Open game expected at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore: Reggiana vs Venezia preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 22.Oct
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore (21584 seats)

Receiving guests at their own home is comfortable and good for Reggiana, but Venezia are fully set and capable to win this one. Who wins?

Insights:
  • Reggiana have yet to win a game at home.
  • Venezia have not yet lost a game away.

This has all the signs of an engrossing match with lots of fun and energy as both participants are well rested since they last played a game. Game on!

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Reggiana form and stats

0 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Reggiana have to build on here at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore in the Serie B. Three draws in a row here at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore for Reggiana, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Reggiana, who played 1-1 against Bari 1908. That match was also played at this venue (MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore). Girma (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.85/10. Girma scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 25 successful passes (of 27 total).

Prior to that, an away loss at Ternana.

Reggiana have conceded 6 from these games.

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Venezia form and stats

2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Venezia playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.

Venezia won their last game, 3-2 versus Parma played at home. Midfield player Busio was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.45/10. Busio scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 53 successful passes (of 57 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Modena with the score of 3-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Venezia playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 7 Venezia wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Venezia have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. Venezia are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - one - three (Reggiana wins - draws - Venezia wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VeneziaJ. Pohjanpalo
J. Pohjanpalo
3 goals
VeneziaN. Pierini
N. Pierini
3 goals
ReggianaS. Pettinari
S. Pettinari
2 goals

Reggiana missing players

Venezia missing players

Reggiana Venezia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 1 4 9
1 0 0 Won W 1 2 5
5 3 0 Drew D 0 2 3
3 1 1 Lost L 0 0 1
8 4 1 Scored S 2 5 14
13 6 3 Conceded C 1 2 8
78% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 50% 78%
67% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 67%
56% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 56%
33% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
56% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 56%
22% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 44%
44% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 22%
 
3.4 4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5 5.9
5.9 7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.5 4.6
2.7 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.9 12.2 15 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.8 13.7
3 3.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3 3.4
30% 31% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 42% 45%
 
16.2 19 18 Shots against (avg) S A 17 12.5 12.3
5 6 9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.2 4
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Reggiana have yet to win a game at home.
  • Venezia have not yet lost a game away.
  • Venezia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 Parma 9 6 2 1 18 7 5 3 2 0 7 2 4 3 0 1 11 5 11 20
2 Palermo 8 6 1 1 14 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 5 4 1 0 9 2 10 19
3 Venezia 9 5 3 1 14 8 5 3 1 1 9 6 4 2 2 0 5 2 6 18
4 Catanzaro 9 5 3 1 15 13 4 2 1 1 6 7 5 3 2 0 9 6 2 18
5 Cosenza 9 4 2 3 14 9 5 2 1 2 10 6 4 2 1 1 4 3 5 14
6 Como 8 4 2 2 11 10 4 2 1 1 6 6 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 14
7 Cremonese 9 3 4 2 12 10 5 0 3 2 4 6 4 3 1 0 8 4 2 13
8 Cittadella 9 3 4 2 9 11 5 2 2 1 5 6 4 1 2 1 4 5 -2 13
9 Modena 8 3 3 2 7 7 5 2 1 2 4 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 0 12
10 Brescia 6 2 4 0 5 2 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 10
11 Sudtirol 8 2 4 2 12 10 4 1 2 1 6 5 4 1 2 1 6 5 2 10
12 Bari 1908 9 1 7 1 8 8 4 0 4 0 4 4 5 1 3 1 4 4 0 10
13 Pisa 8 2 3 3 6 7 3 0 1 2 3 5 5 2 2 1 3 2 -1 9
14 Ascoli 9 2 3 4 10 12 4 2 1 1 6 2 5 0 2 3 4 10 -2 9
15 Reggiana 9 1 5 3 8 13 4 0 3 1 4 6 5 1 2 2 4 7 -5 8
16 Ternana 9 1 3 5 9 12 5 1 2 2 5 4 4 0 1 3 4 8 -3 6
17 Spezia 8 1 3 4 6 11 4 0 2 2 1 3 4 1 1 2 5 8 -5 6
18 FeralpiSalo 9 1 2 6 5 16 4 0 1 3 2 6 5 1 1 3 3 10 -11 5
19 Sampdoria 9 1 3 5 8 13 4 0 0 4 3 8 5 1 3 1 5 5 -5 4
20 Lecco 6 0 1 5 5 13 3 0 0 3 4 8 3 0 1 2 1 5 -8 1

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.