Cosenza vs Reggina match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Fri 05.November
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla (24209 seats)

A cursory peek at the Serie B table point to an advantage to Reggina when they arrive at Cosenza. But; let's wait for the game before points are handed out!

Insights:
  • Cosenza have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Reggina haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

It's no vacation for neither Cosenza nor Reggina 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.

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Cosenza form and stats

Cosenza have played 5 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager M. Zaffaroni led his Cosenza to a defeat in the Serie B match away at Lecce. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla. The talented striker Giuseppe Caso bettered all others in that game and managed a match rating of 7.12 out of 10. Caso scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match, Cosenza won a home game hosting Ternana (3-1).

The Cosenza fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. From these home matches, Cosenza have conceded only 3 goals.

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Reggina form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Reggina are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Reggina failed to get anything from their last game, a Serie B home match vs Cittadella (placed 12th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Thiago Cionek was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.03. The defender Cionek won 11 of 13 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Perugia with the score of 2-0.

Reggina have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the preceeding six meetings): Cosenza won one game, five matches ended in a draw and Reggina have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / four

Top Goalscorers

RegginaA. Galabinov
A. Galabinov
6 goals
CosenzaG. Gori
G. Gori
5 goals
CosenzaG. Caso
G. Caso
2 goals

Cosenza missing players

Reggina missing players

Cosenza Reggina
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 3 5 11
4 4 0 Won W 1 2 5
2 1 1 Drew D 2 2 4
5 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
12 9 1 Scored S 3 5 12
17 3 1 Conceded C 2 4 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 82%
73% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 64%
45% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 27%
27% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
55% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 40% 45%
18% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 36%
27% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 36%
 
2.6 0.6 1 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 3.8 4.4
4.5 4.8 8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 7 6
1.7 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.4 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.9 8 4 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 9 12.1
3.6 5.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.2 4
30% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 45% 27%
 
16.3 16.2 19 Shots against (avg) S A 12 14.4 13.2
5.9 5.8 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 3.4 3.4
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cosenza have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Cosenza have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Cosenza have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Cosenza have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Cosenza have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Cosenza haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Reggina haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pisa 11 6 4 1 19 9 6 4 2 0 9 3 5 2 2 1 10 6 10 22
2 Brescia 11 6 3 2 22 14 5 2 2 1 11 8 6 4 1 1 11 6 8 21
3 Lecce 11 5 5 1 17 10 5 3 2 0 10 4 6 2 3 1 7 6 7 20
4 Benevento 11 5 4 2 17 8 6 3 2 1 11 5 5 2 2 1 6 3 9 19
5 Reggina 11 5 4 2 12 9 6 3 2 1 7 5 5 2 2 1 5 4 3 19
6 Frosinone 11 4 6 1 14 9 6 2 3 1 8 7 5 2 3 0 6 2 5 18
7 Cremonese 11 5 3 3 14 10 6 3 2 1 9 5 5 2 1 2 5 5 4 18
8 Perugia 11 4 5 2 11 8 5 1 2 2 5 7 6 3 3 0 6 1 3 17
9 Monza 11 4 5 2 10 9 5 4 1 0 7 2 6 0 4 2 3 7 1 17
10 Parma 11 4 4 3 16 13 5 2 2 1 4 3 6 2 2 2 12 10 3 16
11 Como 11 4 4 3 14 13 5 2 1 2 4 4 6 2 3 1 10 9 1 16
12 Cittadella 11 5 1 5 11 13 6 3 1 2 8 6 5 2 0 3 3 7 -2 16
13 Ascoli 11 4 3 4 15 15 5 1 1 3 4 7 6 3 2 1 11 8 0 15
14 Cosenza 11 4 2 5 12 17 5 4 1 0 9 3 6 0 1 5 3 14 -5 14
15 SPAL 11 3 4 4 15 12 6 2 3 1 13 8 5 1 1 3 2 4 3 13
16 Ternana 11 4 1 6 18 19 6 3 0 3 11 9 5 1 1 3 7 10 -1 13
17 Alessandria 11 2 2 7 11 20 5 2 1 2 5 7 6 0 1 5 6 13 -9 8
18 Crotone 11 1 4 6 12 21 6 1 3 2 7 11 5 0 1 4 5 10 -9 7
19 Vicenza 11 1 1 9 9 22 5 0 1 4 2 8 6 1 0 5 7 14 -13 4
20 Pordenone 11 0 3 8 8 26 6 0 2 4 6 15 5 0 1 4 2 11 -18 3

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.