Venezia hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 28 points and a 16th position in the Serie B table. Visiting Virtus Entella holds 8th place with 35 pts.
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 Virtus Entella.
Virtus Entella play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Virtus Entella when playing on grass are 10 wins, 12 draws and 16 defeats from 38 matches. They have scored 42 goals and conceded 45 times in these games.
Venezia form and stats
Venezia's results here at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo in the Serie B have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Venezia, who played 2-2 against Virtus Entella. That match was also played at this venue (Stadio Pierluigi Penzo). Before that game, the home loss against Frosinone with the scoreline 0-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Venezia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Venezia as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Venezia has won seven of these, drawn eight and lost one.
Venezia have scored 9 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. Venezia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Virtus Entella form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Virtus Entella so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-6 (win-draw-lose).
Virtus Entella are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Venezia (placed 16th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Pescara.
The draw against Venezia came from a losing position. The Virtus Entella manager R. Boscaglia brought on Matteo Mancosu as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Virtus Entella in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Virtus Entella, five draws and three defeats.
Virtus Entella are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 13 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Virtus Entella have conceded 21 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Venezia - Virtus Entella 2-2. Venezia-Virtus Entella H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Venezia two wins, Virtus Entella two wins, two draws. two of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  G. De Luca 9 goals |   M. Aramu 6 goals |  A. Capello 5 goals |
Venezia missing players
Virtus Entella missing players
| Venezia | Virtus Entella | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 22 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 18 | 30 |
| 26 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 21 | 26 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 85% | 75% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 54% | 29% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 31% | 17% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 8% | 4% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 69% | 50% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 15% | 38% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 15% | 17% |
| 5.2 | 4.2 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.3 | 3.4 | 2.7 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 298 | 145 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 50 | 157 | 308 |
| 89 | 38 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 50 | 100 |
| 25% | 24% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 36% | 30% |
- Venezia has the most matches under the total-line (18)
- Venezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Venezia have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Virtus Entella have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Virtus Entella haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 28 | 57 |
| 2 | Spezia | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 37 |
| 3 | Frosinone | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 37 |
| 4 | Crotone | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 37 |
| 5 | Salernitana | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 36 |
| 6 | Cittadella | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 36 |
| 7 | Pordenone | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 36 |
| 8 | Virtus Entella | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 35 |
| 9 | Perugia | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -4 | 33 |
| 10 | Pescara | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| 11 | Juve Stabia | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 32 |
| 12 | Chievo | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| 13 | Ascoli | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 31 |
| 14 | Pisa | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 30 |
| 15 | Empoli | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -3 | 30 |
| 16 | Venezia | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -4 | 28 |
| 17 | Cosenza | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | -1 | 23 |
| 18 | Cremonese | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 23 |
| 19 | Trapani | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -19 | 19 |
| 20 | Livorno | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 15 | -21 | 14 |