The visiting Cittadella side should be favourites in this visit to Cosenza, as the away team holds a 16 point advantage from their 26 league games this season.
It's no vacation for neither Cosenza nor Cittadella as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for Cittadella when visiting Cosenza as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Cosenza form and stats
Cosenza's results here at Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla in the Serie B have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats. Three consecutive losses here at Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Cosenza travelled for their previous game, a trip to Venezia that ended 1-1. Before that game, the home loss against Frosinone with the scoreline 0-2.
This is expected to be a close game, with Cosenza perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cosenza as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Cosenza has won five of these, drawn six and lost two.
Cosenza have scored 9 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. 13 goals have been conceded.
Cittadella form and stats
6-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cittadella in their Serie B matches away. Cittadella love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
248 minutes! That's how long the Cittadella goalkeeper Alberto Paleari and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
There were no winners in Cittadella's previous match, a Serie B home game that ended 0-0 vs Cremonese (placed 17th). Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Juve Stabia.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Cittadella in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Cittadella, six draws and four defeats.
After this away game Cittadella return home for a Serie B game against Pordenone. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Cittadella find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Cittadella as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Cittadella - Cosenza 1-3. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Cosenza, zero draws and one win for Cittadella. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
 D. Diaw 11 goals |   E. Rivière 7 goals |  M. Iori 6 goals |
Cosenza missing players
Cittadella missing players
| Cosenza | Cittadella | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 28 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 15 | 33 |
| 31 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 29 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 69% | 67% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 67% | 73% |
| 38% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 33% | 46% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 15% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 58% | 50% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 42% | 50% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 42% | 38% |
| 31% | 33% | 80% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 25% | 23% |
| 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.1 |
| 4.5 | 3.9 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 328 | 172 | 73 | Total Shots | T S | 62 | 142 | 327 |
| 111 | 53 | 24 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 54 | 107 |
| 25% | 17% | 4% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 28% | 31% |
- Cosenza has the fewest scored goals (9) at home
- 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 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 34 | 63 |
| 2 | Frosinone | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 46 |
| 3 | Crotone | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 43 |
| 4 | Spezia | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 41 |
| 5 | Cittadella | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 40 |
| 6 | Salernitana | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 39 |
| 7 | Pordenone | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 39 |
| 8 | Chievo | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 37 |
| 9 | Empoli | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -2 | 36 |
| 10 | Pescara | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 35 |
| 11 | Virtus Entella | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | Pisa | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| 13 | Perugia | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -7 | 33 |
| 14 | Juve Stabia | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 33 |
| 15 | Venezia | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 12 | -3 | 32 |
| 16 | Ascoli | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 27 | -2 | 31 |
| 17 | Cremonese | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 18 | Cosenza | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 24 |
| 19 | Trapani | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 32 | -24 | 21 |
| 20 | Livorno | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 16 | -21 | 17 |