Vicenza vs Cosenza Serie B full preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Thu 12.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)

Cosenza have rested up following their 1-0-game against Cittadella and are keen to go again when travelling to Vicenza. Here's all the intelligence!

Insights:
  • Cosenza have yet to win a game away.

Vicenza are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Cosenza are staying put at 16th place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Cosenza, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.

This could be an engrossing game with lots of fun and bustle as both teams are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!

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Vicenza form and stats

Vicenza have played 19 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-9 (wins-draws-losses). When Vicenza hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like SPAL, Alessandria, Reggina, Vicenza, Crotone and Pordenone), they have won 2 of 5 matches!

Happy days for Vicenza in their previous game, a fixture away at Alessandria that ended with a 1-0 victory. Defender Maio got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.13/10. Maio scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 2 of 5 duels.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Lecce.

The Vicenza fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 19 matches. Vicenza's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 26 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Vicenza has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Cosenza form and stats

There's been little loot from Cosenza's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 19 away games in the Serie B. Cosenza only have 0 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 8 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Cosenza have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 19 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Ascoli game.

Cosenza are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Cittadella. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Bisoli when Zilli scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 58th minute. Midfielder Florenzi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.65. Florenzi hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 29 successful passes (of 31 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Pisa that ended 1-1.

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 19 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Cosenza struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 36 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Vicenza - Cosenza 0-0 was the story when this pair of squads formerly met, also in this season. Last four meetings between these contenders: Vicenza won zero, Cosenza triumphed in one and we saw three draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VicenzaD. Diaw
D. Diaw
7 goals
CosenzaJ. Larrivey
J. Larrivey
6 goals
VicenzaR. Meggiorini
R. Meggiorini
5 goals

Vicenza missing players

Cosenza missing players

Vicenza Cosenza
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
38 19 5 Played P 5 19 38
9 5 2 Won W 0 0 8
7 5 2 Drew D 3 8 11
22 9 1 Lost L 2 11 19
38 22 5 Scored S 6 15 36
59 26 4 Conceded C 8 36 59
95% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 95%
66% 68% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 74% 71%
45% 42% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 42% 42%
29% 26% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 32% 29%
16% 16% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 16% 8%
47% 58% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 63% 55%
18% 16% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 5% 16%
39% 32% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 37% 34%
 
5.3 6.1 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.5 4.2
5.4 4.9 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 4.6 4.3
3 3.1 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.4 2.9 2.5
6 1 0 Red cards R C 2 4 6
 
12.9 14 13.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8.4 9.3 9.8
4.2 4.5 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.3 3.6
24% 26% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 24% 26%
 
14.2 11.9 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 15.2 14.5
4.6 3.7 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.9 4.5
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cosenza have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cosenza have yet to win a 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 Lecce 38 19 14 5 59 31 19 13 5 1 37 14 19 6 9 4 22 17 28 71
2 Cremonese 38 20 9 9 57 39 19 11 6 2 32 18 19 9 3 7 25 21 18 69
3 Monza 38 19 10 9 60 38 19 13 4 2 37 14 19 6 6 7 23 24 22 67
4 Pisa 38 18 13 7 48 35 19 10 8 1 26 13 19 8 5 6 22 22 13 67
5 Brescia 38 17 15 6 55 35 19 8 8 3 30 20 19 9 7 3 25 15 20 66
6 Ascoli 38 19 8 11 52 42 19 8 6 5 24 18 19 11 2 6 28 24 10 65
7 Benevento 38 18 9 11 62 39 19 10 4 5 38 20 19 8 5 6 24 19 23 63
8 Frosinone 38 15 13 10 58 45 19 10 6 3 34 16 19 5 7 7 24 29 13 58
9 Perugia 38 14 16 8 40 32 19 6 8 5 19 16 19 8 8 3 21 16 8 58
10 Ternana 38 15 9 14 58 61 19 9 2 8 30 27 19 6 7 6 28 34 -3 54
11 Cittadella 38 13 13 12 38 36 19 7 5 7 22 18 19 6 8 5 16 18 2 52
12 Parma 38 11 16 11 48 43 19 5 9 5 25 20 19 6 7 6 23 23 5 49
13 Como 38 11 14 13 49 54 19 5 7 7 20 21 19 6 7 6 29 33 -5 47
14 Reggina 38 13 9 16 31 49 19 9 2 8 19 24 19 4 7 8 12 25 -18 46
15 SPAL 38 9 15 14 46 54 19 4 8 7 30 28 19 5 7 7 16 26 -8 42
16 Cosenza 38 8 11 19 36 59 19 8 3 8 21 23 19 0 8 11 15 36 -23 35
17 Vicenza 38 9 7 22 38 59 19 5 5 9 22 26 19 4 2 13 16 33 -21 34
18 Alessandria 38 8 10 20 37 59 19 5 6 8 16 23 19 3 4 12 21 36 -22 34
19 Crotone 38 4 14 20 41 61 19 4 8 7 23 25 19 0 6 13 18 36 -20 26
20 Pordenone 38 3 9 26 29 71 19 2 7 10 19 34 19 1 2 16 10 37 -42 18

Read more about Serie B

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.