Livorno vs Virtus Entella betting preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Date: Sat 18.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

The visiting Virtus Entella side should be favourites in this visit to Livorno, as the away team holds a 17 point advantage from their 19 league games this season.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Virtus Entella have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 10-11-16 (win-draw-loss) from 37 matches.

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Livorno form and stats

Livorno's results here in the Serie B have been very modest with 3 victories, 0 draws and 6 defeats. Game days have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Livorno as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

Livorno manager P. Tramezzani and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Empoli (placed 15th) in the Serie B. Ahead of that match, Livorno lost 0-2 at home to Pescara.

Livorno has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded.

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Virtus Entella form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie B matches, Virtus Entella have produced an overall stat of 3-2-5 so far.

It's the second away game in a row for Virtus Entella, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Cittadella (placed 5th) in the Serie B last time out. A draw for Virtus Entella before that, at their own venue hosting Spezia (0-0).

Virtus Entella find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 12 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Virtus Entella in these games.

Head 2 Head

Virtus Entella - Livorno 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 1 - 3 - 1 (Livorno wins - draws - Virtus Entella wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LivornoM. Marras
M. Marras
5 goals
Virtus EntellaG. De Luca
G. De Luca
5 goals
LivornoD. Marsura
D. Marsura
4 goals

Livorno missing players

Virtus Entella missing players

Livorno Virtus Entella
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 1 10 19
3 3 1 Won W 1 3 8
3 0 0 Drew D 0 2 5
13 6 1 Lost L 0 5 6
14 11 2 Scored S 1 12 21
28 16 3 Conceded C 0 14 18
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
63% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 90% 74%
32% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 26%
11% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 11%
11% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
42% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 70% 47%
11% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 20% 42%
53% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 16%
 
5.4 6.9 4.5 Corners For (avg) C F 6 4.5 5.1
4.8 4 7.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 5.9 5.1
2.4 2.1 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 3.4 2.7
2 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 3 3
 
251 137 19 Total Shots T S 14 118 244
78 40 6 Shots on Target S O 5 38 80
18% 28% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 32% 26%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Livorno has the most conceded goals (16) at home
  • Livorno have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Livorno have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Livorno haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Livorno is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Virtus Entella has the fewest points from losing position (2)
  • Virtus Entella have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Virtus Entella 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 Benevento 19 14 4 1 34 9 10 9 1 0 23 2 9 5 3 1 11 7 25 46
2 Pordenone 19 10 4 5 27 23 10 8 2 0 16 3 9 2 2 5 11 20 4 34
3 Crotone 19 9 4 6 31 22 10 6 3 1 19 9 9 3 1 5 12 13 9 31
4 Virtus Entella 19 8 5 6 21 18 9 5 3 1 9 4 10 3 2 5 12 14 3 29
5 Cittadella 19 8 5 6 22 23 10 4 3 3 13 15 9 4 2 3 9 8 -1 29
6 Frosinone 19 7 6 6 22 17 9 6 2 1 17 5 10 1 4 5 5 12 5 27
7 Ascoli 19 8 3 8 27 26 9 7 1 1 16 7 10 1 2 7 11 19 1 27
8 Perugia 19 7 6 6 24 25 10 5 3 2 14 9 9 2 3 4 10 16 -1 27
9 Pescara 19 7 5 7 29 26 10 3 5 2 17 12 9 4 0 5 12 14 3 26
10 Salernitana 19 7 5 7 27 25 9 4 4 1 16 10 10 3 1 6 11 15 2 26
11 Chievo 19 6 8 5 24 22 9 4 3 2 14 11 10 2 5 3 10 11 2 26
12 Spezia 18 6 6 6 22 20 9 4 2 3 13 10 9 2 4 3 9 10 2 24
13 Pisa 19 6 6 7 24 24 10 4 3 3 15 13 9 2 3 4 9 11 0 24
14 Juve Stabia 19 7 3 9 21 28 10 5 1 4 13 14 9 2 2 5 8 14 -7 24
15 Empoli 19 5 8 6 20 25 10 4 5 1 14 9 9 1 3 5 6 16 -5 23
16 Venezia 19 5 7 7 18 22 9 2 2 5 6 11 10 3 5 2 12 11 -4 22
17 Cremonese 18 5 6 7 13 20 9 4 3 2 8 7 9 1 3 5 5 13 -7 21
18 Cosenza 19 4 8 7 22 22 9 2 4 3 9 9 10 2 4 4 13 13 0 20
19 Trapani 19 3 6 10 19 36 9 1 4 4 9 13 10 2 2 6 10 23 -17 15
20 Livorno 19 3 3 13 14 28 9 3 0 6 11 16 10 0 3 7 3 12 -14 12

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.