Can Cremonese beat Cittadella in Stadio Giovanni Zini clash?

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 27.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giovanni Zini (20034 seats)

A new Serie B season is about to begin and this is the first proper game for Cremonese and Cittadella. Bring it on!

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Cremonese form and stats

This is expected to be a close game, with Cremonese perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cremonese as a small favourite), we find nine games. Cremonese has won four of these, drawn four and lost one.

Cremonese have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 1 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Cremonese have scored 2 goals and conceded 2 times.

Last season, Cremonese's league statistics were 12 wins, 13 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 12th position in the Serie B. Over these 38 matches they scored 42 goals and conceded 43. Playing at home last season Cremonese managed 7-6-6 (win-draw-lost) with 22 goals and 19 conceded.

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Cittadella form and stats

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cittadella playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were four Cittadella wins, five draws and five defeats.

It's a day of discovery for Cittadella as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Cittadella have played four with the results W4-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Cittadella has scored 9 goals and conceded 4 times.

Let's have a look at how Cittadella performed last season in the Serie B: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 7 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 49 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 26/23 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cremonese three wins, four draws and Cittadella three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

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Total First Half Second Half
Cremonese Cittadella
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Cremonese Last season Cittadella
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 39
12 7   Won W   10 17
13 6   Drew D   3 7
13 6   Lost L   6 15
42 22   Scored S   26 51
43 19   Conceded C   23 52
84% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 92%
61% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 79%
34% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 49%
21% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 23%
16% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 15%
45% 37%   BTTS BTTS   47% 51%
32% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   37% 36%
39% 37%   Failed to Score F T   21% 21%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.6 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 3.2
6 3   Red cards R C   1 4
 
522 282   Total Shots T S   222 484
185 97   Shots on Target S O   78 152
23% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 34%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ascoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brescia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Chievo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cittadella 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cosenza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Cremonese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Empoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Frosinone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Lecce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Monza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Pescara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Pisa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Pordenone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Reggiana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Reggina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Salernitana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 SPAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Venezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Vicenza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Virtus Entella 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 38 26 8 4 67 27 19 14 4 1 39 9 19 12 4 3 28 18 40 86
2 Crotone 38 20 8 10 63 40 19 12 5 2 33 14 19 8 3 8 30 26 23 68
3 Spezia 38 17 10 11 54 40 19 10 4 5 30 18 19 7 6 6 24 22 14 61
4 Pordenone 38 16 10 12 48 46 19 11 5 3 25 12 19 5 5 9 23 34 2 58
5 Cittadella 38 17 7 14 49 49 19 7 4 8 23 26 19 10 3 6 26 23 0 58
6 Chievo 38 14 14 10 48 38 19 10 4 5 29 18 19 4 10 5 19 20 10 56
7 Pisa 38 14 12 12 49 45 19 10 5 4 28 20 19 4 7 8 21 25 4 54
8 Frosinone 38 14 12 12 41 38 19 10 5 4 29 18 19 4 7 8 12 20 3 54
9 Empoli 38 14 12 12 47 48 19 7 8 4 26 23 19 7 4 8 21 25 -1 54
10 Salernitana 38 14 10 14 53 50 19 10 6 3 35 23 19 4 4 11 18 27 3 52
11 Venezia 38 12 14 12 37 40 19 5 6 8 18 24 19 7 8 4 19 16 -3 50
12 Cremonese 38 12 13 13 42 43 19 7 6 6 22 19 19 5 7 7 20 24 -1 49
13 Virtus Entella 38 12 12 14 46 50 19 8 6 5 21 18 19 4 6 9 25 32 -4 48
14 Cosenza 38 12 10 16 50 49 19 6 5 8 21 22 19 6 5 8 29 27 1 46
15 Ascoli 38 13 7 18 50 58 19 9 5 5 29 24 19 4 2 13 21 34 -8 46
16 Pescara 38 12 9 17 48 55 19 7 8 4 31 23 19 5 1 13 17 32 -7 45
17 Perugia 38 12 9 17 38 49 19 7 5 7 19 19 19 5 4 10 19 30 -11 45
18 Trapani 38 11 13 14 48 60 19 8 6 5 27 20 19 3 7 9 21 40 -12 44
19 Juve Stabia 38 11 8 19 47 63 19 9 3 7 30 29 19 2 5 12 17 34 -16 41
20 Livorno 38 5 6 27 30 67 19 3 2 14 19 42 19 2 4 13 11 25 -37 21

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 Ascoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brescia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Chievo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cittadella 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cosenza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Cremonese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Empoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Frosinone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Lecce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Monza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Pescara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Pisa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Pordenone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Reggiana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Reggina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Salernitana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 SPAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Venezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Vicenza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Virtus Entella 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.