Can Venezia defeat Como in Stadio Pierluigi Penzo clash?

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 20.Aug
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo (10500 seats)

Brand new|Fresh|New season, fresh|new potential|opportunities: Here's what you should|need to|must know before the Venezia - Como fixture!

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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Venezia form and stats

In the previous season, Venezia's league results were 13 wins, 10 draws and 15 losses, providing 8th position in the Serie B. In these 38 matches they scored {51 goals} and let in 50. Appearing as the home team in the former season Venezia managed 7-5-7 (win-draw-lost) with {29 goals} and 27 conceded.

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 11 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 4 and lost 4.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Venezia, who have participated in two training matches. Venezia have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.

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Como form and stats

Let's have a look at how Como performed last season in the Serie B: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 17 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded {48 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 10 and lost 7 with 19/28 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Como playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 2 Como wins, 7 draws and 2 defeats.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Como have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from two fixtures.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Venezia one win, two draws and Como two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less. The matches between these sides have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 4 red cards from the last five duels.

Venezia missing players

Como missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Venezia Como
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Venezia Last season Como
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
39 19   Played P   19 38
13 7   Won W   2 10
10 5   Drew D   10 17
16 7   Lost L   7 11
52 29   Scored S   19 47
52 27   Conceded C   28 48
97% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   79% 89%
79% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 71%
51% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 37%
23% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 29%
15% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 13%
64% 68%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
13% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 29%
26% 21%   Failed to Score F T   37% 29%
 
4.7 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.7
5.4 5.9   Corners against (avg) C A   6.6 6.1
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.3 2.7
5 4   Red cards R C   2 4
 
12.7 12.4   Shots (avg) S (   13.2 14
4.4 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.3
30% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 29%
 
14.2 14.2   Shots against (avg) S A   15.1 14.6
4.4 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ascoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bari 1908 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Catanzaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cittadella 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Como 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Cosenza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Cremonese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 FeralpiSalò 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Modena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Palermo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Parma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Pisa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Reggiana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Spezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Südtirol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 TBC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Ternana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Venezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Sampdoria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
Last season 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 38 24 8 6 63 26 19 14 3 2 35 11 19 10 5 4 28 15 37 80
2 Genoa 38 21 11 6 53 28 19 12 6 1 29 10 19 9 5 5 24 18 25 73
3 Bari 1908 38 17 14 7 58 37 19 7 9 3 30 19 19 10 5 4 28 18 21 65
4 Cagliari 38 15 15 8 50 34 19 11 6 2 28 17 19 4 9 6 22 17 16 60
5 Parma 38 17 10 11 48 39 19 11 2 6 26 16 19 6 8 5 22 23 9 60
6 Südtirol 38 14 16 8 38 34 19 6 10 3 21 18 19 8 6 5 17 16 4 58
7 Reggina 38 17 4 17 49 45 19 10 2 7 28 22 19 7 2 10 21 23 4 50
8 Venezia 38 13 10 15 51 50 19 7 5 7 29 27 19 6 5 8 22 23 1 49
9 Palermo 38 11 16 11 48 49 19 8 8 3 25 17 19 3 8 8 23 32 -1 49
10 Modena 38 13 9 16 47 53 19 7 8 4 26 18 19 6 1 12 21 35 -6 48
11 Pisa 38 11 14 13 48 42 19 7 5 7 27 21 19 4 9 6 21 21 6 47
12 Como 38 10 17 11 47 48 19 8 7 4 28 20 19 2 10 7 19 28 -1 47
13 Ascoli 38 12 11 15 40 47 19 6 6 7 20 22 19 6 5 8 20 25 -7 47
14 Cittadella 38 9 16 13 34 45 19 5 8 6 19 22 19 4 8 7 15 23 -11 43
15 Ternana 38 11 10 17 37 52 19 8 5 6 21 21 19 3 5 11 16 31 -15 43
16 Brescia 38 9 13 16 36 57 19 6 6 7 17 22 19 3 7 9 19 35 -21 40
17 Cosenza 38 9 13 16 30 53 19 7 7 5 20 18 19 2 6 11 10 35 -23 40
18 Perugia 38 10 9 19 40 52 19 6 6 7 22 26 19 4 3 12 18 26 -12 39
19 SPAL 38 8 14 16 41 51 19 4 7 8 25 27 19 4 7 8 16 24 -10 38
20 Benevento 38 7 14 17 33 49 19 4 6 9 16 25 19 3 8 8 17 24 -16 35

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ascoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bari 1908 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Catanzaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cittadella 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Como 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Cosenza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Cremonese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 FeralpiSalò 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Modena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Palermo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Parma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Pisa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Reggiana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Spezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Südtirol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 TBC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Ternana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Venezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Sampdoria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2

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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.