezia and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 victories, 5 draws and 8 losses from 19 travels.

It's the second away game in a row for Venezia, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Sampdoria (placed 13th) last time out. Midfielder Tessmann was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.63. Tessmann scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 59 successful passes (of 70 total).

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Cosenza.

{2 goals} so far away for Venezia, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Venezia have put together a streak of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (2-4-0) when facing Cittadella.

The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

VeneziaN. Pierini
N. Pierini
3 goals
CittadellaN. Pavan
N. Pavan
1 goals
CittadellaF. Amatucci
F. Amatucci
1 goals

Cittadella missing players

Venezia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cittadella Venezia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
1 1 0 Won W 1 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 1 0 Scored S 2 2 6
3 0 0 Conceded C 1 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
33% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8.3 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4 7
1.7 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7 4
2 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.3 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13 17
2.7 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5 5
25% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 40% 40%
 
10.7 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 17 17 11
2.7 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 3
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Venezia have the most points from losing position (4) in Serie B
Cittadella Last season Venezia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   20 39
9 5   Won W   6 13
16 8   Drew D   5 10
13 6   Lost L   9 16
34 19   Scored S   23 52
45 22   Conceded C   25 52
79% 74%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
66% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 79%
34% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 51%
13% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 23%
8% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 15%
42% 32%   BTTS BTTS   60% 64%
32% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   10% 13%
47% 58%   Failed to Score F T   30% 26%
 
4.4 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.7
4.4 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5 5.4
3.3 3.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.2
9 6   Red cards R C   1 5
 
13.1 14.8   Shots (avg) S (   12.9 12.7
3.9 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.4
23% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 30%
 
10.5 10.4   Shots against (avg) S A   14.2 14.2
3.8 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Parma 3 3 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 9
2 Venezia 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 7
3 Catanzaro 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 7
4 Modena 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
5 Bari 1908 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
6 Sudtirol 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
7 Cosenza 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
8 Palermo 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 4
9 Cremonese 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
10 Cittadella 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 4
11 Pisa 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
12 Ascoli 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -1 3
13 Sampdoria 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 1
14 Spezia 2 0 1 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 6 -3 1
15 Reggiana 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 1
16 Como 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
17 Lecco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 TBC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Ternana 3 0 0 3 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
20 FeralpiSalo 3 0 0 3 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 -7 0
Last season 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 38 24 8 6 63 26 19 14 3 2 35 11 19 10 5 4 28 15 37 80
2 Genoa 38 21 11 6 53 28 19 12 6 1 29 10 19 9 5 5 24 18 25 73
3 Bari 1908 38 17 14 7 58 37 19 7 9 3 30 19 19 10 5 4 28 18 21 65
4 Cagliari 38 15 15 8 50 34 19 11 6 2 28 17 19 4 9 6 22 17 16 60
5 Parma 38 17 10 11 48 39 19 11 2 6 26 16 19 6 8 5 22 23 9 60
6 Sudtirol 38 14 16 8 38 34 19 6 10 3 21 18 19 8 6 5 17 16 4 58
7 Reggina 38 17 4 17 49 45 19 10 2 7 28 22 19 7 2 10 21 23 4 50
8 Venezia 38 13 10 15 51 50 19 7 5 7 29 27 19 6 5 8 22 23 1 49
9 Palermo 38 11 16 11 48 49 19 8 8 3 25 17 19 3 8 8 23 32 -1 49
10 Modena 38 13 9 16 47 53 19 7 8 4 26 18 19 6 1 12 21 35 -6 48
11 Pisa 38 11 14 13 48 42 19 7 5 7 27 21 19 4 9 6 21 21 6 47
12 Como 38 10 17 11 47 48 19 8 7 4 28 20 19 2 10 7 19 28 -1 47
13 Ascoli 38 12 11 15 40 47 19 6 6 7 20 22 19 6 5 8 20 25 -7 47
14 Cittadella 38 9 16 13 34 45 19 5 8 6 19 22 19 4 8 7 15 23 -11 43
15 Ternana 38 11 10 17 37 52 19 8 5 6 21 21 19 3 5 11 16 31 -15 43
16 Brescia 38 9 13 16 36 57 19 6 6 7 17 22 19 3 7 9 19 35 -21 40
17 Cosenza 38 9 13 16 30 53 19 7 7 5 20 18 19 2 6 11 10 35 -23 40
18 Perugia 38 10 9 19 40 52 19 6 6 7 22 26 19 4 3 12 18 26 -12 39
19 SPAL 38 8 14 16 41 51 19 4 7 8 25 27 19 4 7 8 16 24 -10 38
20 Benevento 38 7 14 17 33 49 19 4 6 9 16 25 19 3 8 8 17 24 -16 35

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Parma 3 3 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 9
2 Venezia 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 7
3 Catanzaro 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 7
4 Modena 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
5 Bari 1908 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
6 Sudtirol 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
7 Cosenza 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
8 Palermo 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 4
9 Cremonese 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
10 Cittadella 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 4
11 Pisa 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
12 Ascoli 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -1 3
13 Sampdoria 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 1
14 Spezia 2 0 1 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 6 -3 1
15 Reggiana 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 1
16 Como 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
17 Lecco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 TBC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Ternana 3 0 0 3 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
20 FeralpiSalo 3 0 0 3 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 -7 0

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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.