Another adrenaline-fuelled game as Crotone host Cittadella

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ezio Scida (16108 seats)

Serie B: Crotone are 18 points after Cittadella, but are set to go all in. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Crotone have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Serie B
  • Cittadella haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Cittadella have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Both contenders have had enough days rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's wish for an in-your-face game!

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Crotone form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie B this season. Crotone have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stadio Ezio Scida.

Crotone shared the glory with Parma in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

Before that, Crotone played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Como.

Crotone are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 10 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Crotone defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Cittadella form and stats

3-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cittadella in their Serie B matches away. Cittadella have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

There were no winners in Cittadella's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Cosenza (placed 17th). Attacker Okwonkwo got a player rating of 7.43 in the game. "Man of the match" Okwonkwo scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A 3-3 draw at Vicenza's stadium before that.

Goals are few and far between in Cittadella's away league games. Only 10 goals from 10 travels. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Cittadella have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have played before this season: Cittadella - Crotone 4-2. Previous ten meetings involving these squads: Crotone won two, Cittadella triumphed in three and we saw five draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

CittadellaE. Baldini
E. Baldini
7 goals
CittadellaO. Okwonkwo
O. Okwonkwo
7 goals
CrotoneS. Mulattieri
S. Mulattieri
6 goals

Crotone missing players

Cittadella missing players

Crotone Cittadella
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 3 10 20
2 2 0 Won W 2 3 8
7 4 2 Drew D 1 4 7
11 4 0 Lost L 0 3 5
22 13 4 Scored S 5 10 25
34 16 4 Conceded C 3 13 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
80% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 60% 65%
50% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 20% 30%
30% 30% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 20%
15% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 20% 15%
65% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 30% 40%
35% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 15%
 
6.2 6.6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.4 5.2
4.5 4.5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.4 3.9
2.4 2.3 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.3 3.6 3.5
4 2 1 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
12.6 12.2 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 15.7 15.4 14.2
4 4.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.4 5.2
28% 32% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 23% 24%
 
12.8 11.7 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 18.3 13.1 11
4.7 3.9 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.9 4
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cittadella haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Crotone have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Crotone have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Crotone have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Serie B
  • Crotone 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 Lecce 20 11 7 2 34 17 10 7 3 0 23 9 10 4 4 2 11 8 17 40
2 Pisa 20 11 6 3 27 15 10 6 3 1 13 7 10 5 3 2 14 8 12 39
3 Brescia 20 11 5 4 33 21 10 3 4 3 14 13 10 8 1 1 19 8 12 38
4 Benevento 20 10 5 5 33 20 10 6 2 2 21 11 10 4 3 3 12 9 13 35
5 Cremonese 20 10 5 5 30 19 10 5 4 1 16 9 10 5 1 4 14 10 11 35
6 Monza 20 9 8 3 28 21 10 8 2 0 20 9 10 1 6 3 8 12 7 35
7 Frosinone 20 8 10 2 32 18 10 3 6 1 15 10 10 5 4 1 17 8 14 34
8 Ascoli 20 9 5 6 29 27 9 2 3 4 8 13 11 7 2 2 21 14 2 32
9 Cittadella 20 8 7 5 25 22 10 5 3 2 15 9 10 3 4 3 10 13 3 31
10 Perugia 20 6 10 4 21 19 10 3 4 3 10 10 10 3 6 1 11 9 2 28
11 Como 20 6 8 6 26 25 10 3 4 3 11 9 10 3 4 3 15 16 1 26
12 Parma 20 5 9 6 22 23 10 2 5 3 7 8 10 3 4 3 15 15 -1 24
13 Ternana 20 6 6 8 30 32 10 4 1 5 15 16 10 2 5 3 15 16 -2 24
14 Reggina 20 6 5 9 16 27 10 3 2 5 9 15 10 3 3 4 7 12 -11 23
15 SPAL 20 5 7 8 23 27 11 2 5 4 17 17 9 3 2 4 6 10 -4 22
16 Alessandria 20 6 2 12 22 31 10 4 1 5 8 12 10 2 1 7 14 19 -9 20
17 Cosenza 20 4 5 11 17 33 10 4 1 5 10 12 10 0 4 6 7 21 -16 17
18 Crotone 20 2 7 11 22 34 10 2 4 4 13 16 10 0 3 7 9 18 -12 13
19 Vicenza 20 3 2 15 21 38 10 1 2 7 11 19 10 2 0 8 10 19 -17 11
20 Pordenone 20 2 5 13 16 38 10 1 3 6 9 18 10 1 2 7 7 20 -22 11

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.