Stadio Pietro Barbetti: Gubbio vs Cesena Serie C: Girone B pre-match guide

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sat 11.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pietro Barbetti (4939 seats)

Sit down for a show! The main characters are Gubbio and Cesena, 3 points is the main plot and 1 1/2 hours the duration.

Insights:
  • Gubbio have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Cesena have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Serie C: Girone B

This ground has grass, which is not Cesena's everyday surface at their own football pitch. When playing on grass Cesena have performed like this: Played 40 matches with the outcome 18 wins, 13 draws and 9 defeats with the goal stats 47-32 (scored/conceded).

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Gubbio form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie C: Girone B, Gubbio have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 16 games.

The spoils were shared in Gubbio's previous game, also at home. Visiting Cesena (placed 3rd) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Stefano was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Cesena after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Before that game, the home loss against Olbia with the scoreline 0-1.

Gubbio are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Gubbio are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Pietro Barbetti in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 16 matches.

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Cesena form and stats

Cesena have an excellent away record in the Serie C: Girone B so far with 9-5-2 from 16 games. Cesena are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Gubbio (placed 6th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Montevarchi.

Cesena have scored 21 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

The most up to date archived scoreline between these squads is the Gubbio - Cesena 1-1 played previously this season. These teams fought well and hard when they last met. Both Ferrante (Cesena) and Bontà (Gubbio) were sent off. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's one Gubbio victory, two draws and five Cesena wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last eight encounters.

Top Goalscorers

CesenaS. Corazza
S. Corazza
16 goals
CesenaS. Shpendi
S. Shpendi
9 goals
GubbioA. Arena
A. Arena
7 goals

Gubbio missing players

Cesena missing players

Gubbio Cesena
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 16 4 Played P 3 16 31
13 6 0 Won W 1 9 17
7 3 1 Drew D 2 5 9
11 7 3 Lost L 0 2 5
36 17 2 Scored S 2 21 50
28 15 5 Conceded C 1 8 22
87% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 81% 90%
65% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 68%
39% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 31% 45%
16% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 19%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
39% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 25% 42%
52% 50% 25% Clean Sheets C S 67% 62% 48%
23% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 31% 19%
 
5.3 6.3 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.3 5.4
3.5 2.5 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 3.8 3.6
2.8 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.7
11 5 1 Red cards R C 1 4 6
 
10.5 10.3 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.2 12.3
4 4.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.9 5
29% 26% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 34% 32%
 
7.4 5.5 7 Shots against (avg) S A 9.3 6.4 7.2
2.7 2.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 2.3 2.6
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Cesena have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Cesena have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Serie C: Girone B
  • Cesena have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Cesena have the most clean sheets (10) away in Serie C: Girone B
  • Cesena have the the best goal difference (+13) away in Serie C: Girone B
  • Gubbio have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Gubbio have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Reggiana 30 21 5 4 51 18 14 10 3 1 27 6 16 11 2 3 24 12 33 68
2 Virtus Entella 30 18 8 4 49 24 16 9 5 2 26 12 14 9 3 2 23 12 25 62
3 Cesena 31 17 9 5 50 22 15 8 4 3 29 14 16 9 5 2 21 8 28 60
4 Ancona 30 14 8 8 44 30 15 8 4 3 24 13 15 6 4 5 20 17 14 50
5 Carrarese 30 15 4 11 39 35 16 10 2 4 24 13 14 5 2 7 15 22 4 49
6 Gubbio 31 13 7 11 36 28 16 6 3 7 17 15 15 7 4 4 19 13 8 46
7 Pontedera 30 12 9 9 34 36 15 7 4 4 19 19 15 5 5 5 15 17 -2 45
8 Siena 30 10 13 7 30 28 15 4 9 2 14 10 15 6 4 5 16 18 2 43
9 Rimini 30 11 8 11 36 30 14 5 4 5 22 15 16 6 4 6 14 15 6 41
10 Lucchese 30 10 11 9 29 25 15 6 4 5 17 15 15 4 7 4 12 10 4 41
11 Fiorenzuola 31 11 5 15 27 31 16 6 2 8 14 13 15 5 3 7 13 18 -4 38
12 Fermana 30 8 13 9 35 36 15 5 6 4 15 14 15 3 7 5 20 22 -1 37
13 Recanatese 31 8 12 11 26 34 15 3 5 7 11 17 16 5 7 4 15 17 -8 36
14 Sassari Torres 31 7 12 12 25 29 15 3 6 6 11 14 16 4 6 6 14 15 -4 33
15 San Donato Tavarnelle 30 6 13 11 32 41 15 1 8 6 12 20 15 5 5 5 20 21 -9 31
16 Olbia 31 6 13 12 32 42 16 3 6 7 19 25 15 3 7 5 13 17 -10 31
17 Vis Pesaro 30 6 12 12 21 43 15 4 4 7 9 20 15 2 8 5 12 23 -22 30
18 Alessandria 30 7 8 15 26 43 14 3 5 6 15 19 16 4 3 9 11 24 -17 29
19 Imolese 31 6 7 18 19 46 16 3 3 10 10 24 15 3 4 8 9 22 -27 25
20 Montevarchi 31 5 9 17 26 46 16 3 6 7 14 20 15 2 3 10 12 26 -20 24

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.