Serie C: Girone B fixture preview and numbers: Gubbio welcome Cesena

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Wed 22.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pietro Barbetti (4939 seats)

Cesena journey to Gubbio and Stadio Pietro Barbetti brimming with optimism, but the hosts is not easy meat. More information on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Gubbio have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Cesena have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Serie C: Girone B

Cesena play their home matches on artifical turf, while this match will take part on grass. Up to date data for Cesena when featuring on grass are 20 wins, 14 draws and 9 defeats from 43 matches. They have managed to score 64 goals and conceded 44 times in these games.

It's no vacation for neither Gubbio nor Cesena 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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Gubbio form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Gubbio have to build on here at Stadio Pietro Barbetti in the Serie C: Girone B.

A nice win for Gubbio last time playing, versus Montevarchi. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0.

A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Modena.

Gubbio have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Pietro Barbetti with 15 goals in 9 league 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 7 from 9 matches.

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Cesena form and stats

Cesena have an excellent away record in the Serie C: Girone B so far with 5-3-1 from 9 games.

Impressive finishing from Candela secured the home win 1-0 against Siena in their previous game.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Carrarese that ended 1-1.

Cesena have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 12 goals have been scored. Cesena are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Gubbio and Cesena have faced off previously this season: Cesena - Gubbio 0-0. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: zero - one - four (Gubbio wins - draws - Cesena wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CesenaM. Bortolussi
M. Bortolussi
9 goals
CesenaS. Caturano
S. Caturano
5 goals
GubbioA. Cittadino
A. Cittadino
4 goals

Gubbio missing players

Cesena missing players

Gubbio Cesena
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 9 19
6 5 1 Won W 2 5 11
8 3 2 Drew D 1 3 6
5 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
26 16 6 Scored S 4 12 26
19 6 4 Conceded C 2 6 10
84% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 79%
63% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 56% 53%
47% 56% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 37%
32% 33% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 21%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
53% 44% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 44% 37%
37% 56% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 56% 63%
26% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 21%
 
6.2 6.9 8.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.9 4.3
4.3 4 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6 5.2
2.7 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.7 2.1
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 13.1 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 8.4 9.4
3.9 5 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.4 3.9
37% 36% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 39% 35%
 
8.8 9.7 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12.7 11.3
3.4 3.7 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 5.3 3.9
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 in the first half (4) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Cesena have the most matches under the total-line (10) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Gubbio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gubbio have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Gubbio have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Serie C: Girone B

  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 19 13 6 0 37 10 10 7 3 0 22 5 9 6 3 0 15 5 27 45
2 Modena 19 14 3 2 38 15 9 6 2 1 19 8 10 8 1 1 19 7 23 45
3 Cesena 19 11 6 2 26 10 10 6 3 1 14 4 9 5 3 1 12 6 16 39
4 Ancona 19 9 4 6 34 24 10 7 0 3 20 13 9 2 4 3 14 11 10 31
5 Pescara 19 8 7 4 27 22 10 4 4 2 14 11 9 4 3 2 13 11 5 31
6 Virtus Entella 19 8 6 5 30 22 9 5 3 1 15 7 10 3 3 4 15 15 8 30
7 Lucchese 19 6 7 6 16 18 9 4 3 2 10 7 10 2 4 4 6 11 -2 25
8 Olbia 19 7 3 9 25 27 9 5 1 3 13 11 10 2 2 6 12 16 -2 24
9 Vis Pesaro 19 5 9 5 18 23 9 3 4 2 7 8 10 2 5 3 11 15 -5 24
10 Pontedera 19 7 3 9 25 31 10 5 2 3 17 13 9 2 1 6 8 18 -6 24
11 Montevarchi 19 7 3 9 21 29 9 4 2 3 14 12 10 3 1 6 7 17 -8 24
12 Gubbio 19 5 8 6 25 20 9 4 3 2 15 7 10 1 5 4 10 13 5 23
13 Siena 19 6 5 8 21 20 10 4 2 4 13 11 9 2 3 4 8 9 1 23
14 Carrarese 19 5 8 6 20 27 9 4 4 1 14 8 10 1 4 5 6 19 -7 23
15 Fermana 19 5 5 9 18 26 10 4 4 2 12 10 9 1 1 7 6 16 -8 20
16 Teramo 19 4 7 8 18 35 9 2 3 4 8 16 10 2 4 4 10 19 -17 19
17 Imolese 19 5 5 9 24 25 10 2 3 5 15 13 9 3 2 4 9 12 -1 18
18 Pistoiese 19 3 6 10 14 29 9 2 3 4 8 13 10 1 3 6 6 16 -15 15
19 Grosseto 19 2 8 9 11 23 10 0 6 4 5 9 9 2 2 5 6 14 -12 14
20 Viterbese 19 2 7 10 21 33 10 2 3 5 11 17 9 0 4 5 10 16 -12 13

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.