Pescara vs Cosenza: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Date: Mon 03.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia (23800 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Pescara are in the 8th position while the guesting Cosenza worry at 18th.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Pescara form and stats

Overall Serie B stats at home this season for Pescara are 3-5-3 (wins-draw-losses).

Happy days for Pescara in their previous game, a Serie B match away at Pordenone (placed 2nd) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Preceding that match was a defeat to Salernitana (1-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Pescara handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are Wsix-Dfive-Lthree.

The Pescara fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Cosenza form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cosenza so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-5 (win-draw-lose). Three has not been a lucky number for Cosenza as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Empoli match. Cosenza has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Cosenza, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Salernitana (placed 4th). A 0-1 loss hosting Crotone before that.

Cosenza are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and six defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

Cosenza are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Cosenza have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Cosenza - Pescara 1-2. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: one win for Pescara, two draws and zero wins for Cosenza. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

PescaraC. Galano
C. Galano
11 goals
CosenzaE. Rivière
E. Rivière
7 goals
CosenzaM. Bruccini
M. Bruccini
4 goals

Pescara missing players

Cosenza missing players

Pescara Cosenza
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 4 11 21
8 3 0 Won W 2 2 4
5 5 3 Drew D 1 4 8
8 3 0 Lost L 1 5 9
32 18 4 Scored S 8 14 23
28 14 4 Conceded C 5 15 25
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
95% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 67%
62% 64% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 55% 38%
24% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 45% 24%
5% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 5%
62% 64% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 64% 62%
29% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 14%
14% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 29%
 
4.1 4.4 3.3 Corners For (avg) C F 5.5 4.5 5.4
4.6 4.8 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5.1 4.6
2.3 2.3 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.1 2.5
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
 
257 140 34 Total Shots T S 42 116 253
78 44 11 Shots on Target S O 20 47 89
41% 41% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 30% 26%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cosenza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pescara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 21 15 5 1 37 11 11 9 2 0 24 3 10 6 3 1 13 8 26 50
2 Pordenone 21 10 5 6 29 27 11 8 2 1 16 5 10 2 3 5 13 22 2 35
3 Crotone 21 10 4 7 33 24 11 6 3 2 20 11 10 4 1 5 13 13 9 34
4 Salernitana 21 9 5 7 31 27 10 5 4 1 18 11 11 4 1 6 13 16 4 32
5 Frosinone 21 8 7 6 25 19 10 6 3 1 19 7 11 2 4 5 6 12 6 31
6 Virtus Entella 21 8 7 6 26 23 10 5 4 1 10 5 11 3 3 5 16 18 3 31
7 Chievo 21 7 9 5 27 23 10 5 3 2 16 11 11 2 6 3 11 12 4 30
8 Perugia 21 8 6 7 25 27 11 6 3 2 15 9 10 2 3 5 10 18 -2 30
9 Cittadella 21 8 6 7 24 26 11 4 3 4 14 17 10 4 3 3 10 9 -2 30
10 Pescara 21 8 5 8 32 28 11 3 5 3 18 14 10 5 0 5 14 14 4 29
11 Pisa 22 7 8 7 30 29 11 4 4 3 16 14 11 3 4 4 14 15 1 29
12 Spezia 20 7 7 6 25 22 10 4 3 3 14 11 10 3 4 3 11 11 3 28
13 Juve Stabia 21 8 4 9 23 29 11 6 1 4 14 14 10 2 3 5 9 15 -6 28
14 Ascoli 21 8 3 10 28 30 10 7 1 2 16 8 11 1 2 8 12 22 -2 27
15 Venezia 21 5 9 7 19 23 10 2 3 5 7 12 11 3 6 2 12 11 -4 24
16 Empoli 21 5 9 7 21 27 11 4 6 1 15 10 10 1 3 6 6 17 -6 24
17 Cremonese 21 5 8 8 17 25 11 4 4 3 11 11 10 1 4 5 6 14 -8 23
18 Cosenza 21 4 8 9 23 25 10 2 4 4 9 10 11 2 4 5 14 15 -2 20
19 Trapani 21 4 7 10 23 38 10 2 4 4 12 14 11 2 3 6 11 24 -15 19
20 Livorno 21 3 4 14 18 33 10 3 1 6 15 20 11 0 3 8 3 13 -15 13

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.