Soccer betting preview: Imolese welcomes Cesena in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 16.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Romeo Galli (3809 seats)

Imolese hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 23 points and a 17th position in the Serie C: Girone B table. Visiting Cesena holds 13th place with 27 pts.

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.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Cesena's home stadium. The visitors last 42 games on grass have ended in 13 wins, 16 draws and 13 losses.

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Imolese form and stats

With 2 Serie C: Girone B wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Imolese are certainly not brimming with confidence. The last three games played by Imolese, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

Imolese travelled for their previous game, a trip to Virtus Verona that ended 0-0. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Ravenna.

This is expected to be a close game, with Imolese perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Imolese as a small favourite), we find nine games. Imolese has won three of these, drawn four and lost two.

Imolese have scored 10 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. Imolese's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cesena form and stats

The visitors are W3-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone B.

Cesena played 1-1 against Padova in their previous match. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Piacenza that ended 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Cesena in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Cesena, two draws and two defeats.

Cesena find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 16 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Cesena have conceded 20 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Cesena - Imolese 1-0 earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

CesenaK. Butić
K. Butić
9 goals
CesenaG. Borello
G. Borello
6 goals
ImoleseL. Belcastro
L. Belcastro
4 goals

Imolese missing players

Cesena missing players

Imolese Cesena
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 13 4 Played P 5 13 25
4 2 0 Won W 2 3 6
11 5 2 Drew D 2 5 9
10 6 2 Lost L 1 5 10
19 10 3 Scored S 5 16 28
29 17 6 Conceded C 3 20 38
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
56% 62% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 77% 68%
32% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 40%
16% 15% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 32%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 23% 20%
48% 54% 75% BTTS BTTS 40% 62% 56%
24% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 23% 24%
40% 38% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 15% 24%
 
4.4 4.2 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.2 4.8
4.6 4.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 3.9 3.9
2.2 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.6 2.9
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
216 124 39 Total Shots T S 45 122 245
83 47 13 Shots on Target S O 21 53 101
22% 19% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 30% 28%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Cesena haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Imolese have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 Vicenza 25 17 6 2 38 11 12 9 2 1 16 5 13 8 4 1 22 6 27 57
2 Reggiana 25 14 9 2 42 24 13 9 4 0 27 13 12 5 5 2 15 11 18 51
3 Carpi 25 15 5 5 41 21 13 9 3 1 27 8 12 6 2 4 14 13 20 50
4 Sudtirol 25 14 3 8 41 23 12 8 0 4 27 13 13 6 3 4 14 10 18 45
5 Padova 25 13 5 7 35 18 12 8 1 3 22 7 13 5 4 4 13 11 17 44
6 FeralpiSalò 25 12 7 6 31 28 12 6 5 1 17 11 13 6 2 5 14 17 3 43
7 Piacenza 25 10 11 4 32 21 12 6 4 2 16 9 13 4 7 2 16 12 11 41
8 Modena 25 10 7 8 28 23 13 6 5 2 17 10 12 4 2 6 11 13 5 37
9 Triestina 25 10 4 11 31 32 12 6 1 5 15 12 13 4 3 6 16 20 -1 34
10 Sambenedettese 25 9 6 10 30 29 12 5 3 4 15 12 13 4 3 6 15 17 1 33
11 Virtus Verona 25 8 6 11 33 35 12 3 2 7 14 19 13 5 4 4 19 16 -2 30
12 Fermana 25 7 8 10 20 32 13 2 6 5 12 18 12 5 2 5 8 14 -12 29
13 Cesena 25 6 9 10 28 38 12 3 4 5 12 18 13 3 5 5 16 20 -10 27
14 Vis Pesaro 25 7 6 12 21 32 13 4 4 5 11 13 12 3 2 7 10 19 -11 27
15 Gubbio 25 5 11 9 20 28 13 2 6 5 9 14 12 3 5 4 11 14 -8 26
16 Ravenna 25 6 6 13 23 39 12 3 3 6 12 17 13 3 3 7 11 22 -16 24
17 Imolese 25 4 11 10 19 29 13 2 5 6 10 17 12 2 6 4 9 12 -10 23
18 Union ArzignanoChiampo 25 4 10 11 17 29 13 0 7 6 7 13 12 4 3 5 10 16 -12 22
19 Fano 25 4 6 15 22 40 13 1 3 9 7 21 12 3 3 6 15 19 -18 18
20 Rimini 25 3 8 14 22 42 13 3 4 6 13 18 12 0 4 8 9 24 -20 17

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.