Cosenza fights Benevento in Serie B battle

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 09.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla (24209 seats)

The visiting Benevento side should be favourites in this visit to Cosenza, as the away team holds a 31 point advantage from their 22 league games this season.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Cosenza form and stats

Cosenza's struggle is real here at Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla with only 10 points collected from 10 Serie B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-4. It's trouble wherever Cosenza are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Cosenza faced defeat in their previous match, away at Pescara (1-2). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Salernitana (1-2).

Heartbreak for Cosenza in their last match as Pescara's M. Bocic scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Cosenza aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla in the league, with only 9 goals from 10 games. On the other hand, Cosenza have conceded 10 goals.

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Benevento form and stats

Benevento, who have the most scored goals (38) in Serie B, have an excellent away record in the Serie B so far with 6-3-1 from 10 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Benevento as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games. Benevento has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Juve Stabia.

Benevento played 1-1 against Salernitana in their previous match. Preceding that game was the away victory against Cittadella with the score of 2-1.

Benevento are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Benevento are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Benevento - Cosenza 1-0. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's zero Cosenza victories, three draws and four Benevento wins. three of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CosenzaE. Rivière
E. Rivière
7 goals
BeneventoB. Viola
B. Viola
6 goals
BeneventoM. Coda
M. Coda
6 goals

Cosenza missing players

Benevento missing players

Cosenza Benevento
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 3 Played P 3 10 22
4 2 0 Won W 2 6 15
8 4 0 Drew D 1 3 6
10 4 3 Lost L 0 1 1
24 9 1 Scored S 5 13 38
27 10 4 Conceded C 1 8 12
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
68% 70% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 77%
41% 20% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 30% 27%
23% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 18%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
64% 60% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 36%
14% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 50% 59%
27% 20% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 9%
 
5.3 6.3 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5.6 5.3
4.7 4 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.3 4.3
2.6 1.9 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.5 2.3
4 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
266 137 41 Total Shots T S 46 119 320
92 42 13 Shots on Target S O 19 41 109
26% 21% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 32% 35%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Benevento has the fewest conceded goals (12)
  • Benevento has the fewest conceded goals (8) away
  • Benevento has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
  • Benevento has the most clean sheets (13)
  • Benevento has the most points (21) away
  • Benevento has the most scored goals (38)
  • Benevento has the the best goal difference (+26)
  • Benevento has the the best goal difference (+5) away
  • Benevento have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Benevento have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Cosenza haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 22 15 6 1 38 12 12 9 3 0 25 4 10 6 3 1 13 8 26 51
2 Pordenone 22 10 5 7 29 28 11 8 2 1 16 5 11 2 3 6 13 23 1 35
3 Crotone 22 10 4 8 34 27 11 6 3 2 20 11 11 4 1 6 14 16 7 34
4 Frosinone 22 9 7 6 26 19 11 7 3 1 20 7 11 2 4 5 6 12 7 34
5 Salernitana 22 9 6 7 32 28 10 5 4 1 18 11 12 4 2 6 14 17 4 33
6 Cittadella 22 9 6 7 27 26 11 4 3 4 14 17 11 5 3 3 13 9 1 33
7 Perugia 22 9 6 7 27 28 11 6 3 2 15 9 11 3 3 5 12 19 -1 33
8 Pescara 22 9 5 8 34 29 12 4 5 3 20 15 10 5 0 5 14 14 5 32
9 Spezia 21 8 7 6 26 22 11 5 3 3 15 11 10 3 4 3 11 11 4 31
10 Virtus Entella 22 8 7 7 26 24 10 5 4 1 10 5 12 3 3 6 16 19 2 31
11 Ascoli 23 9 4 10 33 32 11 7 2 2 18 10 12 2 2 8 15 22 1 31
12 Chievo 22 7 9 6 27 24 11 5 3 3 16 12 11 2 6 3 11 12 3 30
13 Pisa 22 7 8 7 30 29 11 4 4 3 16 14 11 3 4 4 14 15 1 29
14 Juve Stabia 23 8 5 10 26 33 12 6 1 5 15 16 11 2 4 5 11 17 -7 29
15 Venezia 22 6 9 7 20 23 10 2 3 5 7 12 12 4 6 2 13 11 -3 27
16 Empoli 22 6 9 7 24 28 12 5 6 1 18 11 10 1 3 6 6 17 -4 27
17 Cremonese 21 5 8 8 17 25 11 4 4 3 11 11 10 1 4 5 6 14 -8 23
18 Cosenza 22 4 8 10 24 27 10 2 4 4 9 10 12 2 4 6 15 17 -3 20
19 Trapani 22 4 7 11 23 41 11 2 4 5 12 17 11 2 3 6 11 24 -18 19
20 Livorno 22 3 4 15 18 36 11 3 1 7 15 23 11 0 3 8 3 13 -18 13

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.