Reggiana vs Reggina betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 27.December
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore (21584 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Serie B, Reggiana holding 15th place and Reggina lying 18th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Reggiana have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reggina has the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Serie B

Reggiana and Reggina 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.

These teams have little in common geographically as Reggina have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Reggiana form and stats

The story so far in the Serie B for Reggiana at their home stadium (MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Reggiana shared the glory with Empoli in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Brescia.

Reggiana's goalie Michele Cerofolini played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Empoli with a stunning six saves.

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 Reggiana have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost zero.

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

The Reggiana fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Reggiana have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Reggina form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Reggina so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-3 (win-draw-lose).

Reggina has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Vicenza for a Serie B game that ended a draw (1-1). Preceding that, the 1-3 home loss versus Cittadella.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Reggina playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were five Reggina wins, five draws and three defeats.

After this away game Reggina return home for a Serie B game against Cremonese. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Reggina as they have only managed to score 5 times from 7 away games in the league. As for defending, Reggina rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 12 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

ReggianaS. Mazzocchi
S. Mazzocchi
6 goals
RegginaD. Liotti
D. Liotti
4 goals
ReggianaI. Radrezza
I. Radrezza
3 goals

Reggiana missing players

Reggina missing players

Reggiana Reggina
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 1 7 14
4 2 0 Won W 0 0 2
3 2 1 Drew D 1 4 5
6 2 0 Lost L 0 3 7
15 9 1 Scored S 1 5 13
22 7 1 Conceded C 1 12 22
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
77% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 79%
62% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 57%
23% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 21%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
54% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 64%
31% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 7%
23% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 36%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.2 3.2 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.4 3.4
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
9.8 9.5 9 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.6 9.7
3.2 3.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 2.6 3.1
38% 43% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 28% 30%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Reggiana have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reggiana haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Reggina has the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Serie B
  • Reggina have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Reggina have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Reggina have yet to win a game away.
  • Reggina haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Salernitana 14 8 4 2 20 12 8 6 2 0 15 5 6 2 2 2 5 7 8 28
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 14 7 5 2 19 10 7 5 2 0 13 3 7 2 3 2 6 7 9 26
5 Frosinone 14 7 3 4 15 13 7 3 2 2 5 6 7 4 1 2 10 7 2 24
6 Monza 14 6 5 3 20 12 7 4 2 1 12 3 7 2 3 2 8 9 8 23
7 Venezia 14 6 5 3 18 12 7 4 1 2 9 5 7 2 4 1 9 7 6 23
8 Lecce 14 5 6 3 27 19 7 2 4 1 16 11 7 3 2 2 11 8 8 21
9 Chievo 13 5 5 3 17 12 6 3 1 2 9 5 7 2 4 1 8 7 5 20
10 Brescia 14 4 6 4 22 20 7 3 3 1 15 9 7 1 3 3 7 11 2 18
11 Pisa 14 4 6 4 21 27 7 2 4 1 8 9 7 2 2 3 13 18 -6 18
12 Pordenone 14 3 8 3 14 14 7 0 6 1 9 10 7 3 2 2 5 4 0 17
13 Vicenza 13 3 7 3 19 21 6 1 5 0 10 9 7 2 2 3 9 12 -2 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 13 4 3 6 15 22 6 2 2 2 9 7 7 2 1 4 6 15 -7 15
16 Cosenza 14 2 7 5 10 11 7 0 4 3 3 6 7 2 3 2 7 5 -1 13
17 Pescara 14 3 3 8 14 25 8 2 2 4 10 13 6 1 1 4 4 12 -11 12
18 Reggina 14 2 5 7 13 22 7 2 1 4 8 10 7 0 4 3 5 12 -9 11
19 Ascoli 14 1 3 10 10 24 6 1 1 4 3 10 8 0 2 6 7 14 -14 6
20 Virtus Entella 14 0 5 9 9 29 7 0 1 6 4 17 7 0 4 3 5 12 -20 5

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.