Reggiana vs Virtus Entella match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 07.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore (21584 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Serie B, Reggiana holding 17th place and Virtus Entella lying 19th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Reggiana haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Virtus Entella has the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Serie B

Reggiana and Virtus Entella 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.

9 - 12 - 18 with 47-57. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Virtus Entella when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Virtus Entella play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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Reggiana form and stats

Overall Serie B stats at home this season for Reggiana are 3-2-5 (wins-draw-losses).

In their previous game, the manager M. Alvini led his Reggiana to a defeat in the Serie B match away at Pisa. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Vicenza in a game that was won 2-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Reggiana perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Reggiana as a small favourite), we find seven games. Reggiana has won three of these, drawn three and lost one.

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

Reggiana are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 games. Reggiana's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Virtus Entella form and stats

There's been little loot from Virtus Entella's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Serie B. Virtus Entella only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws.

Entella failed to get anything from their last game, a Serie B home match vs Cosenza (placed 14th) that ended with defeat 1-2. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Pisa.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Virtus Entella playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were one Virtus Entella win, six draws and three defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Entella now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Serie B game at Reggina is waiting in only three days.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Entella's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Virtus Entella - Reggiana 0-2. Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Reggiana, zero draws and four wins for Virtus Entella. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

ReggianaS. Mazzocchi
S. Mazzocchi
6 goals
Virtus EntellaM. Mancosu
M. Mancosu
5 goals
ReggianaI. Radrezza
I. Radrezza
3 goals

Reggiana missing players

Virtus Entella missing players

Reggiana Virtus Entella
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 9 20
5 3 0 Won W 0 1 4
3 2 1 Drew D 2 4 5
12 5 2 Lost L 1 4 11
17 11 1 Scored S 2 7 18
33 12 3 Conceded C 3 14 34
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 78% 90%
70% 70% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 70%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 50%
15% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 20%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 15%
40% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 50%
20% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 25%
45% 40% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.9 2.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3.3 3.1
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.9 9.1 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 8.2 8.7
2.8 3 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.4 2.9
31% 37% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 32%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Reggiana haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Virtus Entella has the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Serie B
  • Virtus Entella have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Empoli 20 11 8 1 39 17 10 6 4 0 20 6 10 5 4 1 19 11 22 41
2 Chievo 20 9 8 3 28 17 10 6 2 2 17 9 10 3 6 1 11 8 11 35
3 Monza 19 9 7 3 29 15 9 5 3 1 17 5 10 4 4 2 11 9 14 34
4 Salernitana 19 10 4 5 24 23 10 7 2 1 17 7 9 3 2 4 7 16 1 34
5 Cittadella 19 10 3 6 31 17 9 6 2 1 17 6 10 4 1 5 14 11 14 33
6 SPAL 19 9 6 4 27 18 9 6 2 1 17 6 10 3 4 3 9 11 9 33
7 Lecce 20 7 10 3 35 25 10 3 6 1 20 14 10 4 4 2 15 11 10 31
8 Pordenone 20 6 11 3 23 16 10 2 7 1 15 11 10 4 4 2 8 5 7 29
9 Venezia 20 7 8 5 22 18 10 5 2 3 12 8 10 2 6 2 10 10 4 29
10 Frosinone 19 7 6 6 19 20 10 3 4 3 8 10 9 4 2 3 11 10 -1 27
11 Pisa 19 6 8 5 26 31 9 4 4 1 10 9 10 2 4 4 16 22 -5 26
12 Vicenza 20 4 10 6 25 27 10 1 8 1 11 11 10 3 2 5 14 16 -2 22
13 Brescia 20 5 6 9 27 32 10 3 3 4 16 16 10 2 3 5 11 16 -5 21
14 Cosenza 20 3 11 6 15 17 10 0 6 4 4 9 10 3 5 2 11 8 -2 20
15 Cremonese 19 4 7 8 18 24 10 2 4 4 9 14 9 2 3 4 9 10 -6 19
16 Reggina 19 4 6 9 17 26 9 3 1 5 9 11 10 1 5 4 8 15 -9 18
17 Reggiana 20 5 3 12 17 33 10 3 2 5 11 12 10 2 1 7 6 21 -16 18
18 Ascoli 20 4 5 11 17 28 10 4 2 4 9 12 10 0 3 7 8 16 -11 17
19 Virtus Entella 20 4 5 11 18 34 11 3 1 7 11 20 9 1 4 4 7 14 -16 17
20 Pescara 20 4 4 12 16 35 10 2 3 5 10 15 10 2 1 7 6 20 -19 16

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.