Home advantage could prove decisive in Cosenza - Pordenone battle

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Mon 25.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla (24209 seats)

Cosenza are yearning to improve their points total at their own stadium in this soon-to-be-played match vs Pordenone.

Insights:
  • Cosenza have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the fewest scored goals (25) in Serie B

For Pordenone it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

It's quite the trip for Pordenone when visiting Cosenza as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

This could be an exciting fixture with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last played a game. Let's start!

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Cosenza form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie B, Cosenza have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 17 games. When Cosenza hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like SPAL, Alessandria, Como, Vicenza, Cosenza and Crotone), they have won 4 of 5 matches!

No payout for Cosenza in their previous match, an away game at Cremonese that ended in defeat 1-3. The attacking player Larrivey was declared "man of the match" for Cosenza with the rating of 7.25/10. Larrivey scored one goal.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Benevento in a game that was won 1-0.

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

Cosenza's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Pordenone form and stats

Pordenone have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-2-14 (17 played). A depressing seven defeats in a row for Pordenone in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Perugia.

Pordenone failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Benevento (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 1-4. Midfielder Zammarini was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.13. Zammarini hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Alessandria's place.

Pordenone are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, two draws and nine defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

The attacking power of Pordenone when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 17 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Pordenone have conceded 33 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Cosenza and Pordenone have duelled earlier this season: Pordenone - Cosenza 1-1. Cosenza-Pordenone H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Cosenza one win, Pordenone two wins, two draws. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last five duels.

Top Goalscorers

PordenoneN. Cambiaghi
N. Cambiaghi
7 goals
CosenzaG. Gori
G. Gori
5 goals
CosenzaG. Caso
G. Caso
5 goals

Cosenza missing players

Pordenone missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cosenza Pordenone
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
6 6 4 Won W 0 1 3
10 3 0 Drew D 0 2 8
19 8 1 Lost L 5 14 24
31 17 7 Scored S 1 9 25
57 22 3 Conceded C 13 33 64
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 71% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 59% 66%
43% 41% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 41% 37%
29% 24% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 29% 31%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 18% 17%
54% 47% 40% BTTS BTTS 20% 41% 49%
14% 24% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 9%
37% 35% 20% Failed to Score F T 80% 53% 43%
 
4.1 3.8 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.8 4.6
4.3 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 5 4.9
2.6 2.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.9
6 2 0 Red cards R C 2 4 7
 
9.7 10.2 9 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.3 11.8
3.5 3.7 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2.7 3
25% 27% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 20% 24%
 
14.5 13.9 10.6 Shots against (avg) S A 18 15.2 15.1
4.7 4.4 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.8 5.3 5.1
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cosenza have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Pordenone have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pordenone have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the fewest scored goals (25) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the most conceded goals (64) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the most conceded goals in the second half (37) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the the worst goal difference (-24) away in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the the worst goal difference (-39) in Serie B
  • Pordenone 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 Cremonese 35 19 9 7 54 34 18 11 6 1 32 17 17 8 3 6 22 17 20 66
2 Lecce 35 17 14 4 55 29 17 11 5 1 34 14 18 6 9 3 21 15 26 65
3 Monza 35 18 10 7 56 33 18 12 4 2 34 14 17 6 6 5 22 19 23 64
4 Benevento 35 18 9 8 60 32 17 10 4 3 36 16 18 8 5 5 24 16 28 63
5 Pisa 35 17 12 6 45 31 18 10 7 1 25 12 17 7 5 5 20 19 14 63
6 Brescia 35 16 14 5 51 33 17 7 7 3 26 19 18 9 7 2 25 14 18 62
7 Ascoli 35 17 7 11 47 41 17 7 5 5 20 17 18 10 2 6 27 24 6 58
8 Frosinone 35 14 13 8 53 39 17 9 6 2 29 13 18 5 7 6 24 26 14 55
9 Perugia 35 12 16 7 37 30 17 4 8 5 16 15 18 8 8 2 21 15 7 52
10 Cittadella 35 12 12 11 37 35 18 6 5 7 21 18 17 6 7 4 16 17 2 48
11 Ternana 35 13 9 13 54 56 18 8 2 8 29 27 17 5 7 5 25 29 -2 48
12 Reggina 35 13 8 14 30 42 18 9 2 7 18 20 17 4 6 7 12 22 -12 47
13 Parma 35 10 15 10 44 39 18 5 8 5 23 18 17 5 7 5 21 21 5 45
14 Como 35 10 14 11 44 49 17 5 7 5 19 17 18 5 7 6 25 32 -5 44
15 SPAL 35 7 14 14 40 52 18 3 8 7 27 28 17 4 6 7 13 24 -12 35
16 Alessandria 35 8 8 19 35 56 17 5 5 7 16 22 18 3 3 12 19 34 -21 32
17 Cosenza 35 6 10 19 31 57 17 6 3 8 17 22 18 0 7 11 14 35 -26 28
18 Vicenza 35 6 7 22 33 58 18 4 5 9 20 25 17 2 2 13 13 33 -25 25
19 Crotone 35 3 13 19 35 56 17 3 8 6 20 23 18 0 5 13 15 33 -21 22
20 Pordenone 35 3 8 24 25 64 18 2 6 10 16 31 17 1 2 14 9 33 -39 17

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 Cremonese 35 19 9 7 54 34 18 11 6 1 32 17 17 8 3 6 22 17 20 66
2 Lecce 35 17 14 4 55 29 17 11 5 1 34 14 18 6 9 3 21 15 26 65
3 Monza 35 18 10 7 56 33 18 12 4 2 34 14 17 6 6 5 22 19 23 64
4 Benevento 35 18 9 8 60 32 17 10 4 3 36 16 18 8 5 5 24 16 28 63
5 Pisa 35 17 12 6 45 31 18 10 7 1 25 12 17 7 5 5 20 19 14 63
6 Brescia 35 16 14 5 51 33 17 7 7 3 26 19 18 9 7 2 25 14 18 62
7 Ascoli 35 17 7 11 47 41 17 7 5 5 20 17 18 10 2 6 27 24 6 58
8 Frosinone 35 14 13 8 53 39 17 9 6 2 29 13 18 5 7 6 24 26 14 55
9 Perugia 35 12 16 7 37 30 17 4 8 5 16 15 18 8 8 2 21 15 7 52
10 Cittadella 35 12 12 11 37 35 18 6 5 7 21 18 17 6 7 4 16 17 2 48
11 Ternana 35 13 9 13 54 56 18 8 2 8 29 27 17 5 7 5 25 29 -2 48
12 Reggina 35 13 8 14 30 42 18 9 2 7 18 20 17 4 6 7 12 22 -12 47
13 Parma 35 10 15 10 44 39 18 5 8 5 23 18 17 5 7 5 21 21 5 45
14 Como 35 10 14 11 44 49 17 5 7 5 19 17 18 5 7 6 25 32 -5 44
15 SPAL 35 7 14 14 40 52 18 3 8 7 27 28 17 4 6 7 13 24 -12 35
16 Alessandria 35 8 8 19 35 56 17 5 5 7 16 22 18 3 3 12 19 34 -21 32
17 Cosenza 35 6 10 19 31 57 17 6 3 8 17 22 18 0 7 11 14 35 -26 28
18 Vicenza 35 6 7 22 33 58 18 4 5 9 20 25 17 2 2 13 13 33 -25 25
19 Crotone 35 3 13 19 35 56 17 3 8 6 20 23 18 0 5 13 15 33 -21 22
20 Pordenone 35 3 8 24 25 64 18 2 6 10 16 31 17 1 2 14 9 33 -39 17

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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.