Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi: Cesena vs Matelica Calcio Serie C: Girone B preview

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Wed 17.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi (20194 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Serie C: Girone B table so far. Here's the Cesena - Matelica Calcio latest:

Insights:
  • Matelica Calcio have the most points from losing position (17) in Serie C: Girone B

The visiting Matelica Calcio played their last game only three days ago, a Serie C: Girone B match.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Matelica Calcio have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 0-1-1 (win-draw-loss) from two matches.

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Cesena form and stats

The story so far in the Serie C: Girone B for Cesena at their home stadium (Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Cesena, who played 1-1 against Perugia. That match was also played at this venue (Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi). Preceding that match was the home game against Vis Pesaro that was lost 0-2.

The hometeam coach W. Viali made a successful contribution in the game against Perugia, bringing on S. Russini who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

Cesena has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Matelica Calcio form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie C: Girone B matches, Matelica Calcio have produced an overall stat of 5-1-9 so far. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Matelica hope to make it five in this match.

Matelica Calcio go into this game after a win, the home game against Calcio Padova that ended 4-1. Before that, Matelica secured a home win against Legnago Salus with the score 5-1.

It was a convincing performance from Matelica Calcio when Calcio Padova were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 4-1 and the second half was comfortable. F. Moretti (3) and V. Leonetti scored their goals. F. Moretti certainly enjoyed Matelica Calcio's last game versus Calcio Padova, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-1 victory.

After this away game Matelica return home for a Serie C: Girone B game against Fermana. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Matelica Calcio have scored 17 goals in 15 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Matelica Calcio manager G. Colavitto has some worries about the defense as 30 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Matelica Calcio - Cesena 2-2, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Cesena won one game, one match ended with a draw and Matelica Calcio has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one

Top Goalscorers

CesenaS. Caturano
S. Caturano
3 goals

Cesena missing players

Matelica Calcio missing players

Cesena Matelica Calcio
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 15 30
12 4 1 Won W 1 5 13
7 4 1 Drew D 1 1 6
8 5 1 Lost L 2 9 11
39 17 4 Scored S 6 17 47
29 16 5 Conceded C 9 30 50
89% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
85% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 80%
52% 46% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 63%
19% 23% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 43%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 27% 27%
48% 38% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 60% 70%
37% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 13% 17%
26% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 27% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.3 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.1 2.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.6 11.8 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 10.9 11.9
4.6 5.8 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.3 4.8
31% 23% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 27% 33%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Matelica Calcio have the most points from losing position (17) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Matelica Calcio 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 Calcio Padova 30 18 7 5 56 22 15 9 4 2 27 8 15 9 3 3 29 14 34 61
2 Südtirol 30 16 11 3 52 21 15 9 4 2 27 11 15 7 7 1 25 10 31 59
3 Perugia 29 16 9 4 50 25 16 11 4 1 37 13 13 5 5 3 13 12 25 57
4 Modena 30 16 6 8 37 21 15 9 3 3 27 11 15 7 3 5 10 10 16 54
5 Triestina 30 12 11 7 38 31 15 8 4 3 22 14 15 4 7 4 16 17 7 47
6 FeralpiSalò 29 13 7 9 41 36 14 9 1 4 23 13 15 4 6 5 18 23 5 46
7 Sambenedettese 30 12 9 9 40 38 15 6 4 5 21 20 15 6 5 4 19 18 2 45
8 Matelica Calcio 30 13 6 11 47 50 15 8 5 2 30 20 15 5 1 9 17 30 -3 45
9 Cesena 27 12 7 8 39 29 13 4 4 5 17 16 14 8 3 3 22 13 10 43
10 Virtus Verona 30 9 14 7 32 29 15 3 10 2 16 12 15 6 4 5 16 17 3 41
11 Mantova 30 10 10 10 41 42 15 5 5 5 19 22 15 5 5 5 22 20 -1 40
12 Gubbio 29 9 11 9 31 33 14 3 6 5 14 18 15 6 5 4 17 15 -2 38
13 Fermana 29 8 11 10 23 27 14 7 4 3 15 9 15 1 7 7 8 18 -4 35
14 Carpi 30 8 10 12 33 47 15 6 7 2 22 12 15 2 3 10 11 35 -14 34
15 Vis Pesaro 30 8 6 16 31 45 15 6 3 6 16 19 15 2 3 10 15 26 -14 30
16 Fano 30 4 15 11 26 37 15 2 7 6 16 18 15 2 8 5 10 19 -11 27
17 Imolese 30 7 6 17 30 47 15 3 5 7 14 21 15 4 1 10 16 26 -17 27
18 Legnago Salus 30 5 11 14 23 38 15 5 3 7 14 14 15 0 8 7 9 24 -15 26
19 Ravenna 29 4 8 17 25 50 14 4 5 5 13 16 15 0 3 12 12 34 -25 20
20 Arezzo 30 3 11 16 28 55 16 2 5 9 15 31 14 1 6 7 13 24 -27 20

Read more about Serie C: Girone B

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.