Modena scrimmages with Cittadella in Serie B confrontation

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 02.April
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Alberto Braglia (21151 seats)

The home advantage belongs to Modena in this match versus Cittadella, but the visitors will resist to the end. Here's our match guide!

Insights:
  • Modena have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Serie B
  • Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Modena and Cittadella should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Modena form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie B, Modena have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 14 games.

Modena are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-5 away versus Palermo. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The versatile forward Strizzolo outdid all teammates in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.44 out of 10. Strizzolo scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match, Modena won a home game hosting Pisa (1-0).

This is expected to be a close game, with Modena perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Modena as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Modena has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Modena have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Alberto Braglia with 22 goals in 14 league matches. Modena have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Cittadella form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.

Home advantage was not enough for Cittadella in their previous game as they lost hosting Perugia, 0-2. Mastrantonio got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, top player of the team. Mastrantonio hit one key pass.

A 3-3 draw was the result before that, hosting Palermo.

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 16 relevant matches. Results were 4 Cittadella wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats.

The attacking power of Cittadella when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 15 league matches away. 20 goals have been conceded by Cittadella in these games.

Head 2 Head

Modena have managed a streak of 8 consecutive games without losing (4-4-0) when playing Cittadella.

Cittadella - Modena 0-0 was the product when these teams last met, some time ago this season.

Top Goalscorers

CittadellaM. Antonucci
M. Antonucci
9 goals
ModenaD. Diaw
D. Diaw
7 goals
ModenaN. Bonfanti
N. Bonfanti
6 goals

Modena missing players

Cittadella missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Modena Cittadella
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 14 5 Played P 6 15 30
11 6 1 Won W 1 4 8
5 4 3 Drew D 2 4 11
14 4 1 Lost L 3 7 11
41 22 7 Scored S 3 12 28
43 15 7 Conceded C 9 20 39
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 87% 80%
70% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 70%
50% 36% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 40%
30% 36% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 7% 13%
20% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
57% 50% 80% BTTS BTTS 33% 47% 40%
23% 29% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 33%
23% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 40% 47%
 
4.8 5.4 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.9 4.3
4.8 4.4 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 5.3 4.3
2.3 2.2 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.1 3.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 8
 
12.5 12.6 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 11.1 13
3.8 4 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.5 3.9
36% 39% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 23% 24%
 
13.6 12.1 11.4 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 11.2 10.3
5 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.4 3.9
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Modena have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Serie B
  • Modena haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Frosinone 30 19 5 6 48 19 15 11 2 2 27 8 15 8 3 4 21 11 29 62
2 Genoa 30 16 9 5 39 19 15 8 6 1 20 6 15 8 3 4 19 13 20 56
3 Südtirol 30 13 12 5 34 28 16 6 8 2 20 16 14 7 4 3 14 12 6 51
4 Bari 1908 30 13 11 6 45 28 15 5 7 3 24 16 15 8 4 3 21 12 17 50
5 Pisa 30 11 12 7 42 29 15 7 4 4 24 14 15 4 8 3 18 15 13 45
6 Cagliari 30 11 12 7 38 29 15 9 4 2 23 14 15 2 8 5 15 15 9 45
7 Reggina 29 13 3 13 39 35 15 7 2 6 23 19 14 6 1 7 16 16 4 42
8 Palermo 30 10 12 8 38 37 15 7 5 3 20 13 15 3 7 5 18 24 1 42
9 Parma 30 11 8 11 35 33 15 7 2 6 18 13 15 4 6 5 17 20 2 41
10 Como 30 9 12 9 35 36 15 7 4 4 21 15 15 2 8 5 14 21 -1 39
11 Ternana 30 10 9 11 29 36 15 7 5 3 16 12 15 3 4 8 13 24 -7 39
12 Modena 30 11 5 14 41 43 14 6 4 4 22 15 16 5 1 10 19 28 -2 38
13 Ascoli 30 9 9 12 30 36 15 3 5 7 12 17 15 6 4 5 18 19 -6 36
14 Cittadella 30 8 11 11 28 39 15 4 7 4 16 19 15 4 4 7 12 20 -11 35
15 Perugia 29 9 6 14 32 34 13 5 4 4 17 14 16 4 2 10 15 20 -2 33
16 Venezia 30 8 9 13 31 39 15 3 5 7 15 21 15 5 4 6 16 18 -8 33
17 Cosenza 30 8 8 14 25 47 15 6 5 4 17 15 15 2 3 10 8 32 -22 32
18 Benevento 30 6 11 13 23 33 15 3 4 8 10 18 15 3 7 5 13 15 -10 29
19 SPAL 30 6 10 14 31 42 15 4 4 7 21 22 15 2 6 7 10 20 -11 28
20 Brescia 30 6 10 14 23 44 16 4 5 7 13 20 14 2 5 7 10 24 -21 28

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 Frosinone 30 19 5 6 48 19 15 11 2 2 27 8 15 8 3 4 21 11 29 62
2 Genoa 30 16 9 5 39 19 15 8 6 1 20 6 15 8 3 4 19 13 20 56
3 Südtirol 30 13 12 5 34 28 16 6 8 2 20 16 14 7 4 3 14 12 6 51
4 Bari 1908 30 13 11 6 45 28 15 5 7 3 24 16 15 8 4 3 21 12 17 50
5 Pisa 30 11 12 7 42 29 15 7 4 4 24 14 15 4 8 3 18 15 13 45
6 Cagliari 30 11 12 7 38 29 15 9 4 2 23 14 15 2 8 5 15 15 9 45
7 Reggina 29 13 3 13 39 35 15 7 2 6 23 19 14 6 1 7 16 16 4 42
8 Palermo 30 10 12 8 38 37 15 7 5 3 20 13 15 3 7 5 18 24 1 42
9 Parma 30 11 8 11 35 33 15 7 2 6 18 13 15 4 6 5 17 20 2 41
10 Como 30 9 12 9 35 36 15 7 4 4 21 15 15 2 8 5 14 21 -1 39
11 Ternana 30 10 9 11 29 36 15 7 5 3 16 12 15 3 4 8 13 24 -7 39
12 Modena 30 11 5 14 41 43 14 6 4 4 22 15 16 5 1 10 19 28 -2 38
13 Ascoli 30 9 9 12 30 36 15 3 5 7 12 17 15 6 4 5 18 19 -6 36
14 Cittadella 30 8 11 11 28 39 15 4 7 4 16 19 15 4 4 7 12 20 -11 35
15 Perugia 29 9 6 14 32 34 13 5 4 4 17 14 16 4 2 10 15 20 -2 33
16 Venezia 30 8 9 13 31 39 15 3 5 7 15 21 15 5 4 6 16 18 -8 33
17 Cosenza 30 8 8 14 25 47 15 6 5 4 17 15 15 2 3 10 8 32 -22 32
18 Benevento 30 6 11 13 23 33 15 3 4 8 10 18 15 3 7 5 13 15 -10 29
19 SPAL 30 6 10 14 31 42 15 4 4 7 21 22 15 2 6 7 10 20 -11 28
20 Brescia 30 6 10 14 23 44 16 4 5 7 13 20 14 2 5 7 10 24 -21 28

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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.