Recanatese vs Cesena: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Tue 31.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Nicola Tubaldi (2000 seats)

Recanatese ended up with a 1-1 result against Sassari Torres in their previous match, a game to learn from. The next job is this sturdy Cesena team.

Insights:
  • Recanatese have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cesena have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Serie C: Girone B

Recanatese's stadium, Stadio Nicola Tubaldi, has a grass surface. Cesena have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Cesena when playing on grass; 17 wins, 12 draws and 11 losses from 40 matches. They have scored {43 goals} in these games and conceded 34.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Recanatese and Cesena.

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Recanatese form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie C: Girone B this season. Recanatese have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Stadio Nicola Tubaldi. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Recanatese.

Recanatese drew their last game, 1-1 away at Sassari Torres (placed 13th).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus San Donato Tavarnelle that ended 1-1.

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

Recanatese have scored {9 league goals} here from 11 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 12 goals have been conceded. When Recanatese hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Olbia, Imolese, San Donato Tavarnelle, Alessandria, Montevarchi and Vis Pesaro), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Cesena form and stats

Cesena's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Cesena collect 24 points from their 12 away matches in the Serie C: Girone B. 7 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Cesena are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

It's the second away game in a row for Cesena, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Pontedera (placed 7th) last time out.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Fermana.

After this away game Cesena return home for a Serie C: Girone B game against Siena. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Cesena have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Cesena's manager Toscano has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {5 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other previously this season, with the result Cesena - Recanatese 2-0 logged in the official records. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Recanatese victories, zero draws and one Cesena win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CesenaS. Corazza
S. Corazza
13 goals
RecanateseA. Sbaffo
A. Sbaffo
9 goals
CesenaS. Shpendi
S. Shpendi
5 goals

Recanatese missing players

Cesena missing players

Recanatese Cesena
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 11 3 Played P 3 12 24
5 2 1 Won W 3 7 14
10 4 0 Drew D 0 3 6
9 5 2 Lost L 0 2 4
19 9 3 Scored S 6 13 35
27 12 4 Conceded C 1 5 15
79% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
58% 55% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 42% 62%
29% 27% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 25% 38%
17% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
4% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
46% 45% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 17% 38%
29% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 67% 50%
46% 55% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 21%
 
4.3 5.3 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5.5 5.3
5.3 4.6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.8 3.6
2.2 2.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 3.1 2.9
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
9 9.5 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.2 12.4
3.8 4.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.8 5
22% 20% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 28% 29%
 
8.2 7.5 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 5 6.4 7.5
3.4 3.3 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.3 2 2.4
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 (5) away in Serie C: Girone B
  • Recanatese 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 24 17 4 3 40 14 11 8 2 1 22 5 13 9 2 2 18 9 26 55
2 Cesena 24 14 6 4 35 15 12 7 3 2 22 10 12 7 3 2 13 5 20 48
3 Virtus Entella 24 13 7 4 35 21 13 6 5 2 18 11 11 7 2 2 17 10 14 46
4 Ancona 24 12 6 6 37 21 12 7 3 2 21 8 12 5 3 4 16 13 16 42
5 Gubbio 24 12 4 8 31 20 12 6 1 5 15 11 12 6 3 3 16 9 11 40
6 Siena 24 10 8 6 25 19 12 4 6 2 10 6 12 6 2 4 15 13 6 38
7 Pontedera 23 10 7 6 27 28 12 6 4 2 15 14 11 4 3 4 12 14 -1 37
8 Fiorenzuola 24 11 2 11 25 23 13 6 1 6 14 11 11 5 1 5 11 12 2 35
9 Lucchese 24 9 7 8 23 20 11 5 2 4 12 11 13 4 5 4 11 9 3 34
10 Rimini 24 9 6 9 32 25 12 5 3 4 22 14 12 4 3 5 10 11 7 33
11 Carrarese 24 10 3 11 30 32 13 7 2 4 18 11 11 3 1 7 12 21 -2 33
12 Fermana 24 6 11 7 27 28 13 4 6 3 12 11 11 2 5 4 15 17 -1 29
13 Sassari Torres 24 6 10 8 19 19 12 2 5 5 9 12 12 4 5 3 10 7 0 28
14 Recanatese 24 5 10 9 19 27 11 2 4 5 9 12 13 3 6 4 10 15 -8 25
15 Alessandria 24 6 6 12 21 35 11 3 3 5 12 15 13 3 3 7 9 20 -14 24
16 San Donato Tavarnelle 24 5 8 11 24 35 12 1 5 6 9 17 12 4 3 5 15 18 -11 23
17 Vis Pesaro 23 5 8 10 15 32 11 3 2 6 6 15 12 2 6 4 9 17 -17 23
18 Olbia 24 3 11 10 22 33 12 2 5 5 12 17 12 1 6 5 10 16 -11 20
19 Imolese 24 5 4 15 12 36 12 3 1 8 6 17 12 2 3 7 6 19 -24 19
20 Montevarchi 24 4 6 14 21 37 12 2 4 6 11 17 12 2 2 8 10 20 -16 18

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.