Evenly matched teams: Reggina vs Cittadella match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 19.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Oreste Granillo (27763 seats)

Reggina hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 10 points and a 15th position in the Serie B table. Visiting Cittadella holds 7th place with 17 pts.

Insights:
  • Reggina has the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Serie B
  • Cittadella haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Serie B.

It's quite the trip for Cittadella when visiting Reggina as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

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Reggina form and stats

2-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Reggina so far this season.

Reggina's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Venezia (placed 5th). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Chievo.

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 Reggina have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost two.

The manager D. Toscano will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Vicenza in only three days.

Reggina are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Reggina's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cittadella form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Cittadella's last game was the home draw against Vicenza (0-0). That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus SPAL.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Cittadella in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Cittadella, five draws and five defeats.

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

Cittadella are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. As opposed to that, Cittadella have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Reggina won two, Cittadella won five and three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CittadellaM. Gargiulo
M. Gargiulo
5 goals
RegginaD. Liotti
D. Liotti
3 goals
RegginaL. Crisetig
L. Crisetig
2 goals

Reggina missing players

Cittadella missing players

Reggina Cittadella
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 3 5 11
2 2 1 Won W 1 2 5
4 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
6 3 1 Lost L 1 2 3
11 7 3 Scored S 4 8 18
18 7 3 Conceded C 4 6 10
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
75% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 82%
58% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 45%
17% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 9%
58% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 45%
8% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 45%
42% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.6 3.7 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4 2.7
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.9 11.5 9 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 12.2 11.6
3.2 3.7 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.6 5
29% 32% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 35% 33%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cittadella haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Reggina has the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Serie B
  • Reggina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 11 7 2 2 17 10 6 5 1 0 12 3 5 2 1 2 5 7 7 23
2 Frosinone 12 7 2 3 15 12 6 3 1 2 5 6 6 4 1 1 10 6 3 23
3 Empoli 11 6 4 1 21 11 5 3 2 0 10 4 6 3 2 1 11 7 10 22
4 SPAL 11 6 3 2 18 10 5 4 1 0 12 3 6 2 2 2 6 7 8 21
5 Venezia 12 6 3 3 18 12 6 4 0 2 9 5 6 2 3 1 9 7 6 21
6 Lecce 11 5 5 1 26 14 6 2 4 0 16 8 5 3 1 1 10 6 12 20
7 Cittadella 10 5 2 3 18 10 5 3 1 1 10 4 5 2 1 2 8 6 8 17
8 Chievo 10 5 2 3 14 9 5 3 0 2 8 4 5 2 2 1 6 5 5 17
9 Monza 11 4 5 2 11 9 5 2 2 1 5 3 6 2 3 1 6 6 2 17
10 Reggiana 11 4 2 5 14 19 6 2 2 2 9 7 5 2 0 3 5 12 -5 14
11 Brescia 11 3 4 4 17 17 6 2 3 1 12 8 5 1 1 3 5 9 0 13
12 Pordenone 11 2 7 2 11 11 5 0 5 0 7 7 6 2 2 2 4 4 0 13
13 Pisa 11 3 4 4 16 25 5 2 2 1 6 7 6 1 2 3 10 18 -9 13
14 Vicenza 10 2 6 2 16 16 4 0 4 0 7 7 6 2 2 2 9 9 0 12
15 Reggina 12 2 4 6 11 18 6 2 1 3 7 7 6 0 3 3 4 11 -7 10
16 Cosenza 11 1 6 4 7 10 6 0 3 3 3 6 5 1 3 1 4 4 -3 9
17 Cremonese 11 1 6 4 12 16 6 1 3 2 7 9 5 0 3 2 5 7 -4 9
18 Pescara 11 2 1 8 10 22 6 1 1 4 6 10 5 1 0 4 4 12 -12 7
19 Ascoli 11 1 3 7 9 17 5 1 1 3 3 7 6 0 2 4 6 10 -8 6
20 Virtus Entella 11 0 5 6 8 21 6 0 1 5 4 16 5 0 4 1 4 5 -13 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.