Possible nail-biting contest in Cittadella - Venezia game

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 28.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato (7623 seats)

Cittadella confront Venezia for acclaim and victory.

Both participants have had plentiful rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's look for an active game!

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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 7 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats from 19 matches.

Cittadella lost their last game at Cagliari (placed 5th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Kastrati had a busy but productive day in the Cagliari match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. The attacking player Asencio was declared "man of the match" for Cittadella with a rating of 7.52/10. Asencio scored one goal.

Before that, Cittadella had a home game versus Pisa which ended with a victory 4-3.

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 12 games. Cittadella has won 6 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.

Early season league goal statistics from Cittadella's 1 home game: 4 goals, 3 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 3 victories, 4 draws and 12 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 Südtirol (placed 20th) last time out. The end of the last match, against Südtirol, was very satisfying as Curto scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Defender Haps was the best team player with a rating of 7.35. Haps hit one key pass and won 6 of 9 duels.

A loss against Genoa was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Venezia in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Venezia, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

It's early days yet, but Venezia has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Venezia have won at least one point in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) against Cittadella.

Top Goalscorers

CittadellaE. Baldini
E. Baldini
2 goals
CittadellaR. Asencio Moraes
R. Asencio Moraes
2 goals
VeneziaD. Johnsen
D. Johnsen
1 goals

Cittadella missing players

Venezia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cittadella Venezia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
5 4 0 Scored S 0 2 3
5 3 0 Conceded C 0 1 3
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.5 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 4.5
7 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 1 5.5
2 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 18 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 20 14.5
4.5 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 6
56% 67% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 25%
 
16 16 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 5 10
8 8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1 3.5
Cittadella Last season Venezia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
13 7   Won W   3 6
13 5   Drew D   4 9
12 7   Lost L   12 23
38 22   Scored S   13 34
36 18   Conceded C   31 69
84% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
55% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 82%
32% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 50%
11% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 24%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 11%
42% 42%   BTTS BTTS   53% 61%
42% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 11%
32% 26%   Failed to Score F T   42% 34%
 
5.2 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   2.7 3.2
3.9 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   7.2 7.1
3.6 3.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 2.9
6 2   Red cards R C   3 9
 
13.2 13.5   Shots (avg) S (   8.2 9.5
4.4 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 3.2
23% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 28%
 
11.7 9.9   Shots against (avg) S A   17.9 17.5
4 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.3 6

  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 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
2 Cosenza 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Palermo 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
4 Ascoli 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
5 Cagliari 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
6 Genoa 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Reggina 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 3
8 Cittadella 2 1 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
9 Venezia 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
10 Ternana 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
11 Brescia 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 3
12 Bari 1908 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
13 Como 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
14 Parma 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
15 Pisa 2 0 1 1 5 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 1
16 Benevento 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
17 SPAL 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
18 Perugia 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
19 Modena 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
20 Südtirol 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 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 Lecce 38 19 14 5 59 31 19 13 5 1 37 14 19 6 9 4 22 17 28 71
2 Cremonese 38 20 9 9 57 39 19 11 6 2 32 18 19 9 3 7 25 21 18 69
3 Monza 38 19 10 9 60 38 19 13 4 2 37 14 19 6 6 7 23 24 22 67
4 Pisa 38 18 13 7 48 35 19 10 8 1 26 13 19 8 5 6 22 22 13 67
5 Brescia 38 17 15 6 55 35 19 8 8 3 30 20 19 9 7 3 25 15 20 66
6 Ascoli 38 19 8 11 52 42 19 8 6 5 24 18 19 11 2 6 28 24 10 65
7 Benevento 38 18 9 11 62 39 19 10 4 5 38 20 19 8 5 6 24 19 23 63
8 Frosinone 38 15 13 10 58 45 19 10 6 3 34 16 19 5 7 7 24 29 13 58
9 Perugia 38 14 16 8 40 32 19 6 8 5 19 16 19 8 8 3 21 16 8 58
10 Ternana 38 15 9 14 58 61 19 9 2 8 30 27 19 6 7 6 28 34 -3 54
11 Cittadella 38 13 13 12 38 36 19 7 5 7 22 18 19 6 8 5 16 18 2 52
12 Parma 38 11 16 11 48 43 19 5 9 5 25 20 19 6 7 6 23 23 5 49
13 Como 38 11 14 13 49 54 19 5 7 7 20 21 19 6 7 6 29 33 -5 47
14 Reggina 38 13 9 16 31 49 19 9 2 8 19 24 19 4 7 8 12 25 -18 46
15 SPAL 38 9 15 14 46 54 19 4 8 7 30 28 19 5 7 7 16 26 -8 42
16 Cosenza 38 8 11 19 36 59 19 8 3 8 21 23 19 0 8 11 15 36 -23 35
17 Vicenza 38 9 7 22 38 59 19 5 5 9 22 26 19 4 2 13 16 33 -21 34
18 Alessandria 38 8 10 20 37 59 19 5 6 8 16 23 19 3 4 12 21 36 -22 34
19 Crotone 38 4 14 20 41 61 19 4 8 7 23 25 19 0 6 13 18 36 -20 26
20 Pordenone 38 3 9 26 29 71 19 2 7 10 19 34 19 1 2 16 10 37 -42 18
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 Milan 38 26 8 4 69 31 19 12 4 3 28 12 19 14 4 1 41 19 38 86
2 Inter 38 25 9 4 84 32 19 14 3 2 48 16 19 11 6 2 36 16 52 84
3 Napoli 38 24 7 7 74 31 19 11 3 5 37 16 19 13 4 2 37 15 43 79
4 Juventus 38 20 10 8 57 37 19 10 5 4 25 14 19 10 5 4 32 23 20 70
5 Lazio 38 18 10 10 77 58 19 10 6 3 42 25 19 8 4 7 35 33 19 64
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 59 43 19 10 6 3 26 16 19 8 3 8 33 27 16 63
7 Fiorentina 38 19 5 14 59 51 19 13 2 4 38 20 19 6 3 10 21 31 8 62
8 Atalanta 38 16 11 11 65 48 19 4 8 7 31 29 19 12 3 4 34 19 17 59
9 Hellas Verona 38 14 11 13 65 59 19 9 3 7 34 25 19 5 8 6 31 34 6 53
10 Torino 38 13 11 14 46 41 19 8 5 6 29 21 19 5 6 8 17 20 5 50
11 Sassuolo 38 13 11 14 64 66 19 6 6 7 27 30 19 7 5 7 37 36 -2 50
12 Udinese 38 11 14 13 61 58 19 6 7 6 31 29 19 5 7 7 30 29 3 47
13 Bologna 38 12 10 16 44 55 19 8 4 7 25 24 19 4 6 9 19 31 -11 46
14 Empoli 38 10 11 17 50 70 19 4 5 10 28 44 19 6 6 7 22 26 -20 41
15 Sampdoria 38 10 6 22 46 63 19 6 3 10 29 32 19 4 3 12 17 31 -17 36
16 Spezia 38 10 6 22 41 71 19 5 3 11 21 30 19 5 3 11 20 41 -30 36
17 Salernitana 38 7 10 21 33 78 19 3 6 10 17 39 19 4 4 11 16 39 -45 31
18 Cagliari 38 6 12 20 34 68 19 3 6 10 20 33 19 3 6 10 14 35 -34 30
19 Genoa 38 4 16 18 27 60 19 3 8 8 14 25 19 1 8 10 13 35 -33 28
20 Venezia 38 6 9 23 34 69 19 3 5 11 21 38 19 3 4 12 13 31 -35 27

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 Frosinone 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
2 Cosenza 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Palermo 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
4 Ascoli 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
5 Cagliari 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
6 Genoa 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Reggina 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 3
8 Cittadella 2 1 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
9 Venezia 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 3
10 Ternana 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3
11 Brescia 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 3
12 Bari 1908 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
13 Como 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
14 Parma 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
15 Pisa 2 0 1 1 5 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 1
16 Benevento 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
17 SPAL 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
18 Perugia 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
19 Modena 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
20 Südtirol 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 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.