Serie B: Tipsway are looking at an engrossing and highly important fight between Palermo and Cittadella at Stadio Renzo Barbera. They both need three points!
- Palermo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cittadella have yet to win a game away.
These teams have little in common geographically as Cittadella have to travel 1400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Palermo form and stats
2-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Palermo so far this season. When Palermo hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Palermo, Venezia, Como, Pisa, Benevento and Perugia), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Palermo drew their last game, also a home match. Pisa (placed 18th) was the opponent, 3-3 the score. Opportunity lost for Palermo in the Pisa match as a lead 3-1 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. Midfielder Elia was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.42 (out of ten) in that game. Elia scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Ternana.This is expected to be a close game, with Palermo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Palermo as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Palermo has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Palermo have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Renzo Barbera with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Palermo's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cittadella form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Two away games in a row for Cittadella, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 against Torino in the Coppa Italia.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs SPAL.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Cittadella in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Cittadella, 6 draws and 4 defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Cittadella's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 4 matches. Cittadella have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Palermo won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Cittadella managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / three.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Brunori Sandri 3 goals | S. Elia 3 goals |   M. Antonucci 2 goals |
Palermo missing players
Cittadella missing players
| Palermo | Cittadella | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 8 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 78% |
| 67% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 67% |
| 44% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 22% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 22% | 40% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 22% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 44% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 12.4 | 14.6 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.2 | 12.9 |
| 4 | 5.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| 25% | 31% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 24% |
| 13 | 11.8 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.2 | 10.2 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
- Cittadella have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cittadella have yet to win a game away.
- Palermo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cittadella have scored away.
- Palermo 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 | Ternana | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Reggina | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 3 | Frosinone | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Bari 1908 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Genoa | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Parma | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Brescia | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | Cagliari | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Sudtirol | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Modena | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Ascoli | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Cosenza | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | SPAL | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Cittadella | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Benevento | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Venezia | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Palermo | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 18 | Pisa | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 7 |
| 19 | Como | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 6 |
| 20 | Perugia | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 4 |
