Can Venezia beat Pescara in Stadio Pierluigi Penzo clash?

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Mon 13.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo (10500 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Serie B, with both Venezia and Pescara experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 15th and the visitors in 14th place.

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 Venezia and Pescara.

Pescara are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Venezia form and stats

Venezia's struggle is real here at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo with only 14 points collected from 16 Serie B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-5-8.

An away draw last time out for Venezia, facing Benevento in a game that ended 1-1. Preceding that match was the home game against Empoli that was lost 0-2.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Venezia as they are travelling to their away game against Spezia in the Serie B. That match is four days after this one.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Venezia here at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 16 games). Venezia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Pescara form and stats

There's been little loot from Pescara's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 16 away games in the Serie B. Pescara only have 5 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 0 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Pescara, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.

Pescara's last game was the home draw against Perugia (2-2). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cremonese wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

It looked so good for Pescara vs Perugia, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

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

The visiting Pescara have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 16 games. Pescara's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 29 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Pescara - Venezia 2-2 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Venezia, three draws and two wins for Pescara. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

PescaraC. Galano
C. Galano
13 goals
VeneziaM. Aramu
M. Aramu
8 goals
VeneziaA. Capello
A. Capello
6 goals

Venezia missing players

Pescara missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Venezia Pescara
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
9 3 2 Won W 3 5 11
13 5 2 Drew D 0 0 7
11 8 0 Lost L 1 11 15
31 13 5 Scored S 7 16 45
37 22 3 Conceded C 3 29 51
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
73% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 94%
27% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 64%
12% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 27%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
52% 56% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 64%
30% 19% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 19% 18%
27% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 21%
 
4.9 4.2 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.8 4.4
3.9 4.2 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.6 4.5
2.5 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.5 2.4
5 3 1 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
418 197 48 Total Shots T S 41 189 418
117 50 14 Shots on Target S O 17 49 123
26% 26% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 33% 37%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Pescara has the most matches over the total-line (21)
  • Pescara haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Venezia has the fewest scored goals (13) at home
  • Venezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 33 23 8 2 57 19 17 13 4 0 36 7 16 10 4 2 21 12 38 77
2 Crotone 33 17 7 9 55 36 16 10 4 2 30 13 17 7 3 7 25 23 19 58
3 Pordenone 33 16 7 10 42 38 17 11 4 2 23 9 16 5 3 8 19 29 4 55
4 Spezia 33 15 8 10 51 38 17 10 3 4 30 17 16 5 5 6 21 21 13 53
5 Cittadella 33 15 7 11 42 37 17 6 4 7 21 24 16 9 3 4 21 13 5 52
6 Frosinone 33 14 9 10 35 30 16 10 3 3 24 12 17 4 6 7 11 18 5 51
7 Empoli 33 12 12 9 38 36 17 7 8 2 23 14 16 5 4 7 15 22 2 48
8 Chievo 33 11 14 8 40 33 17 8 4 5 24 17 16 3 10 3 16 16 7 47
9 Salernitana 33 13 8 12 44 41 16 9 6 1 28 16 17 4 2 11 16 25 3 47
10 Pisa 33 12 10 11 42 39 17 8 5 4 24 18 16 4 5 7 18 21 3 46
11 Virtus Entella 33 11 10 12 39 42 16 8 5 3 18 12 17 3 5 9 21 30 -3 43
12 Perugia 33 11 8 14 33 42 17 7 4 6 18 17 16 4 4 8 15 25 -9 41
13 Cremonese 33 10 10 13 37 40 16 6 4 6 19 17 17 4 6 7 18 23 -3 40
14 Pescara 33 11 7 15 45 51 17 6 7 4 29 22 16 5 0 11 16 29 -6 40
15 Venezia 33 9 13 11 31 37 16 3 5 8 13 22 17 6 8 3 18 15 -6 40
16 Ascoli 33 11 6 16 43 50 16 8 4 4 24 18 17 3 2 12 19 32 -7 39
17 Juve Stabia 33 10 7 16 40 53 17 8 3 6 26 25 16 2 4 10 14 28 -13 37
18 Trapani 33 7 13 13 39 56 16 5 6 5 22 20 17 2 7 8 17 36 -17 33
19 Cosenza 33 7 10 16 36 44 16 3 5 8 14 19 17 4 5 8 22 25 -8 31
20 Livorno 33 5 6 22 28 55 16 3 2 11 18 34 17 2 4 11 10 21 -27 21

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 Benevento 33 23 8 2 57 19 17 13 4 0 36 7 16 10 4 2 21 12 38 77
2 Crotone 33 17 7 9 55 36 16 10 4 2 30 13 17 7 3 7 25 23 19 58
3 Pordenone 33 16 7 10 42 38 17 11 4 2 23 9 16 5 3 8 19 29 4 55
4 Spezia 33 15 8 10 51 38 17 10 3 4 30 17 16 5 5 6 21 21 13 53
5 Cittadella 33 15 7 11 42 37 17 6 4 7 21 24 16 9 3 4 21 13 5 52
6 Frosinone 33 14 9 10 35 30 16 10 3 3 24 12 17 4 6 7 11 18 5 51
7 Empoli 33 12 12 9 38 36 17 7 8 2 23 14 16 5 4 7 15 22 2 48
8 Chievo 33 11 14 8 40 33 17 8 4 5 24 17 16 3 10 3 16 16 7 47
9 Salernitana 33 13 8 12 44 41 16 9 6 1 28 16 17 4 2 11 16 25 3 47
10 Pisa 33 12 10 11 42 39 17 8 5 4 24 18 16 4 5 7 18 21 3 46
11 Virtus Entella 33 11 10 12 39 42 16 8 5 3 18 12 17 3 5 9 21 30 -3 43
12 Perugia 33 11 8 14 33 42 17 7 4 6 18 17 16 4 4 8 15 25 -9 41
13 Cremonese 33 10 10 13 37 40 16 6 4 6 19 17 17 4 6 7 18 23 -3 40
14 Pescara 33 11 7 15 45 51 17 6 7 4 29 22 16 5 0 11 16 29 -6 40
15 Venezia 33 9 13 11 31 37 16 3 5 8 13 22 17 6 8 3 18 15 -6 40
16 Ascoli 33 11 6 16 43 50 16 8 4 4 24 18 17 3 2 12 19 32 -7 39
17 Juve Stabia 33 10 7 16 40 53 17 8 3 6 26 25 16 2 4 10 14 28 -13 37
18 Trapani 33 7 13 13 39 56 16 5 6 5 22 20 17 2 7 8 17 36 -17 33
19 Cosenza 33 7 10 16 36 44 16 3 5 8 14 19 17 4 5 8 22 25 -8 31
20 Livorno 33 5 6 22 28 55 16 3 2 11 18 34 17 2 4 11 10 21 -27 21

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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.