Serie B match preview and statistics: Reggina fight Virtus Entella

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Wed 10.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Oreste Granillo (27763 seats)

Reggina are welcoming Virtus Entella for another important game after their 2-0 result against 20th-placed Pescara.

Insights:
  • Reggina has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Serie B
  • Virtus Entella has the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Serie B

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Reggina and Virtus Entella.

Reggina's stadium, Stadio Oreste Granillo, has a grass surface. Virtus Entella have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Virtus Entella when playing on grass; 9 wins, 11 draws and 19 losses from 39 matches. They have scored 46 goals in these games and conceded 57.

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

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Reggina form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie B, Reggina have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 10 games.

Reggina are confident in defense, having played 186 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A good away victory last time out for Reggina, who won 2-0 against Pescara (placed 20th). In the match before that, Reggina hosted Salernitana and drew the game 0-0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Reggina here at Stadio Oreste Granillo in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Reggina's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Virtus Entella form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Virtus Entella so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 1-4-5 (win-draw-lose). Entella seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Entella are travelling again after losing away to Reggiana in their previous match (1-2). A loss against Cosenza was the result prior to that, in a home game.

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

The attacking power of Virtus Entella when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Entella have conceded 16 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Virtus Entella - Reggina 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

RegginaD. Liotti
D. Liotti
5 goals
Virtus EntellaM. Mancosu
M. Mancosu
5 goals
RegginaM. Folorunsho
M. Folorunsho
3 goals

Reggina missing players

Virtus Entella missing players

Reggina Virtus Entella
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 4 10 21
5 3 2 Won W 0 1 4
7 2 1 Drew D 3 4 5
9 5 0 Lost L 1 5 12
19 9 5 Scored S 4 8 19
26 11 2 Conceded C 5 16 36
90% 80% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 80% 90%
67% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 70% 71%
43% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 52%
14% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 19%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 14%
52% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 60% 52%
24% 30% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 30% 24%
33% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 30% 33%
 
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 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.2 3
5 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11 11.7 13 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 9 9
3.7 3.9 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.6 2.9
25% 23% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 31% 31%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Reggina has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) 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.
  • Virtus Entella has the most conceded goals in the second half (28) 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 21 11 9 1 40 18 10 6 4 0 20 6 11 5 5 1 20 12 22 42
2 Monza 21 9 9 3 30 16 10 5 4 1 18 6 11 4 5 2 12 10 14 36
3 Chievo 21 9 9 3 29 18 10 6 2 2 17 9 11 3 7 1 12 9 11 36
4 Salernitana 21 10 6 5 25 24 11 7 3 1 18 8 10 3 3 4 7 16 1 36
5 Cittadella 21 10 5 6 35 21 10 6 3 1 18 7 11 4 2 5 17 14 14 35
6 SPAL 21 9 8 4 28 19 10 6 3 1 18 7 11 3 5 3 10 12 9 35
7 Venezia 21 8 8 5 24 19 10 5 2 3 12 8 11 3 6 2 12 11 5 32
8 Lecce 21 7 10 4 36 27 11 3 6 2 21 16 10 4 4 2 15 11 9 31
9 Pordenone 21 6 11 4 24 18 11 2 7 2 16 13 10 4 4 2 8 5 6 29
10 Frosinone 21 7 7 7 20 22 11 3 4 4 9 12 10 4 3 3 11 10 -2 28
11 Pisa 21 6 9 6 27 33 10 4 5 1 10 9 11 2 4 5 17 24 -6 27
12 Vicenza 21 5 10 6 27 28 10 1 8 1 11 11 11 4 2 5 16 17 -1 25
13 Cremonese 21 5 8 8 21 26 11 3 4 4 11 15 10 2 4 4 10 11 -5 23
14 Brescia 21 5 7 9 30 35 11 3 4 4 19 19 10 2 3 5 11 16 -5 22
15 Reggina 21 5 7 9 19 26 10 3 2 5 9 11 11 2 5 4 10 15 -7 22
16 Cosenza 21 3 12 6 16 18 11 0 7 4 5 10 10 3 5 2 11 8 -2 21
17 Reggiana 21 6 3 12 19 34 11 4 2 5 13 13 10 2 1 7 6 21 -15 21
18 Ascoli 21 5 5 11 19 29 10 4 2 4 9 12 11 1 3 7 10 17 -10 20
19 Virtus Entella 21 4 5 12 19 36 11 3 1 7 11 20 10 1 4 5 8 16 -17 17
20 Pescara 21 4 4 13 16 37 11 2 3 6 10 17 10 2 1 7 6 20 -21 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.