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.
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.
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 | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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 |