Cittadella manager R. Venturato looking for three points in Venezia showdown

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Mon 27.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato (7623 seats)

Cittadella perform at a high level so far being 6th in the table. Venezia can look both up and down from their 12th position.

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.

Venezia are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Cittadella form and stats

6-4-8 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Cittadella so far this season. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Cittadella with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Perugia game, 28 days ago, have they avoided a loss. The Cittadella manager R. Venturato might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Cittadella faced defeat in their previous match, away at Chievo (1-4). Preceding that match was the home game against Ascoli that was lost 1-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cittadella handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, five draws and five defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cittadella as they are travelling to their away game against Virtus Entella in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.

Cittadella has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Cittadella's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 26 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Venezia form and stats

The visitors are W7-D8-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.

194 minutes! That's how long the Venezia goalkeeper Luca Lezzerini and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Impressive finishing from Youssef Maleh secured the home win 1-0 against Juve Stabia in their previous game. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Spezia.

We have checked recent matches where Venezia have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were four victories, eight draws and six defeats.

A new game in only four days for Venezia, the Serie B home match versus Perugia. Busy days.

Venezia have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 18 league away games 19 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (15 so far).

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Venezia - Cittadella 1-2 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Cittadella three wins, one draw and Venezia one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CittadellaD. Diaw
D. Diaw
13 goals
VeneziaM. Aramu
M. Aramu
9 goals
CittadellaM. Iori
M. Iori
8 goals

Cittadella missing players

Venezia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cittadella Venezia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 5 18 36
15 6 1 Won W 1 7 11
7 4 2 Drew D 3 8 14
14 8 3 Lost L 1 3 11
45 22 9 Scored S 5 19 34
47 26 12 Conceded C 5 15 38
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 89% 92%
81% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 69%
47% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 17% 25%
19% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 11% 11%
11% 6% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 3%
50% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 60% 44% 50%
36% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 44% 33%
22% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 22% 25%
 
5.7 6.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 5.4 4.8
4.9 4.4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 3.9 4.1
3.1 3.1 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.6
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
431 225 94 Total Shots T S 47 227 445
138 65 24 Shots on Target S O 15 69 124
33% 34% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 28% 27%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Venezia has the fewest conceded goals (15) away
  • Venezia has the fewest matches over the total-line (9)
  • Venezia has the most matches under the total-line (25)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Benevento 36 25 8 3 63 24 18 14 4 0 39 8 18 11 4 3 24 16 39 83
2 Crotone 36 19 8 9 62 38 18 11 5 2 32 14 18 8 3 7 30 24 24 65
3 Spezia 36 16 9 11 52 39 18 10 3 5 30 18 18 6 6 6 22 21 13 57
4 Pordenone 36 16 8 12 45 43 18 11 4 3 24 11 18 5 4 9 21 32 2 56
5 Frosinone 36 14 11 11 40 36 18 10 4 4 28 17 18 4 7 7 12 19 4 53
6 Cittadella 36 15 7 14 45 47 18 6 4 8 22 26 18 9 3 6 23 21 -2 52
7 Salernitana 36 14 9 13 51 47 18 10 6 2 34 21 18 4 3 11 17 26 4 51
8 Empoli 36 13 12 11 44 43 18 7 8 3 25 18 18 6 4 8 19 25 1 51
9 Chievo 36 12 14 10 46 38 18 9 4 5 28 18 18 3 10 5 18 20 8 50
10 Pisa 36 13 11 12 47 44 18 9 5 4 27 20 18 4 6 8 20 24 3 50
11 Virtus Entella 36 12 11 13 44 47 18 8 6 4 19 15 18 4 5 9 25 32 -3 47
12 Venezia 36 11 14 11 34 38 18 4 6 8 15 23 18 7 8 3 19 15 -4 47
13 Ascoli 36 13 7 16 48 53 18 9 5 4 27 20 18 4 2 12 21 33 -5 46
14 Cremonese 36 11 12 13 38 40 18 7 5 6 20 17 18 4 7 7 18 23 -2 45
15 Perugia 36 12 9 15 36 44 18 7 5 6 18 17 18 5 4 9 18 27 -8 45
16 Pescara 36 11 9 16 47 54 18 6 8 4 30 23 18 5 1 12 17 31 -7 42
17 Juve Stabia 36 11 8 17 45 58 18 9 3 6 29 27 18 2 5 11 16 31 -13 41
18 Cosenza 36 10 10 16 42 47 18 5 5 8 18 21 18 5 5 8 24 26 -5 40
19 Trapani 36 9 13 14 44 59 18 7 6 5 25 20 18 2 7 9 19 39 -15 38
20 Livorno 36 5 6 25 30 64 18 3 2 13 19 40 18 2 4 12 11 24 -34 21

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 Benevento 36 25 8 3 63 24 18 14 4 0 39 8 18 11 4 3 24 16 39 83
2 Crotone 36 19 8 9 62 38 18 11 5 2 32 14 18 8 3 7 30 24 24 65
3 Spezia 36 16 9 11 52 39 18 10 3 5 30 18 18 6 6 6 22 21 13 57
4 Pordenone 36 16 8 12 45 43 18 11 4 3 24 11 18 5 4 9 21 32 2 56
5 Frosinone 36 14 11 11 40 36 18 10 4 4 28 17 18 4 7 7 12 19 4 53
6 Cittadella 36 15 7 14 45 47 18 6 4 8 22 26 18 9 3 6 23 21 -2 52
7 Salernitana 36 14 9 13 51 47 18 10 6 2 34 21 18 4 3 11 17 26 4 51
8 Empoli 36 13 12 11 44 43 18 7 8 3 25 18 18 6 4 8 19 25 1 51
9 Chievo 36 12 14 10 46 38 18 9 4 5 28 18 18 3 10 5 18 20 8 50
10 Pisa 36 13 11 12 47 44 18 9 5 4 27 20 18 4 6 8 20 24 3 50
11 Virtus Entella 36 12 11 13 44 47 18 8 6 4 19 15 18 4 5 9 25 32 -3 47
12 Venezia 36 11 14 11 34 38 18 4 6 8 15 23 18 7 8 3 19 15 -4 47
13 Ascoli 36 13 7 16 48 53 18 9 5 4 27 20 18 4 2 12 21 33 -5 46
14 Cremonese 36 11 12 13 38 40 18 7 5 6 20 17 18 4 7 7 18 23 -2 45
15 Perugia 36 12 9 15 36 44 18 7 5 6 18 17 18 5 4 9 18 27 -8 45
16 Pescara 36 11 9 16 47 54 18 6 8 4 30 23 18 5 1 12 17 31 -7 42
17 Juve Stabia 36 11 8 17 45 58 18 9 3 6 29 27 18 2 5 11 16 31 -13 41
18 Cosenza 36 10 10 16 42 47 18 5 5 8 18 21 18 5 5 8 24 26 -5 40
19 Trapani 36 9 13 14 44 59 18 7 6 5 25 20 18 2 7 9 19 39 -15 38
20 Livorno 36 5 6 25 30 64 18 3 2 13 19 40 18 2 4 12 11 24 -34 21

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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.