Cesena supporters put their faith in manager Toscano to deliver victory against SPAL

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Wed 27.Sep
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi (20194 seats)

SPAL have journeyed here for an action-packed duel against the hosting Cesena. Prepare for the fixture with this thorough Serie C: Girone B preview!

Insights:
  • Cesena have the most scored goals (12) in Serie C: Girone B
  • SPAL have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Serie C: Girone B

It's no vacation for neither Cesena nor SPAL as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Cesena form and stats

Cesena have only played one Serie C: Girone B game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 11 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats from 19 matches.

The Cesena goalkeeper Matteo Pisseri is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 207 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie C: Girone B.

Cesena enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Fermana's place. The match ended 4-0 with Corazza (2), Shpendi and Chiarello scoring. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Cesena played a great game against Fermana and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Ahead of that match, Cesena won a home game hosting Ancona 1905 (4-0).

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 Cesena have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Rimini are coming to town in four days.

At Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi, Cesena has the goal stats of 4-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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SPAL form and stats

Only one away game in the Serie C: Girone B so far for SPAL and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 victories, 7 draws and 8 losses from 19 travels.

There were no winners in SPAL's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Lucchese (placed 6th).

Prior to that result SPAL won their away game at Juventus Next Gen. The scoreline was 1-0.

SPAL are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 8 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

The schedule is very tough for SPAL now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Serie C: Girone B game at Recanatese is waiting in only four days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, SPAL has managed {1 goals} and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Previous three meetings between these sides: Cesena won zero, SPAL were winners in two and we saw one draw. one game with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 3 red cards from the last three encounters.

Top Goalscorers

CesenaS. Corazza
S. Corazza
4 goals
CesenaR. Ogunseye
R. Ogunseye
2 goals
CesenaC. Shpendi
C. Shpendi
2 goals

Cesena missing players

SPAL missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cesena SPAL
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 0 1 4
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
12 4 0 Scored S 0 1 3
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 25%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
75% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 75%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
4.8 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 4
3 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 5
2 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.5 16 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 6 7.5
6.2 8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 3
48% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 25%
 
7.8 5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10 12.5
2.2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 1 3.2
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Cesena have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Cesena have the most scored goals (12) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Cesena have the the best goal difference (+9) in Serie C: Girone B
  • SPAL have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Serie C: Girone B
  • SPAL have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Serie C: Girone B
Cesena Last season SPAL
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
23 11   Won W   4 8
10 5   Drew D   7 14
5 3   Lost L   8 16
66 37   Scored S   16 41
24 15   Conceded C   24 51
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   79% 89%
66% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 74%
42% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 39%
21% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 21%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 11%
39% 53%   BTTS BTTS   42% 53%
53% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 24%
16% 5%   Failed to Score F T   47% 34%
 
5.5 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 4.6
3.4 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   6.5 5.6
2.7 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.9
7 2   Red cards R C   2 6
 
12.6 15.4   Shots (avg) S (   12.5 13.2
4.9 5.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 4.1
35% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 26%
 
7 7.6   Shots against (avg) S A   15 14.2
2.3 2.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sassari Torres 5 5 0 0 10 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 3 0 0 6 1 8 15
2 Pescara 4 3 1 0 9 5 2 2 0 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 10
3 Carrarese 5 3 1 1 7 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 10
4 Cesena 4 3 0 1 12 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 2 0 1 8 3 9 9
5 Gubbio 5 2 3 0 4 2 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 9
6 Lucchese 4 2 2 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 8
7 Olbia 5 2 2 1 4 5 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 -1 8
8 Perugia 5 1 4 0 6 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 7
9 Arezzo 5 2 1 2 8 9 2 0 1 1 2 4 3 2 0 1 6 5 -1 7
10 SPAL 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
11 Pineto 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
12 Pontedera 5 1 2 2 6 7 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 5
13 Rimini 5 1 1 3 8 10 3 1 1 1 7 7 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 4
14 Recanatese 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 4
15 Ancona 1905 5 1 1 3 4 9 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 5 -5 4
16 Fermana 5 1 1 3 1 8 3 1 0 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 0 3 -7 4
17 Vis Pesaro 5 1 0 4 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 3 0 3 -2 3
18 Juventus Next Gen 4 1 0 3 6 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 6 8 -3 3
19 Sestri Levante 5 1 0 4 2 6 3 0 0 3 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 -4 3
20 Virtus Entella 5 0 2 3 2 6 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 -4 2
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 Reggiana 38 24 9 5 63 27 19 12 5 2 35 12 19 12 4 3 28 15 36 81
2 Cesena 38 23 10 5 66 24 19 11 5 3 37 15 19 12 5 2 29 9 42 79
3 Virtus Entella 38 23 10 5 60 31 19 11 6 2 32 14 19 12 4 3 28 17 29 79
4 Carrarese 38 18 8 12 51 42 19 13 2 4 31 14 19 5 6 8 20 28 9 62
5 Gubbio 38 17 10 11 50 34 19 8 4 7 24 17 19 9 6 4 26 17 16 61
6 Pontedera 38 16 12 10 48 39 19 9 6 4 24 20 19 7 6 6 24 19 9 60
7 Ancona 1905 38 16 10 12 55 44 19 10 5 4 33 17 19 6 5 8 22 27 11 58
8 Lucchese 38 12 15 11 36 32 19 7 7 5 21 17 19 5 8 6 15 15 4 51
9 Rimini 38 11 14 13 43 41 19 5 8 6 28 22 19 6 6 7 15 19 2 47
10 Recanatese 38 11 14 13 39 43 19 5 5 9 20 23 19 6 9 4 19 20 -4 47
11 Robur Siena 38 11 17 10 40 40 19 5 11 3 21 14 19 6 6 7 19 26 0 44
12 Fermana 38 9 17 12 43 49 19 6 7 6 18 20 19 3 10 6 25 29 -6 44
13 Sassari Torres 38 8 17 13 33 36 19 3 10 6 14 17 19 5 7 7 19 19 -3 41
14 Olbia 38 9 14 15 43 50 19 4 7 8 25 28 19 5 7 7 18 22 -7 41
15 Fiorenzuola 38 11 8 19 31 44 19 6 3 10 16 21 19 5 5 9 15 23 -13 41
16 Vis Pesaro 38 9 12 17 24 55 19 6 4 9 11 23 19 3 8 8 13 32 -31 39
17 Alessandria 38 9 11 18 33 52 19 4 7 8 20 23 19 5 4 10 13 29 -19 38
18 San Donato Tavarnelle 38 8 13 17 40 62 19 2 8 9 15 30 19 6 5 8 25 32 -22 37
19 Imolese 38 9 9 20 29 55 19 5 4 10 16 27 19 4 5 10 13 28 -26 30
20 Montevarchi Calcio 38 6 10 22 32 59 19 3 6 10 17 27 19 3 4 12 15 32 -27 28
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 Frosinone 38 24 8 6 63 26 19 14 3 2 35 11 19 10 5 4 28 15 37 80
2 Genoa 38 21 11 6 53 28 19 12 6 1 29 10 19 9 5 5 24 18 25 73
3 Bari 1908 38 17 14 7 58 37 19 7 9 3 30 19 19 10 5 4 28 18 21 65
4 Cagliari 38 15 15 8 50 34 19 11 6 2 28 17 19 4 9 6 22 17 16 60
5 Parma 38 17 10 11 48 39 19 11 2 6 26 16 19 6 8 5 22 23 9 60
6 Sudtirol 38 14 16 8 38 34 19 6 10 3 21 18 19 8 6 5 17 16 4 58
7 Reggina 38 17 4 17 49 45 19 10 2 7 28 22 19 7 2 10 21 23 4 50
8 Venezia 38 13 10 15 51 50 19 7 5 7 29 27 19 6 5 8 22 23 1 49
9 Palermo 38 11 16 11 48 49 19 8 8 3 25 17 19 3 8 8 23 32 -1 49
10 Modena 38 13 9 16 47 53 19 7 8 4 26 18 19 6 1 12 21 35 -6 48
11 Pisa 38 11 14 13 48 42 19 7 5 7 27 21 19 4 9 6 21 21 6 47
12 Como 38 10 17 11 47 48 19 8 7 4 28 20 19 2 10 7 19 28 -1 47
13 Ascoli 38 12 11 15 40 47 19 6 6 7 20 22 19 6 5 8 20 25 -7 47
14 Cittadella 38 9 16 13 34 45 19 5 8 6 19 22 19 4 8 7 15 23 -11 43
15 Ternana 38 11 10 17 37 52 19 8 5 6 21 21 19 3 5 11 16 31 -15 43
16 Brescia 38 9 13 16 36 57 19 6 6 7 17 22 19 3 7 9 19 35 -21 40
17 Cosenza 38 9 13 16 30 53 19 7 7 5 20 18 19 2 6 11 10 35 -23 40
18 Perugia 38 10 9 19 40 52 19 6 6 7 22 26 19 4 3 12 18 26 -12 39
19 SPAL 38 8 14 16 41 51 19 4 7 8 25 27 19 4 7 8 16 24 -10 38
20 Benevento 38 7 14 17 33 49 19 4 6 9 16 25 19 3 8 8 17 24 -16 35

SPAL:
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 Sassari Torres 5 5 0 0 10 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 3 0 0 6 1 8 15
2 Pescara 4 3 1 0 9 5 2 2 0 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 10
3 Carrarese 5 3 1 1 7 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 10
4 Cesena 4 3 0 1 12 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 2 0 1 8 3 9 9
5 Gubbio 5 2 3 0 4 2 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 9
6 Lucchese 4 2 2 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 8
7 Olbia 5 2 2 1 4 5 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 -1 8
8 Perugia 5 1 4 0 6 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 7
9 Arezzo 5 2 1 2 8 9 2 0 1 1 2 4 3 2 0 1 6 5 -1 7
10 SPAL 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
11 Pineto 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
12 Pontedera 5 1 2 2 6 7 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 5
13 Rimini 5 1 1 3 8 10 3 1 1 1 7 7 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 4
14 Recanatese 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 -2 4
15 Ancona 1905 5 1 1 3 4 9 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 5 -5 4
16 Fermana 5 1 1 3 1 8 3 1 0 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 0 3 -7 4
17 Vis Pesaro 5 1 0 4 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 3 0 3 -2 3
18 Juventus Next Gen 4 1 0 3 6 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 6 8 -3 3
19 Sestri Levante 5 1 0 4 2 6 3 0 0 3 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 -4 3
20 Virtus Entella 5 0 2 3 2 6 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 -4 2

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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.