Como vs Catanzaro betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 28.Oct
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia (13602 seats)

Both contenders are delivering a quality season so far and match dates like this could be decisive. Read up on Como - Catanzaro!

Insights:
  • Como have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Catanzaro have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Serie B

It's quite the trip for Catanzaro when visiting Como as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.

Como and Catanzaro should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Como form and stats

The story so far in the Serie B for Como at their home stadium (Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

The regulars are hoping that Como will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Parma (placed 1st). Odenthal was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.44 out of 10. The defender Odenthal won 9 of 15 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Cremonese with the scoreline 1-3.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Como have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 1.

The Como fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 6 goals in 4 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Como defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Catanzaro form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Catanzaro love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Catanzaro have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Andrea Fulignati. It's been 236 minutes since they last conceded in Serie B.

The followers enjoyed Catanzaro's previous match versus FeralpiSalo (placed 18th), a 3-0 win played at home. Vandeputte got a match rating of 7.93 in that game, top player of the team. Vandeputte scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Sudtirol with the score of 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Catanzaro playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 2 Catanzaro wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Catanzaro has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. 6 goals have been conceded by Catanzaro in these games.

Head 2 Head

Chajia likes to play against Catanzaro and have scored 2 goals in these games.

Top Goalscorers

CatanzaroJ. Vandeputte
J. Vandeputte
4 goals
ComoP. Cutrone
P. Cutrone
3 goals
ComoN. Ioannou
N. Ioannou
3 goals

Como missing players

Catanzaro missing players

Como Catanzaro
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 4 0 Played P 0 5 10
4 2 0 Won W 0 3 6
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
3 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
12 6 0 Scored S 0 9 18
12 6 0 Conceded C 0 6 13
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 80% 90%
78% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 80%
67% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 70%
22% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 30%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 20%
56% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 50%
33% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 40%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 20%
 
3.9 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.6 4.6
5.2 4.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.2 4.7
2.1 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.6 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.7 13.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.8 11.6
4.7 4.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 5
29% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 36%
 
12.8 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14.8 13.2
4.1 4.2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.2 4.8
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Catanzaro have not yet lost a game away.
  • Catanzaro have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Serie B
  • Catanzaro have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Como have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Como have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Como haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 10 7 2 1 20 8 6 4 2 0 9 3 4 3 0 1 11 5 12 23
2 Catanzaro 10 6 3 1 18 13 5 3 1 1 9 7 5 3 2 0 9 6 5 21
3 Palermo 8 6 1 1 14 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 5 4 1 0 9 2 10 19
4 Venezia 9 5 3 1 14 8 5 3 1 1 9 6 4 2 2 0 5 2 6 18
5 Cosenza 9 4 2 3 14 9 5 2 1 2 10 6 4 2 1 1 4 3 5 14
6 Como 9 4 2 3 12 12 4 2 1 1 6 6 5 2 1 2 6 6 0 14
7 Brescia 7 3 4 0 6 2 4 1 3 0 3 2 3 2 1 0 3 0 4 13
8 Sudtirol 9 3 4 2 13 10 4 1 2 1 6 5 5 2 2 1 7 5 3 13
9 Cremonese 10 3 4 3 12 11 6 0 3 3 4 7 4 3 1 0 8 4 1 13
10 Modena 9 3 4 2 8 8 5 2 1 2 4 5 4 1 3 0 4 3 0 13
11 Cittadella 10 3 4 3 10 13 5 2 2 1 5 6 5 1 2 2 5 7 -3 13
12 Ascoli 10 3 3 4 12 12 4 2 1 1 6 2 6 1 2 3 6 10 0 12
13 Pisa 9 3 3 3 8 8 4 1 1 2 5 6 5 2 2 1 3 2 0 12
14 Bari 1908 10 1 8 1 9 9 5 0 5 0 5 5 5 1 3 1 4 4 0 11
15 Reggiana 9 1 5 3 8 13 4 0 3 1 4 6 5 1 2 2 4 7 -5 8
16 Ternana 10 1 3 6 9 13 6 1 2 3 5 5 4 0 1 3 4 8 -4 6
17 Spezia 8 1 3 4 6 11 4 0 2 2 1 3 4 1 1 2 5 8 -5 6
18 FeralpiSalo 10 1 2 7 5 19 4 0 1 3 2 6 6 1 1 4 3 13 -14 5
19 Sampdoria 9 1 3 5 8 13 4 0 0 4 3 8 5 1 3 1 5 5 -5 4
20 Lecco 7 0 1 6 5 15 4 0 0 4 4 10 3 0 1 2 1 5 -10 1

Read more about Serie B

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.