Football tips: Pescara vs Cosenza - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Wed 30.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia (23800 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Serie B, with both Pescara and Cosenza experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 18th and the visitors in 16th place.

Insights:
  • Pescara has the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Serie B
  • Cosenza has the fewest scored goals (11) in Serie B

It's no vacation for neither Pescara nor Cosenza as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Pescara form and stats

Pescara's results here at Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia in the Serie B have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

The fans are hoping that Pescara will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Serie B game against Virtus Entella (placed 20th). In the match before that, Pescara hosted Brescia and drew the game 1-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Pescara have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won five, drawn seven and lost five.

The Pescara fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Pescara have conceded 13 from these games.

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Cosenza form and stats

2-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cosenza, who have the fewest scored goals (11) in Serie B, in their Serie B matches away.

Cosenza's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Pisa that finished 1-1. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Venezia.

Wladimiro Falcone had red hot gloves after the game against Pisa, shaping the outcome of the game with seven saves made.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Cosenza in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Cosenza, four draws and five defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cosenza have scored 7 goals in 7 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Pescara two wins, two draws and Cosenza zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PescaraD. Ceter Valencia
D. Ceter Valencia
4 goals
PescaraC. Galano
C. Galano
3 goals
PescaraF. Maistro
F. Maistro
3 goals

Pescara missing players

Cosenza missing players

Pescara Cosenza
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 8 0 Played P 3 7 15
3 2 0 Won W 1 2 2
3 2 0 Drew D 1 3 8
9 4 0 Lost L 1 2 5
14 10 0 Scored S 3 7 11
28 13 0 Conceded C 1 5 12
87% 88% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 86% 80%
87% 88% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 71% 60%
53% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 14% 13%
40% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
13% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 62% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 40%
20% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 43% 33%
47% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 43% 47%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.4 3.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
10.1 12.1 0 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 11 11.9
3.1 3.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.9 3.3
30% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 26% 22%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cosenza has the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Serie B
  • Cosenza has the fewest scored goals (11) in Serie B
  • Cosenza has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Serie B
  • Cosenza has the most matches under the total-line (13) in Serie B
  • Cosenza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pescara has the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Serie B

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Salernitana 15 9 4 2 22 13 8 6 2 0 15 5 7 3 2 2 7 8 9 31
2 Empoli 14 7 6 1 23 12 7 4 3 0 11 4 7 3 3 1 12 8 11 27
3 Cittadella 13 8 2 3 25 11 7 5 1 1 14 4 6 3 1 2 11 7 14 26
4 SPAL 15 7 5 3 19 12 7 5 2 0 13 3 8 2 3 3 6 9 7 26
5 Frosinone 15 7 4 4 16 14 8 3 3 2 6 7 7 4 1 2 10 7 2 25
6 Lecce 15 6 6 3 29 20 8 3 4 1 18 12 7 3 2 2 11 8 9 24
7 Monza 14 6 5 3 20 12 7 4 2 1 12 3 7 2 3 2 8 9 8 23
8 Venezia 15 6 5 4 19 14 8 4 1 3 10 7 7 2 4 1 9 7 5 23
9 Chievo 13 5 5 3 17 12 6 3 1 2 9 5 7 2 4 1 8 7 5 20
10 Pisa 15 4 7 4 22 28 7 2 4 1 8 9 8 2 3 3 14 19 -6 19
11 Brescia 14 4 6 4 22 20 7 3 3 1 15 9 7 1 3 3 7 11 2 18
12 Pordenone 15 3 9 3 15 15 7 0 6 1 9 10 8 3 3 2 6 5 0 18
13 Vicenza 14 3 7 4 20 23 6 1 5 0 10 9 8 2 2 4 10 14 -3 16
14 Cremonese 14 3 6 5 15 18 7 2 3 2 8 9 7 1 3 3 7 9 -3 15
15 Reggiana 14 4 3 7 15 23 7 2 2 3 9 8 7 2 1 4 6 15 -8 15
16 Cosenza 15 2 8 5 11 12 8 0 5 3 4 7 7 2 3 2 7 5 -1 14
17 Reggina 15 3 5 7 14 22 7 2 1 4 8 10 8 1 4 3 6 12 -8 14
18 Pescara 15 3 3 9 14 28 8 2 2 4 10 13 7 1 1 5 4 15 -14 12
19 Ascoli 15 2 3 10 12 24 7 2 1 4 5 10 8 0 2 6 7 14 -12 9
20 Virtus Entella 15 1 5 9 12 29 8 1 1 6 7 17 7 0 4 3 5 12 -17 8

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.