Pordenone vs Cittadella pre-match guide

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Tue 15.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Guido Teghil

Cittadella know they face a grim journey to Pordenone and their Stadio Guido Teghil. This match preview has all the info you require ahead of the game.

Insights:
  • Pordenone have the most conceded goals (43) in Serie B

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Pordenone and Cittadella.

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Pordenone form and stats

Pordenone's struggle is real here at Stadio Guido Teghil with only 7 points collected from 11 Serie B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-6.

The followers are hoping that Pordenone will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the game against Parma (placed 11th). Midfielder Vokic was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.64 (out of ten) in that game. Vokic hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus SPAL that ended 1-1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Pordenone as they are travelling to their away game against Reggina in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Pordenone here at Stadio Guido Teghil in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 11 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Pordenone defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Cittadella form and stats

Playing away, Cittadella have won 3 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie B this season. Cittadella are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

Cittadella are looking to quickly end their 229 minutes long goal drought in the Serie B.

Cittadella's previous game was their home loss versus Cremonese (0-2). Midfielder Laribi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.6. Laribi hit one key pass.

A 0-0 draw at Crotone's stadium before that.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 13 goals have been conceded by Cittadella in these games.

Head 2 Head

Cittadella - Pordenone 1-0 was the result in these teams' last head-to-head match, earlier this season. Numbers for the former seven meetings between these two participants are: one win for Pordenone, one draw and five wins for Cittadella. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

CittadellaE. Baldini
E. Baldini
7 goals
CittadellaO. Okwonkwo
O. Okwonkwo
7 goals
PordenoneK. Butić
K. Butić
4 goals

Pordenone missing players

Cittadella missing players

Pordenone Cittadella
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 4 11 22
2 1 0 Won W 2 3 8
6 4 0 Drew D 2 5 8
14 6 4 Lost L 0 3 6
18 10 1 Scored S 5 10 25
43 19 9 Conceded C 3 13 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 91% 91%
68% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 55% 64%
45% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 18% 27%
41% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 18% 18%
18% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 18% 14%
55% 55% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 45% 45%
9% 9% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 36% 41%
36% 36% 75% Failed to Score F T 25% 27% 23%
 
4.5 4.4 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5.4 5.2
5 4.5 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.3 3.9
3 3.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.3 3.5
6 3 0 Red cards R C 2 2 4
 
11.7 12.1 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 14.9 14.1
2.5 2.6 1.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4.2 5
33% 34% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 22% 23%
 
15.5 14 12 Shots against (avg) S A 17 13.1 11.1
5.6 5.1 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.7 4
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Pordenone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Pordenone have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the most conceded goals (43) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the most conceded goals in the second half (25) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the the worst goal difference (-25) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Serie B
  • Pordenone 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 Lecce 21 11 8 2 35 18 10 7 3 0 23 9 11 4 5 2 12 9 17 41
2 Cremonese 22 12 5 5 35 21 11 6 4 1 19 11 11 6 1 4 16 10 14 41
3 Pisa 22 11 8 3 28 16 11 6 4 1 13 7 11 5 4 2 15 9 12 41
4 Brescia 21 11 6 4 33 21 10 3 4 3 14 13 11 8 2 1 19 8 12 39
5 Monza 22 10 8 4 34 24 11 9 2 0 24 9 11 1 6 4 10 15 10 38
6 Frosinone 22 9 10 3 34 21 11 4 6 1 17 10 11 5 4 2 17 11 13 37
7 Benevento 21 10 6 5 33 20 11 6 3 2 21 11 10 4 3 3 12 9 13 36
8 Perugia 22 8 10 4 25 19 11 4 4 3 13 10 11 4 6 1 12 9 6 34
9 Ascoli 21 9 5 7 29 28 10 2 3 5 8 14 11 7 2 2 21 14 1 32
10 Cittadella 22 8 8 6 25 24 11 5 3 3 15 11 11 3 5 3 10 13 1 32
11 Parma 22 6 10 6 26 24 11 3 5 3 11 9 11 3 5 3 15 15 2 28
12 Ternana 22 7 7 8 32 32 11 5 1 5 17 16 11 2 6 3 15 16 0 28
13 Como 21 6 9 6 27 26 11 3 5 3 12 10 10 3 4 3 15 16 1 27
14 Reggina 22 7 5 10 17 29 11 4 2 5 10 15 11 3 3 5 7 14 -12 26
15 SPAL 22 5 8 9 24 32 11 2 5 4 17 17 11 3 3 5 7 15 -8 23
16 Alessandria 21 6 3 12 23 32 11 4 2 5 9 13 10 2 1 7 14 19 -9 21
17 Cosenza 22 4 7 11 17 33 11 4 2 5 10 12 11 0 5 6 7 21 -16 19
18 Crotone 22 2 8 12 22 35 11 2 5 4 13 16 11 0 3 8 9 19 -13 14
19 Vicenza 22 3 3 16 21 40 11 1 3 7 11 19 11 2 0 9 10 21 -19 12
20 Pordenone 22 2 6 14 18 43 11 1 4 6 10 19 11 1 2 8 8 24 -25 12

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.