Venezia are unlocking their away locker room to Cittadella for another highly important game following their 0-1 result against 5th-placed Südtirol.
- Venezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Serie B
- Cittadella have the fewest scored goals (15) in Serie B
Both contenders have had time to rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's hope for an in-your-face game!
Venezia form and stats
With 2 Serie B wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Venezia are certainly not brimming with confidence. When Venezia hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like SPAL, Venezia, Como, Benevento, Cosenza and Perugia), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Venezia haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 188 minutes ago. Pierini scored that one.
The Venezia followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo: A 0-1 defeat against Südtirol (placed 5th). Svoboda was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.05 out of 10. The defender Svoboda won 6 of 8 duels.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Genoa.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 Venezia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 4.
With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Venezia defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. Venezia has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Cittadella form and stats
Playing away, Cittadella have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the Serie B this season.
Cittadella delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Cagliari (placed 8th) in their previous game. Kastrati (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.43. Kastrati topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Pisa.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Cittadella in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Cittadella, 7 draws and 6 defeats.
Lacking goals? 12 of this side's most recent 15 league matches have had zero, one or two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cittadella as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. 13 goals have been conceded by Cittadella in these games.
Head 2 Head
Venezia have not lost in the last 5 games (2-3-0) against Cittadella.Cittadella - Venezia 1-1 was the product when these two squads last did battle, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Pohjanpalo 7 goals |   M. Antonucci 5 goals |  D. Črnigoj 3 goals |
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| Venezia | Cittadella | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 30 | 18 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 76% |
| 81% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 62% |
| 48% | 55% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 29% |
| 19% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 10% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 62% | 64% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 36% | 33% |
| 10% | 9% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 38% |
| 29% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 45% | 52% |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| 5.4 | 6.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.3 | 4.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 12.3 | 11.7 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 11.7 | 13.4 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 27% | 26% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 21% | 19% |
| 14.2 | 15 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 10.5 | 10.1 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
- Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cittadella have the fewest scored goals (15) in Serie B
- Venezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Venezia have the fewest points (8) at home in Serie B
- Venezia have the most conceded goals (18) at home in Serie B
- Venezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Serie B
- Venezia have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Serie B
- Venezia 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 | Frosinone | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 42 |
| 2 | Reggina | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 39 |
| 3 | Genoa | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 39 |
| 4 | Bari 1908 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 33 |
| 5 | Südtirol | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 32 |
| 6 | Pisa | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 30 |
| 7 | Parma | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 30 |
| 8 | Cagliari | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Ternana | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -4 | 29 |
| 10 | Modena | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 28 |
| 11 | Palermo | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 28 |
| 12 | Ascoli | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
| 13 | Brescia | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 14 | SPAL | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 24 |
| 15 | Benevento | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -4 | 23 |
| 16 | Como | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 23 |
| 17 | Cittadella | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 23 |
| 18 | Venezia | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 19 | Perugia | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -10 | 20 |
| 20 | Cosenza | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | -17 | 18 |
