Only a win will satisfy the Salernitana supporters in this Stadio Arechi clash with Venezia, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Serie B table.
It's no vacation for neither Salernitana nor Venezia as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Salernitana form and stats
25 points is a decent return from 12 Serie B games here at Stadio Arechi for Salernitana. The data says 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. In general it's been a long time since Salernitana tasted defeat here at Stadio Arechi, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
Salernitana faced defeat in their previous match, away at Frosinone (0-1). Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Livorno.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Salernitana have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won six times, drawn two and lost one.
The manager G. Ventura will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Perugia in only four days.
The Salernitana fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 12 league matches. Salernitana have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Venezia form and stats
The visitors are W5-D6-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B. Venezia has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
There were no winners in Venezia's previous match, a Serie B home game that ended 1-1 vs Cosenza (placed 18th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Pisa at their stadium, the result 2-1.
Venezia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, eight draws and six defeats. From a total of 18 matches.
After this away game Venezia return home for a Serie B game against Crotone. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Venezia are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 13 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Venezia as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Venezia - Salernitana 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Salernitana-Venezia H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Salernitana two wins, Venezia three wins, two draws. two of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Đurić 9 goals | S. Kiyine 7 goals |  M. Aramu 7 goals |
Salernitana missing players
Venezia missing players
| Salernitana | Venezia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 34 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 25 |
| 31 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 12 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 73% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 69% | 69% |
| 38% | 42% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 23% | 27% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 15% | 12% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 8% | 4% |
| 58% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 54% | 54% |
| 19% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 31% |
| 23% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 15% | 23% |
| 3.3 | 3.7 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6 | 5.1 |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 3 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 304 | 158 | 52 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 161 | 321 |
| 120 | 59 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 55 | 99 |
| 28% | 34% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 27% | 25% |
- Salernitana have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Salernitana haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benevento | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 34 | 63 |
| 2 | Frosinone | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 46 |
| 3 | Crotone | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 43 |
| 4 | Spezia | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 41 |
| 5 | Cittadella | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 40 |
| 6 | Salernitana | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 39 |
| 7 | Pordenone | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 39 |
| 8 | Chievo | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 37 |
| 9 | Empoli | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 29 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -2 | 36 |
| 10 | Pescara | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 35 |
| 11 | Virtus Entella | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | Pisa | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 33 |
| 13 | Perugia | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -7 | 33 |
| 14 | Juve Stabia | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 33 |
| 15 | Venezia | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 12 | -3 | 32 |
| 16 | Ascoli | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 27 | -2 | 31 |
| 17 | Cremonese | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 18 | Cosenza | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 24 |
| 19 | Trapani | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 32 | -24 | 21 |
| 20 | Livorno | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 16 | -21 | 17 |