Venezia will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Cittadella.
- Cittadella has the the best goal difference (+16) in Serie B
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Venezia form and stats
Overall Serie B stats at home this season for Venezia are 4-2-3 (wins-draw-losses).
The fans are hoping that Venezia will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Serie B game against Pordenone (placed 8th). Before that, Venezia drew at home versus Pisa.
Venezia has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Venezia have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Cittadella form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the the best goal difference (+16) in Serie B, on their Serie B travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
The Cittadella goalkeeper Luca Maniero is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 230 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Cittadella won their last game, 1-0 versus Ascoli played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Reggiana with the score of 2-0.
Goalkeeper Luca Maniero was absolutely vital in the Cittadella victory against Ascoli, making six saves. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager R. Venturato when Camillo Tavernelli scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 69th minute.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Serie B trip to Chievo.
Cittadella has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. 8 goals have been conceded by Cittadella in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Venezia one win, one draw and Cittadella four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Venezia missing players
Cittadella missing players
| Venezia | Cittadella | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 30 |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 83% | 89% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 78% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 76% |
| 39% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 38% | 47% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 12% | 6% |
| 44% | 33% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 41% |
| 39% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 47% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.7 | 13.4 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 14.1 | 14.6 |
| 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 9 | 5 | 5.6 |
| 24% | 23% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 32% | 31% |
- Cittadella has the the best goal difference (+16) in Serie B
- Cittadella have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cittadella 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 | Empoli | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Cittadella | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 33 |
| 3 | Monza | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 31 |
| 4 | Salernitana | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 31 |
| 5 | Lecce | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 29 |
| 6 | SPAL | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Chievo | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| 8 | Pordenone | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 |
| 9 | Frosinone | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 26 |
| 10 | Venezia | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| 11 | Pisa | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 23 |
| 12 | Brescia | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 21 |
| 13 | Vicenza | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 20 |
| 14 | Reggina | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 17 |
| 15 | Cosenza | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 16 | Pescara | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 16 |
| 17 | Cremonese | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 15 |
| 18 | Reggiana | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -14 | 15 |
| 19 | Virtus Entella | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -16 | 14 |
| 20 | Ascoli | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -12 | 13 |