Cesena have performed better than Sambenedettese so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Cesena's stadium, Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi, has a artifical turf surface. Sambenedettese have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Sambenedettese when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss from two matches. They have scored 4 goals in these games and conceded 3.
Cesena form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie C: Girone B, Cesena have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games.
The Cesena goalkeeper Michele Nardi is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 272 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie C: Girone B.
It's back home for Cesena, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Mantova away with the result 4-0. D. Steffè and G. Capanni found the net in that victory. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Legnago Salus.
As mentioned above, Cesena "killed" Mantova in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Cesena are traveling soon after this match as the Serie C: Girone B match at Imolese awaits in four days.
Cesena are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. 9 goals have been conceded.
Sambenedettese form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Sambenedettese playing as the away team in the Serie C: Girone B this season. Sambenedettese has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Home advantage was not enough for Sambenedettese in their previous game, as they lost their Serie C: Girone B-match, hosting Matelica Calcio, 2-3. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Triestina.
A new game in only four days for Sambenedettese, the Serie C: Girone B home match versus Virtus Verona. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sambenedettese have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. Sambenedettese are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Cesena won one, Sambenedettese won one and zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.Cesena missing players
Sambenedettese missing players
| Cesena | Sambenedettese | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 24 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 19 |
| 16 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 93% |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 87% |
| 47% | 43% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 27% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 40% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 53% |
| 40% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 33% |
| 27% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9.3 | 12.6 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 6.1 | 8.1 |
| 4.3 | 6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| 37% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 44% | 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 | Südtirol | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 32 |
| 2 | Calcio Padova | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 30 |
| 3 | Modena | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Perugia | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| 5 | Cesena | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| 6 | FeralpiSalò | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Mantova | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 8 | Sambenedettese | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| 9 | Triestina | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Matelica Calcio | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 22 |
| 11 | Virtus Verona | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 12 | Carpi | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 21 |
| 13 | Gubbio | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 14 | Vis Pesaro | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Fermana | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 14 |
| 16 | Legnago Salus | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 17 | Imolese | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 12 |
| 18 | Fano | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 10 |
| 19 | Ravenna | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -17 | 10 |
| 20 | Arezzo | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -19 | 7 |