Virtus Verona v Cesena betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 27.September
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Gavagnin-Nocini (1200 seats)

It's a new Serie C: Girone B campaign and Virtus Verona are eager to get started here at Stadio Comunale Gavagnin-Nocini. Cesena are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.

14 - 16 - 12 with 55-48. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Cesena when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Cesena play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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Virtus Verona form and stats

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

Virtus have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Virtus Verona have scored 0 goals and conceded 1 time.

Last season, Virtus Verona's league statistics were 8 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 12th position in the Serie C: Girone B. Over these 27 matches they scored 33 goals and conceded 35. Playing at home last season Virtus Verona managed 3-3-7 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 19 conceded.

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Cesena form and stats

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cesena playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three Cesena wins, two draws and two defeats.

Let's have a look at how Cesena performed last season in the Serie C: Girone B: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 9 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 5 with 20/21 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Virtus wins - draws - Cesena wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Virtus Verona missing players

Cesena missing players

Virtus Verona Cesena
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Virtus Verona Last season Cesena
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 13   Played P   14 27
8 3   Won W   4 7
8 3   Drew D   5 9
11 7   Lost L   5 11
33 14   Scored S   20 33
35 19   Conceded C   21 42
81% 77%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
67% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 70%
56% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 44%
30% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 37%
15% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 22%
56% 54%   BTTS BTTS   64% 59%
30% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 22%
33% 38%   Failed to Score F T   14% 22%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.1 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 3
1 0   Red cards R C   1 4
 
159 69   Total Shots T S   126 264
64 27   Shots on Target S O   57 109
42% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Legnago Salus 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
2 Vis Pesaro 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Arezzo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Calcio Padova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Carpi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Cesena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Fano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 FeralpiSalò 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Fermana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Gubbio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Imolese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Mantova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Matelica Calcio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Modena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Perugia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Ravenna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sambenedettese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Südtirol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Triestina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Virtus Verona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 27 18 7 2 41 12 13 9 3 1 16 5 14 9 4 1 25 7 29 61
2 Reggiana 27 15 10 2 45 25 14 10 4 0 30 14 13 5 6 2 15 11 20 55
3 Carpi 26 16 5 5 44 21 14 10 3 1 30 8 12 6 2 4 14 13 23 53
4 Südtirol 27 15 3 9 43 24 13 9 0 4 29 13 14 6 3 5 14 11 19 48
5 Padova 26 13 5 8 35 19 13 8 1 4 22 8 13 5 4 4 13 11 16 44
6 FeralpiSalò 26 12 8 6 34 31 13 6 6 1 20 14 13 6 2 5 14 17 3 44
7 Piacenza 26 10 11 5 32 24 12 6 4 2 16 9 14 4 7 3 16 15 8 41
8 Triestina 27 12 4 11 36 32 13 7 1 5 19 12 14 5 3 6 17 20 4 40
9 Modena 27 11 7 9 29 25 14 7 5 2 18 10 13 4 2 7 11 15 4 40
10 Sambenedettese 26 9 6 11 31 31 13 5 3 5 16 14 13 4 3 6 15 17 0 33
11 Fermana 27 8 9 10 22 33 14 2 7 5 13 19 13 6 2 5 9 14 -11 33
12 Virtus Verona 27 8 8 11 33 35 13 3 3 7 14 19 14 5 5 4 19 16 -2 32
13 Cesena 27 7 9 11 33 42 13 3 4 6 13 21 14 4 5 5 20 21 -9 30
14 Gubbio 27 5 13 9 23 31 14 2 7 5 9 14 13 3 6 4 14 17 -8 28
15 Vis Pesaro 27 7 7 13 22 37 13 4 4 5 11 13 14 3 3 8 11 24 -15 28
16 Ravenna 27 7 6 14 25 41 13 3 3 7 12 18 14 4 3 7 13 23 -16 27
17 Imolese 27 4 11 12 20 35 14 2 5 7 11 21 13 2 6 5 9 14 -15 23
18 Union ArzignanoChiampo 26 4 10 12 18 32 13 0 7 6 7 13 13 4 3 6 11 19 -14 22
19 Fano 27 5 6 16 24 42 14 2 3 9 9 21 13 3 3 7 15 21 -18 21
20 Rimini 27 4 9 14 24 42 14 4 4 6 15 18 13 0 5 8 9 24 -18 21

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.