Serie C: Girone B preview and statistics: Cesena - Imolese at Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 18.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi (20194 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Cesena are in the 7th position while the guesting Imolese worry at 18th.

Insights:
  • Cesena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Imolese is in the worst form (0-2-4)

Cesena and Imolese should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Imolese's home stadium. The visitors last three games on artifical turf have ended in 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

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Cesena form and stats

Overall Serie C: Girone B stats at home this season for Cesena are 5-6-6 (wins-draw-losses).

A strong away win for Cesena against Sambenedettese the last match, as N. Capellini and M. Collocolo were on target. A 2-2 draw away before that, with Ravenna the opponent.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Cesena matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, zero draws and one defeat (from one game).

The Cesena fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 17 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cesena'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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Imolese form and stats

Imolese have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone B, after 4-2-11 (17 played). Imolese are desperate to end a eleven-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Sambenedettese fixture.

Prior to that match, the Imolese manager P. Catalano faced defeat when travelling to Vis Pesaro and losing 1-2.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Imolese when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing zero times, drawing two and winning zero games.

The visiting Imolese have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 17 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Imolese have conceded 28 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Imolese - Cesena 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Cesena-Imolese H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Cesena three wins, Imolese zero wins, zero draws. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CesenaG. Borello
G. Borello
6 goals
ImoleseL. Belcastro
L. Belcastro
4 goals

Cesena missing players

Imolese missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cesena Imolese
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
14 5 2 Won W 2 4 7
11 6 1 Drew D 1 2 8
10 6 2 Lost L 2 11 20
47 21 8 Scored S 8 17 31
38 22 6 Conceded C 6 28 52
86% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 89%
80% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 76% 74%
51% 53% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 65% 49%
20% 24% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 29% 17%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
46% 41% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 53% 49%
37% 35% 40% Clean Sheets C S 40% 24% 23%
31% 41% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 35% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.5
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.6 11.2 12.4 Shots (avg) S ( 4.5 6.4 6.6
4.5 5.3 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.8 2.5
30% 23% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 64% 36% 37%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Cesena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Imolese have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Imolese is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Calcio Padova 35 22 7 6 66 23 18 12 4 2 35 8 17 10 3 4 31 15 43 73
2 Sudtirol 35 20 11 4 60 24 18 12 4 2 32 11 17 8 7 2 28 13 36 71
3 Perugia 35 20 10 5 60 30 18 13 4 1 40 14 17 7 6 4 20 16 30 70
4 Modena 35 19 6 10 42 25 17 11 3 3 31 12 18 8 3 7 11 13 17 63
5 FeralpiSalò 35 16 8 11 48 43 17 10 2 5 25 15 18 6 6 6 23 28 5 56
6 Triestina 35 14 12 9 43 36 17 10 4 3 24 14 18 4 8 6 19 22 7 54
7 Cesena 35 14 11 10 47 38 17 5 6 6 21 22 18 9 5 4 26 16 9 53
8 Matelica Calcio 35 15 7 13 56 60 17 10 5 2 36 21 18 5 2 11 20 39 -4 52
9 Sambenedettese 35 13 11 11 42 42 18 7 5 6 22 22 17 6 6 5 20 20 0 50
10 Mantova 35 12 11 12 46 47 18 6 5 7 22 27 17 6 6 5 24 20 -1 47
11 Virtus Verona 35 10 15 10 39 40 17 4 10 3 19 16 18 6 5 7 20 24 -1 45
12 Gubbio 35 11 11 13 38 43 17 5 6 6 20 24 18 6 5 7 18 19 -5 44
13 Carpi 35 10 11 14 43 53 18 7 8 3 28 17 17 3 3 11 15 36 -10 41
14 Fermana 35 9 14 12 29 39 18 8 6 4 20 16 17 1 8 8 9 23 -10 41
15 Vis Pesaro 35 10 7 18 38 53 17 7 3 7 18 22 18 3 4 11 20 31 -15 37
16 Legnago Salus 35 7 13 15 31 42 17 5 4 8 17 18 18 2 9 7 14 24 -11 34
17 Fano 35 5 16 14 30 44 18 2 8 8 17 21 17 3 8 6 13 23 -14 31
18 Imolese 35 7 8 20 31 52 18 3 6 9 14 24 17 4 2 11 17 28 -21 29
19 Arezzo 35 5 12 18 34 61 18 3 6 9 19 33 17 2 6 9 15 28 -27 27
20 Ravenna 35 5 11 19 29 57 17 4 7 6 15 20 18 1 4 13 14 37 -28 26

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 Calcio Padova 35 22 7 6 66 23 18 12 4 2 35 8 17 10 3 4 31 15 43 73
2 Sudtirol 35 20 11 4 60 24 18 12 4 2 32 11 17 8 7 2 28 13 36 71
3 Perugia 35 20 10 5 60 30 18 13 4 1 40 14 17 7 6 4 20 16 30 70
4 Modena 35 19 6 10 42 25 17 11 3 3 31 12 18 8 3 7 11 13 17 63
5 FeralpiSalò 35 16 8 11 48 43 17 10 2 5 25 15 18 6 6 6 23 28 5 56
6 Triestina 35 14 12 9 43 36 17 10 4 3 24 14 18 4 8 6 19 22 7 54
7 Cesena 35 14 11 10 47 38 17 5 6 6 21 22 18 9 5 4 26 16 9 53
8 Matelica Calcio 35 15 7 13 56 60 17 10 5 2 36 21 18 5 2 11 20 39 -4 52
9 Sambenedettese 35 13 11 11 42 42 18 7 5 6 22 22 17 6 6 5 20 20 0 50
10 Mantova 35 12 11 12 46 47 18 6 5 7 22 27 17 6 6 5 24 20 -1 47
11 Virtus Verona 35 10 15 10 39 40 17 4 10 3 19 16 18 6 5 7 20 24 -1 45
12 Gubbio 35 11 11 13 38 43 17 5 6 6 20 24 18 6 5 7 18 19 -5 44
13 Carpi 35 10 11 14 43 53 18 7 8 3 28 17 17 3 3 11 15 36 -10 41
14 Fermana 35 9 14 12 29 39 18 8 6 4 20 16 17 1 8 8 9 23 -10 41
15 Vis Pesaro 35 10 7 18 38 53 17 7 3 7 18 22 18 3 4 11 20 31 -15 37
16 Legnago Salus 35 7 13 15 31 42 17 5 4 8 17 18 18 2 9 7 14 24 -11 34
17 Fano 35 5 16 14 30 44 18 2 8 8 17 21 17 3 8 6 13 23 -14 31
18 Imolese 35 7 8 20 31 52 18 3 6 9 14 24 17 4 2 11 17 28 -21 29
19 Arezzo 35 5 12 18 34 61 18 3 6 9 19 33 17 2 6 9 15 28 -27 27
20 Ravenna 35 5 11 19 29 57 17 4 7 6 15 20 18 1 4 13 14 37 -28 26

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Serie C is the third highest level in the Italian football league. It is divided into three geographical divisions; North East, North West and South. These are often referred to as Girone (or group) A, B, C. Each group holds 20 teams who play 38 fixtures each to create a final league table.