Serie B match prognosis and preview for the Pordenone vs Crotone meet

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Guido Teghil

This fixture involves two contenders residing in the cellar of the Serie B, Pordenone at 20th spot and Crotone in 19th. A decent chance for one of the squads to upgrade their situation.

Insights:
  • Pordenone have the fewest scored goals (26) in Serie B
  • Crotone have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Serie B

Pordenone have had a bad season and will be relegated from Serie B. Crotone are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Pordenone and Crotone should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Pordenone form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie B this season. Pordenone have only managed 2 wins, 6 draws and 10 losses from their games here at Stadio Guido Teghil. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Pordenone to get some points in this home game.

Pordenone lost their last game at Cosenza (placed 17th) after a 1-3 scoreline. Midfield player Lovisa got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Lovisa scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 39 successful passes (of 45 total).

Ahead of that match, Pordenone lost 1-4 at home to Benevento.

Pordenone aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Guido Teghil in the league, with only 16 goals from 18 games. Pordenone have conceded 31 from these games. Pordenone has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Crotone form and stats

There's been little loot from Crotone's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 18 away games in the Serie B. Crotone only have 0 wins to counter their 13 defeats and 5 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 20 away games in a row.

Crotone are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the game against Cremonese (placed 2nd).

Before that, Crotone travelled to SPAL and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Crotone as they have only managed to score 15 times from 18 away games in the league. Crotone's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 33 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The participants have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Crotone - Pordenone 4-1 written in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Pordenone one win, zero draws and Crotone two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CrotoneM. Marić
M. Marić
10 goals
PordenoneN. Cambiaghi
N. Cambiaghi
7 goals
CrotoneS. Mulattieri
S. Mulattieri
6 goals

Pordenone missing players

Crotone missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Pordenone Crotone
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 18 36
3 2 1 Won W 0 0 4
8 6 3 Drew D 3 5 13
25 10 1 Lost L 2 13 19
26 16 7 Scored S 3 15 38
67 31 7 Conceded C 5 33 57
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
67% 72% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 72% 75%
39% 33% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 44% 47%
33% 33% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 28% 28%
17% 17% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 14%
50% 56% 80% BTTS BTTS 60% 61% 61%
8% 11% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
42% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 39% 36%
 
4.6 4.4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.8 5.3
4.9 4.9 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 5 4.9
2.9 3.2 4.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.8 2.6
7 3 1 Red cards R C 3 4 6
 
12 12.3 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 11.7 12.2
2.9 3.3 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.6 3.9
25% 27% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 23% 27%
 
15 15 16.6 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 14.2 13
5.2 5 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5.1 4.5
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Crotone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Crotone have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Crotone have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Serie B
  • Crotone have yet to win a game away.
  • Crotone haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Pordenone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Pordenone have the fewest clean sheets (2) at home in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the fewest points (12) at home in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the fewest scored goals (26) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the most conceded goals (31) at home in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the most conceded goals (67) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the most conceded goals in the second half (38) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the most dropped points from leading position (27) in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the the worst goal difference (-15) at home in Serie B
  • Pordenone have the the worst goal difference (-41) 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 36 18 14 4 57 29 18 12 5 1 36 14 18 6 9 3 21 15 28 68
2 Cremonese 36 19 9 8 55 37 18 11 6 1 32 17 18 8 3 7 23 20 18 66
3 Monza 36 18 10 8 57 37 18 12 4 2 34 14 18 6 6 6 23 23 20 64
4 Benevento 36 18 9 9 61 34 18 10 4 4 37 18 18 8 5 5 24 16 27 63
5 Brescia 36 16 15 5 52 34 18 7 8 3 27 20 18 9 7 2 25 14 18 63
6 Pisa 36 17 12 7 45 33 18 10 7 1 25 12 18 7 5 6 20 21 12 63
7 Ascoli 36 17 8 11 47 41 18 7 6 5 20 17 18 10 2 6 27 24 6 59
8 Frosinone 36 15 13 8 57 40 18 10 6 2 33 14 18 5 7 6 24 26 17 58
9 Perugia 36 13 16 7 39 31 18 5 8 5 18 16 18 8 8 2 21 15 8 55
10 Ternana 36 14 9 13 56 57 18 8 2 8 29 27 18 6 7 5 27 30 -1 51
11 Cittadella 36 12 13 11 37 35 18 6 5 7 21 18 18 6 8 4 16 17 2 49
12 Reggina 36 13 9 14 30 42 18 9 2 7 18 20 18 4 7 7 12 22 -12 46
13 Parma 36 10 15 11 45 41 18 5 8 5 23 18 18 5 7 6 22 23 4 45
14 Como 36 10 14 12 44 51 18 5 7 6 19 19 18 5 7 6 25 32 -7 44
15 SPAL 36 7 15 14 41 53 18 3 8 7 27 28 18 4 7 7 14 25 -12 36
16 Alessandria 36 8 9 19 35 56 18 5 6 7 16 22 18 3 3 12 19 34 -21 33
17 Cosenza 36 7 10 19 34 58 18 7 3 8 20 23 18 0 7 11 14 35 -24 31
18 Vicenza 36 7 7 22 35 58 18 4 5 9 20 25 18 3 2 13 15 33 -23 28
19 Crotone 36 4 13 19 38 57 18 4 8 6 23 24 18 0 5 13 15 33 -19 25
20 Pordenone 36 3 8 25 26 67 18 2 6 10 16 31 18 1 2 15 10 36 -41 17

Table
  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 36 18 14 4 57 29 18 12 5 1 36 14 18 6 9 3 21 15 28 68
2 Cremonese 36 19 9 8 55 37 18 11 6 1 32 17 18 8 3 7 23 20 18 66
3 Monza 36 18 10 8 57 37 18 12 4 2 34 14 18 6 6 6 23 23 20 64
4 Benevento 36 18 9 9 61 34 18 10 4 4 37 18 18 8 5 5 24 16 27 63
5 Brescia 36 16 15 5 52 34 18 7 8 3 27 20 18 9 7 2 25 14 18 63
6 Pisa 36 17 12 7 45 33 18 10 7 1 25 12 18 7 5 6 20 21 12 63
7 Ascoli 36 17 8 11 47 41 18 7 6 5 20 17 18 10 2 6 27 24 6 59
8 Frosinone 36 15 13 8 57 40 18 10 6 2 33 14 18 5 7 6 24 26 17 58
9 Perugia 36 13 16 7 39 31 18 5 8 5 18 16 18 8 8 2 21 15 8 55
10 Ternana 36 14 9 13 56 57 18 8 2 8 29 27 18 6 7 5 27 30 -1 51
11 Cittadella 36 12 13 11 37 35 18 6 5 7 21 18 18 6 8 4 16 17 2 49
12 Reggina 36 13 9 14 30 42 18 9 2 7 18 20 18 4 7 7 12 22 -12 46
13 Parma 36 10 15 11 45 41 18 5 8 5 23 18 18 5 7 6 22 23 4 45
14 Como 36 10 14 12 44 51 18 5 7 6 19 19 18 5 7 6 25 32 -7 44
15 SPAL 36 7 15 14 41 53 18 3 8 7 27 28 18 4 7 7 14 25 -12 36
16 Alessandria 36 8 9 19 35 56 18 5 6 7 16 22 18 3 3 12 19 34 -21 33
17 Cosenza 36 7 10 19 34 58 18 7 3 8 20 23 18 0 7 11 14 35 -24 31
18 Vicenza 36 7 7 22 35 58 18 4 5 9 20 25 18 3 2 13 15 33 -23 28
19 Crotone 36 4 13 19 38 57 18 4 8 6 23 24 18 0 5 13 15 33 -19 25
20 Pordenone 36 3 8 25 26 67 18 2 6 10 16 31 18 1 2 15 10 36 -41 17

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