Pisa favourites for feisty fight facing Cittadella

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 14.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani (14869 seats)

Pisa are probable winners of this home match vs Cittadella, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or could we be in for a surprise?

Insights:
  • Pisa is in the best form (4-2-0) in Serie B
  • Cittadella have the fewest scored goals (13) in Serie B

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Pisa form and stats

Pisa have collected 17 points from their Serie B home games so far after 5-2-2. days ago.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Alessandro Livieri not having conceded a league goal in 495 minutes.

It's back home for Pisa, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating SPAL away with the result 1-0. Sibilli found the net in that victory. The victory against SPAL came after Sibilli's winning goal. The Pisa manager D'Angelo was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 22nd minute. The attacker Sibilli won the honour of being "man of the match" for Pisa with the rating of 7.81/10. Sibilli scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match, Pisa won a home game hosting Brescia (3-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Pisa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 6 and lost 1.

"Both teams to score yes/no" info: This team have finished 5 league rounds in a row with only one (or none) side finding the net.

A decent goal production from Pisa in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league matches. Pisa have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cittadella form and stats

Cittadella have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 2-3-5 (10 played). With the Cittadella losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Cittadella are looking to quickly end their 388 minutes long goal drought in the Serie B.

Cittadella are travelling again after losing away to Como in their previous match (0-2). Midfield player Carriero was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.6/10. Carriero hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A loss against Sudtirol was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Cittadella are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 7 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

Lacking goals? 11 of this team's last 13 league matches have seen two or less goals.

The attacking power of Cittadella when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 10 league matches away. As opposed to that, Cittadella have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road. Cittadella has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The most up to date past history involving both these participants is the Cittadella - Pisa 4-3 played previously this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Pisa two wins, one draw and Cittadella seven victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

PisaE. Gliozzi
E. Gliozzi
7 goals
PisaE. Torregrossa
E. Torregrossa
5 goals
CittadellaM. Antonucci
M. Antonucci
5 goals

Pisa missing players

Cittadella missing players

Pisa Cittadella
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 3 10 19
7 5 1 Won W 1 2 4
8 2 1 Drew D 0 3 7
4 2 0 Lost L 2 5 8
30 17 5 Scored S 2 6 13
20 8 3 Conceded C 6 12 24
79% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 79%
63% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 63%
47% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 30% 26%
37% 44% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 10% 11%
16% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
53% 44% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 30% 32%
37% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 37%
32% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 53%
 
4.4 5.2 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.2 4.5
5.2 4.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 4.9 3.8
2.6 2.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3.5 3.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
11.7 11.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 11.4 13.6
3.9 3.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.2 3.7
41% 50% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 19% 19%
 
12.2 10.8 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.1 9.8
3.7 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.8 3.8
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cittadella have the fewest scored goals (13) in Serie B
  • Cittadella have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Serie B
  • Pisa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pisa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Pisa have scored more than double the goals of Cittadella.
  • Pisa is in the best form (4-2-0) 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 Frosinone 19 12 3 4 28 11 9 7 2 0 15 2 10 5 1 4 13 9 17 39
2 Reggina 19 11 3 5 30 16 9 5 2 2 19 9 10 6 1 3 11 7 14 36
3 Genoa 19 9 6 4 21 14 9 3 5 1 9 6 10 6 1 3 12 8 7 33
4 Bari 1908 19 7 9 3 30 19 9 2 5 2 16 12 10 5 4 1 14 7 11 30
5 Pisa 19 7 8 4 30 20 9 5 2 2 17 8 10 2 6 2 13 12 10 29
6 Parma 19 7 6 6 25 20 10 5 1 4 14 11 9 2 5 2 11 9 5 27
7 Sudtirol 19 6 8 5 21 24 10 2 6 2 11 12 9 4 2 3 10 12 -3 26
8 Ternana 19 7 5 7 20 24 9 4 3 2 8 6 10 3 2 5 12 18 -4 26
9 Ascoli 19 6 7 6 24 23 10 2 4 4 10 13 9 4 3 2 14 10 1 25
10 Modena 19 7 4 8 28 28 9 3 3 3 15 12 10 4 1 5 13 16 0 25
11 Cagliari 19 6 7 6 23 23 10 5 3 2 14 12 9 1 4 4 9 11 0 25
12 Brescia 19 6 7 6 20 26 10 4 4 2 11 9 9 2 3 4 9 17 -6 25
13 Palermo 19 6 6 7 19 22 10 4 3 3 11 9 9 2 3 4 8 13 -3 24
14 Benevento 19 5 7 7 17 20 10 2 3 5 7 12 9 3 4 2 10 8 -3 22
15 Como 19 5 7 7 22 27 10 4 3 3 11 10 9 1 4 4 11 17 -5 22
16 SPAL 19 4 8 7 21 23 10 3 2 5 14 13 9 1 6 2 7 10 -2 20
17 Venezia 19 5 5 9 23 28 10 2 2 6 11 17 9 3 3 3 12 11 -5 20
18 Perugia 19 5 4 10 16 24 9 3 2 4 7 11 10 2 2 6 9 13 -8 19
19 Cittadella 19 4 7 8 13 24 9 2 4 3 7 12 10 2 3 5 6 12 -11 19
20 Cosenza 19 4 5 10 17 32 9 3 2 4 12 13 10 1 3 6 5 19 -15 17

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.