Pescara vs Cesena match preview: Even contest expected at Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Tue 15.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia (23800 seats)

Pescara and Cesena are both high-flying in the Serie C: Girone B with their 5th and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Pescara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Cesena have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 20-15-10 (win-draw-loss) from 45 matches.

It's no vacation for neither Pescara 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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Pescara form and stats

7 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Pescara have to build on here at Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia in the Serie C: Girone B.

A strong away win for Pescara against Olbia the last match, as Frascatore and Ferrari were on target.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Siena in a game that was won 2-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Pescara have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won two, drawn five and lost four.

Pescara are traveling soon after this match as the Serie C: Girone B match at Teramo awaits in four days.

Pescara have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia with 24 goals in 15 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Cesena form and stats

7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Cesena playing as the away team in the Serie C: Girone B this season.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Cesena goalkeeper Michele Nardi is eager to challenge this, with his 186 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

It's the second away game in a row for Cesena, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Pistoiese (placed 17th) last time out.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Teramo.

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

Cesena are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 15 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cesena are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 13 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved encountered each other before this match year: Cesena - Pescara 1-0. Previous ten meetings with these contenders: Pescara won four, Cesena were winners in three and we saw three draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PescaraF. Ferrari
F. Ferrari
16 goals
CesenaM. Bortolussi
M. Bortolussi
10 goals
CesenaN. Pierini
N. Pierini
10 goals

Pescara missing players

Cesena missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Pescara Cesena
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 15 31
14 7 1 Won W 1 7 16
11 6 1 Drew D 1 4 10
6 2 2 Lost L 2 4 5
46 24 5 Scored S 4 17 42
34 16 6 Conceded C 4 13 22
94% 87% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 87% 81%
81% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 53% 58%
52% 53% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 39%
23% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 19%
6% 13% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 6%
71% 73% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 33% 35%
19% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 53% 58%
16% 13% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 26%
 
4.7 5.1 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 4 4.4
4.4 4.2 7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 5.7 5
2.5 2.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 1.9
8 3 2 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 9.9 8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 8.8 9.8
4.4 4.6 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.9 4
34% 34% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 29% 34%
 
7.9 7 7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 11.5 10.7
3.3 3.6 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5 4
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Pescara 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 Modena 31 23 5 3 55 21 15 11 2 2 28 11 16 12 3 1 27 10 34 74
2 Reggiana 31 20 9 2 55 18 16 12 4 0 33 7 15 8 5 2 22 11 37 69
3 Cesena 31 16 10 5 42 22 16 9 6 1 25 9 15 7 4 4 17 13 20 58
4 Virtus Entella 31 15 8 8 53 34 15 10 3 2 31 11 16 5 5 6 22 23 19 53
5 Pescara 31 14 11 6 46 34 15 7 6 2 24 16 16 7 5 4 22 18 12 53
6 Ancona 31 13 8 10 52 41 16 8 3 5 26 23 15 5 5 5 26 18 11 47
7 Gubbio 31 10 13 8 42 34 15 8 6 1 28 11 16 2 7 7 14 23 8 43
8 Vis Pesaro 31 10 11 10 30 40 16 7 4 5 15 18 15 3 7 5 15 22 -10 41
9 Lucchese 31 9 12 10 29 30 16 6 7 3 20 14 15 3 5 7 9 16 -1 39
10 Pontedera 31 11 6 14 34 45 16 7 4 5 23 21 15 4 2 9 11 24 -11 39
11 Carrarese 31 8 14 9 31 40 15 7 6 2 23 13 16 1 8 7 8 27 -9 38
12 Siena 31 9 8 14 35 37 16 7 4 5 22 16 15 2 4 9 13 21 -2 35
13 Olbia 31 9 8 14 35 42 15 6 2 7 18 19 16 3 6 7 17 23 -7 35
14 Montevarchi 31 9 7 15 32 49 15 6 5 4 22 18 16 3 2 11 10 31 -17 34
15 Fermana 31 7 12 12 24 36 15 5 8 2 16 13 16 2 4 10 8 23 -12 33
16 Teramo 31 8 9 14 31 51 15 4 4 7 13 23 16 4 5 7 18 28 -20 33
17 Pistoiese 31 6 10 15 29 45 16 4 5 7 16 18 15 2 5 8 13 27 -16 28
18 Viterbese 31 5 12 14 32 43 16 2 5 9 14 25 15 3 7 5 18 18 -11 27
19 Imolese 31 6 11 14 32 44 16 3 6 7 18 20 15 3 5 7 14 24 -12 27
20 Grosseto 31 4 12 15 26 39 15 2 8 5 13 11 16 2 4 10 13 28 -13 24

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 Modena 31 23 5 3 55 21 15 11 2 2 28 11 16 12 3 1 27 10 34 74
2 Reggiana 31 20 9 2 55 18 16 12 4 0 33 7 15 8 5 2 22 11 37 69
3 Cesena 31 16 10 5 42 22 16 9 6 1 25 9 15 7 4 4 17 13 20 58
4 Virtus Entella 31 15 8 8 53 34 15 10 3 2 31 11 16 5 5 6 22 23 19 53
5 Pescara 31 14 11 6 46 34 15 7 6 2 24 16 16 7 5 4 22 18 12 53
6 Ancona 31 13 8 10 52 41 16 8 3 5 26 23 15 5 5 5 26 18 11 47
7 Gubbio 31 10 13 8 42 34 15 8 6 1 28 11 16 2 7 7 14 23 8 43
8 Vis Pesaro 31 10 11 10 30 40 16 7 4 5 15 18 15 3 7 5 15 22 -10 41
9 Lucchese 31 9 12 10 29 30 16 6 7 3 20 14 15 3 5 7 9 16 -1 39
10 Pontedera 31 11 6 14 34 45 16 7 4 5 23 21 15 4 2 9 11 24 -11 39
11 Carrarese 31 8 14 9 31 40 15 7 6 2 23 13 16 1 8 7 8 27 -9 38
12 Siena 31 9 8 14 35 37 16 7 4 5 22 16 15 2 4 9 13 21 -2 35
13 Olbia 31 9 8 14 35 42 15 6 2 7 18 19 16 3 6 7 17 23 -7 35
14 Montevarchi 31 9 7 15 32 49 15 6 5 4 22 18 16 3 2 11 10 31 -17 34
15 Fermana 31 7 12 12 24 36 15 5 8 2 16 13 16 2 4 10 8 23 -12 33
16 Teramo 31 8 9 14 31 51 15 4 4 7 13 23 16 4 5 7 18 28 -20 33
17 Pistoiese 31 6 10 15 29 45 16 4 5 7 16 18 15 2 5 8 13 27 -16 28
18 Viterbese 31 5 12 14 32 43 16 2 5 9 14 25 15 3 7 5 18 18 -11 27
19 Imolese 31 6 11 14 32 44 16 3 6 7 18 20 15 3 5 7 14 24 -12 27
20 Grosseto 31 4 12 15 26 39 15 2 8 5 13 11 16 2 4 10 13 28 -13 24

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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.