Virtus Entella supporters put their faith in manager R. Boscaglia to deliver victory against Reggiana

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 03.October
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Chiavari (4154 seats)

It's game two of the Serie B season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Virtus Entella-Reggiana!

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

It should be mentioned that Reggiana play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Reggiana on artifical turf are 2 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats from four games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 6-1. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Virtus Entella form and stats

Entella shared the glory with Cosenza in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Preceding that match was the home game against Cittadella that was lost 2-3.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Entella have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost one.

Last season, Virtus Entella's league statistics were 12 wins, 12 draws and 14 losses, resulting in a 13th position in the Serie B. Over these 38 matches they scored 46 goals and conceded 50. Playing at home last season Virtus Entella managed 8-6-5 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 18 conceded.

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Reggiana form and stats

There were no winners in Reggiana's previous match, a Serie B home game that ended 2-2 vs Pisa (placed 4th). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Gubbio.

We have checked recent matches where Reggiana have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were one victory, zero draws and one defeat.

Let's have a look at how Reggiana performed last season in the Serie C: Girone B: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 10 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 2 with 15/11 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last five games between these two teams, there's four Entella victories, zero draws and one Reggiana win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ReggianaR. Martinelli
R. Martinelli
1 goals

Virtus Entella missing players

Reggiana missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Virtus Entella Reggiana
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 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
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 8
5 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 67%
Virtus Entella Last season Reggiana
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   13 27
12 8   Won W   5 15
12 6   Drew D   6 10
14 5   Lost L   2 2
46 21   Scored S   15 45
50 18   Conceded C   11 25
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   69% 85%
79% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   54% 70%
37% 21%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 56%
21% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 33%
11% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 11%
53% 37%   BTTS BTTS   46% 63%
32% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   46% 33%
21% 21%   Failed to Score F T   38% 19%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.5 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 2.6
8 1   Red cards R C   4 5
 
518 272   Total Shots T S   102 217
161 85   Shots on Target S O   44 102
29% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 40%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cittadella 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Empoli 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Venezia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Pisa 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Reggiana 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Ascoli 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Brescia 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Reggina 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Salernitana 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Chievo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Cosenza 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Lecce 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Monza 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Pescara 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Pordenone 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 SPAL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Virtus Entella 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
18 Vicenza 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Cremonese 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Frosinone 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
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 Benevento 38 26 8 4 67 27 19 14 4 1 39 9 19 12 4 3 28 18 40 86
2 Crotone 38 20 8 10 63 40 19 12 5 2 33 14 19 8 3 8 30 26 23 68
3 Spezia 38 17 10 11 54 40 19 10 4 5 30 18 19 7 6 6 24 22 14 61
4 Pordenone 38 16 10 12 48 46 19 11 5 3 25 12 19 5 5 9 23 34 2 58
5 Cittadella 38 17 7 14 49 49 19 7 4 8 23 26 19 10 3 6 26 23 0 58
6 Chievo 38 14 14 10 48 38 19 10 4 5 29 18 19 4 10 5 19 20 10 56
7 Pisa 38 14 12 12 49 45 19 10 5 4 28 20 19 4 7 8 21 25 4 54
8 Frosinone 38 14 12 12 41 38 19 10 5 4 29 18 19 4 7 8 12 20 3 54
9 Empoli 38 14 12 12 47 48 19 7 8 4 26 23 19 7 4 8 21 25 -1 54
10 Salernitana 38 14 10 14 53 50 19 10 6 3 35 23 19 4 4 11 18 27 3 52
11 Venezia 38 12 14 12 37 40 19 5 6 8 18 24 19 7 8 4 19 16 -3 50
12 Cremonese 38 12 13 13 42 43 19 7 6 6 22 19 19 5 7 7 20 24 -1 49
13 Virtus Entella 38 12 12 14 46 50 19 8 6 5 21 18 19 4 6 9 25 32 -4 48
14 Cosenza 38 12 10 16 50 49 19 6 5 8 21 22 19 6 5 8 29 27 1 46
15 Ascoli 38 13 7 18 50 58 19 9 5 5 29 24 19 4 2 13 21 34 -8 46
16 Pescara 38 12 9 17 48 55 19 7 8 4 31 23 19 5 1 13 17 32 -7 45
17 Perugia 38 12 9 17 38 49 19 7 5 7 19 19 19 5 4 10 19 30 -11 45
18 Trapani 38 11 13 14 48 60 19 8 6 5 27 20 19 3 7 9 21 40 -12 44
19 Juve Stabia 38 11 8 19 47 63 19 9 3 7 30 29 19 2 5 12 17 34 -16 41
20 Livorno 38 5 6 27 30 67 19 3 2 14 19 42 19 2 4 13 11 25 -37 21
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 Vicenza 27 18 7 2 41 12 13 9 3 1 16 5 14 9 4 1 25 7 29 61
2 Reggiana 27 15 10 2 45 25 14 10 4 0 30 14 13 5 6 2 15 11 20 55
3 Carpi 26 16 5 5 44 21 14 10 3 1 30 8 12 6 2 4 14 13 23 53
4 Sudtirol 27 15 3 9 43 24 13 9 0 4 29 13 14 6 3 5 14 11 19 48
5 Padova 26 13 5 8 35 19 13 8 1 4 22 8 13 5 4 4 13 11 16 44
6 FeralpiSalo 26 12 8 6 34 31 13 6 6 1 20 14 13 6 2 5 14 17 3 44
7 Piacenza 26 10 11 5 32 24 12 6 4 2 16 9 14 4 7 3 16 15 8 41
8 Triestina 27 12 4 11 36 32 13 7 1 5 19 12 14 5 3 6 17 20 4 40
9 Modena 27 11 7 9 29 25 14 7 5 2 18 10 13 4 2 7 11 15 4 40
10 Sambenedettese 26 9 6 11 31 31 13 5 3 5 16 14 13 4 3 6 15 17 0 33
11 Fermana 27 8 9 10 22 33 14 2 7 5 13 19 13 6 2 5 9 14 -11 33
12 Virtus Verona 27 8 8 11 33 35 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 5 5 4 19 16 -2 32
13 Cesena 27 7 9 11 33 42 13 3 4 6 13 21 14 4 5 5 20 21 -9 30
14 Gubbio 27 5 13 9 23 31 14 2 7 5 9 14 13 3 6 4 14 17 -8 28
15 Vis Pesaro 27 7 7 13 22 37 13 4 4 5 11 13 14 3 3 8 11 24 -15 28
16 Ravenna 27 7 6 14 25 41 13 3 3 7 12 18 14 4 3 7 13 23 -16 27
17 Imolese 27 4 11 12 20 35 14 2 5 7 11 21 13 2 6 5 9 14 -15 23
18 Union ArzignanoChiampo 26 4 10 12 18 32 13 0 7 6 7 13 13 4 3 6 11 19 -14 22
19 Fano 27 5 6 16 24 42 14 2 3 9 9 21 13 3 3 7 15 21 -18 21
20 Rimini 27 4 9 14 24 42 14 4 4 6 15 18 13 0 5 8 9 24 -18 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 Cittadella 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Empoli 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Venezia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Pisa 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Reggiana 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Ascoli 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Brescia 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Reggina 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Salernitana 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Chievo 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Cosenza 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Lecce 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Monza 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Pescara 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Pordenone 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
16 SPAL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Virtus Entella 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
18 Vicenza 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Cremonese 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
20 Frosinone 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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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.