Soccer betting preview: Reggina welcomes Salernitana in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Mon 01.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Oreste Granillo (27763 seats)

The visiting Salernitana side should be favourites in this visit to Reggina, as the away team holds a 16 point advantage from their 19 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Reggina has the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Serie B
  • Salernitana have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Reggina form and stats

3-1-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie B numbers at home for Reggina so far this season.

An away draw last time out for Reggina, facing Frosinone in a game that ended 1-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to Lecce (0-1).

The Reggina goalkeeper Alessandro Plizzari was crucial in the match against Frosinone last time out, making six saves.

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

The Reggina fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. On the other hand, Reggina have conceded 11 goals.

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Salernitana form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie B matches, Salernitana have produced an overall stat of 3-2-4 so far. Salernitana seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Salernitana are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Serie B against Pescara (placed 19th). Prior to that match, the Salernitana manager F. Castori faced defeat when travelling to Empoli and losing 0-5.

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

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Salernitana as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. Salernitana have conceded 16 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Salernitana - Reggina 1-1 entered in the official records. Last four meetings between the teams: Reggina won zero, Salernitana won three and one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SalernitanaG. Tutino
G. Tutino
6 goals
RegginaD. Liotti
D. Liotti
5 goals
SalernitanaM. Đurić
M. Đurić
4 goals

Reggina missing players

Salernitana missing players

Reggina Salernitana
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 1 9 19
4 3 0 Won W 1 3 10
6 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
9 5 3 Lost L 0 4 5
17 9 1 Scored S 1 7 24
26 11 5 Conceded C 0 16 23
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
68% 56% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 78% 79%
47% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 56% 47%
16% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 16%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
58% 56% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 47%
16% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 22% 32%
32% 33% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.1 3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 2.7 3
5 3 2 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.6 11.7 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 16 10.6 10.9
3.5 3.9 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.4
25% 26% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 21% 33%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Reggina has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Serie B
  • Reggina has the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Serie B
  • Reggina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Salernitana have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Salernitana 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 19 10 8 1 36 16 9 5 4 0 17 5 10 5 4 1 19 11 20 38
2 Salernitana 19 10 4 5 24 23 10 7 2 1 17 7 9 3 2 4 7 16 1 34
3 Cittadella 18 10 3 5 30 15 9 6 2 1 17 6 9 4 1 4 13 9 15 33
4 SPAL 19 9 6 4 26 17 9 6 2 1 17 6 10 3 4 3 9 11 9 33
5 Monza 18 8 7 3 27 14 9 5 3 1 17 5 9 3 4 2 10 9 13 31
6 Lecce 19 7 9 3 34 24 10 3 6 1 20 14 9 4 3 2 14 10 10 30
7 Chievo 18 7 8 3 23 15 8 4 2 2 12 7 10 3 6 1 11 8 8 29
8 Pordenone 19 6 10 3 22 15 9 2 6 1 14 10 10 4 4 2 8 5 7 28
9 Venezia 19 7 7 5 22 18 10 5 2 3 12 8 9 2 5 2 10 10 4 28
10 Frosinone 18 7 6 5 18 17 10 3 4 3 8 10 8 4 2 2 10 7 1 27
11 Pisa 18 5 8 5 25 31 8 3 4 1 9 9 10 2 4 4 16 22 -6 23
12 Vicenza 19 4 9 6 25 27 9 1 7 1 11 11 10 3 2 5 14 16 -2 21
13 Brescia 18 5 6 7 26 29 9 3 3 3 16 15 9 2 3 4 10 14 -3 21
14 Cremonese 19 4 7 8 18 24 10 2 4 4 9 14 9 2 3 4 9 10 -6 19
15 Reggina 19 4 6 9 17 26 9 3 1 5 9 11 10 1 5 4 8 15 -9 18
16 Reggiana 19 5 3 11 17 32 10 3 2 5 11 12 9 2 1 6 6 20 -15 18
17 Cosenza 19 2 11 6 13 16 10 0 6 4 4 9 9 2 5 2 9 7 -3 17
18 Virtus Entella 19 4 5 10 17 32 10 3 1 6 10 18 9 1 4 4 7 14 -15 17
19 Pescara 19 4 4 11 15 32 10 2 3 5 10 15 9 2 1 6 5 17 -17 16
20 Ascoli 19 3 5 11 15 27 9 3 2 4 7 11 10 0 3 7 8 16 -12 14

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.