Betting preview: Monopoli vs Cesena should be interesting

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Competition: Italy Serie C Play-offs
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani (8000 seats)

A new Serie C Play-offs season is ready to unfold and this is the premier real game for Monopoli and Cesena. Game on!

Monopoli's stadium, Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani, 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; 16 wins, 12 draws and 9 losses from 37 matches. They have scored 45 goals in these games and conceded 34.

The hosts Monopoli saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Serie C Play-offs. This match was also played here at Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Cesena have had more rest.

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Monopoli form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Monopoli as they were promoted from Serie C: Girone C last season. Happy days that were secured through 17 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses from 36 games. The team scored 23 goals at home last season and conceded 10. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Monopoli as they are travelling to their away game against Cesena in the Serie C Play-offs. That match is four days after this one.

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Cesena form and stats

A job perfectly done for Cesena last season as they secured promotion from Serie C: Girone B. With a grand total of 18 wins, 13 draws and 7 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 7 were in away matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Monopoli in just four days.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

CesenaN. Pierini
N. Pierini
12 goals
CesenaM. Bortolussi
M. Bortolussi
10 goals
CesenaS. Caturano
S. Caturano
10 goals

Monopoli missing players

Cesena missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Monopoli Cesena
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
2 2 0 Played P 0 0 0
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 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%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 5.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
3.5 3.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
3.5 3.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
29% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 5.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
1.5 1.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Monopoli Last season Cesena
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   19 38
17 11   Won W   7 18
8 4   Drew D   6 13
11 3   Lost L   6 7
38 23   Scored S   19 53
31 10   Conceded C   20 31
83% 78%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 82%
58% 61%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   53% 58%
42% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 42%
8% 6%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 26%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
39% 33%   BTTS BTTS   32% 34%
42% 56%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 55%
36% 33%   Failed to Score F T   37% 29%
 
3.4 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.3
4.2 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 4.9
2.2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.9
2 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
6.5 6.7   Shots (avg) S (   7.8 9.4
2.8 3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.9
38% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 36%
 
7.5 5.9   Shots against (avg) S A   11.5 11.1
2.8 1.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4.1

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 Bari 1908 36 22 9 5 52 26 18 12 3 3 31 15 18 10 6 2 21 11 26 75
2 Catanzaro 36 19 10 7 57 26 18 11 4 3 32 12 18 8 6 4 25 14 31 67
3 Palermo 36 18 12 6 64 33 18 13 5 0 42 9 18 5 7 6 22 24 31 66
4 Avellino 36 17 13 6 45 26 18 9 8 1 28 14 18 8 5 5 17 12 19 64
5 Monopoli 36 17 8 11 38 31 18 11 4 3 23 10 18 6 4 8 15 21 7 59
6 Virtus Francavilla 36 16 8 12 48 38 18 12 4 2 38 18 18 4 4 10 10 20 10 56
7 Foggia 36 13 15 8 62 51 18 10 5 3 40 26 18 3 10 5 22 25 11 52
8 Turris Neapolis 36 16 4 16 52 49 18 10 0 8 30 20 18 6 4 8 22 29 3 52
9 Nuova Monterosi 36 13 12 11 40 38 18 8 5 5 22 16 18 5 7 6 18 22 2 51
10 Picerno 36 14 8 14 41 45 18 9 3 6 24 16 18 5 5 8 17 29 -4 50
11 Juve Stabia 36 13 12 11 44 36 18 10 6 2 31 11 18 3 6 9 13 25 8 49
12 Latina 36 12 9 15 37 42 18 8 6 4 22 15 18 4 3 11 15 27 -5 45
13 Campobasso 36 11 11 14 51 62 18 5 7 6 25 25 18 6 4 8 26 37 -11 44
14 Taranto 36 8 15 13 31 40 18 6 10 2 16 8 18 2 5 11 15 32 -9 39
15 Messina 36 10 9 17 40 57 18 7 4 7 20 20 18 3 5 10 20 37 -17 39
16 Potenza Calcio 36 8 13 15 37 51 18 5 9 4 22 19 18 3 4 11 15 32 -14 37
17 Fidelis Andria 36 6 12 18 26 45 18 3 7 8 13 21 18 3 5 10 13 24 -19 30
18 Paganese 36 6 8 22 36 69 18 6 3 9 24 31 18 0 5 13 12 38 -33 26
19 Vibonese 36 3 12 21 24 60 18 3 7 8 13 23 18 0 5 13 11 37 -36 21
20 Catania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4
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 Modena 38 27 7 4 69 25 19 14 3 2 38 13 19 13 4 2 31 12 44 88
2 Reggiana 38 25 11 2 72 26 19 15 4 0 42 10 19 10 7 2 30 16 46 86
3 Cesena 38 18 13 7 53 31 19 11 7 1 34 11 19 7 6 6 19 20 22 67
4 Virtus Entella 38 19 8 11 62 40 19 14 3 2 40 14 19 5 5 9 22 26 22 65
5 Pescara 38 17 14 7 56 41 19 9 8 2 30 20 19 8 6 5 26 21 15 65
6 Ancona 1905 38 16 9 13 61 50 19 10 3 6 30 26 19 6 6 7 31 24 11 57
7 Gubbio 38 12 16 10 53 44 19 9 8 2 34 17 19 3 8 8 19 27 9 52
8 Lucchese 38 12 14 12 39 39 19 8 8 3 27 19 19 4 6 9 12 20 0 50
9 Olbia 38 11 13 14 44 47 19 7 5 7 22 21 19 4 8 7 22 26 -3 46
10 Montevarchi Calcio 38 12 9 17 41 55 19 9 6 4 31 20 19 3 3 13 10 35 -14 45
11 Carrarese 38 10 15 13 39 55 19 9 7 3 30 18 19 1 8 10 9 37 -16 45
12 Vis Pesaro 38 11 12 15 35 56 19 8 4 7 17 25 19 3 8 8 18 31 -21 45
13 Robur Siena 38 10 14 14 40 41 19 7 7 5 24 18 19 3 7 9 16 23 -1 44
14 Pontedera 38 11 10 17 38 56 19 7 5 7 25 26 19 4 5 10 13 30 -18 43
15 Teramo 38 10 12 16 36 57 19 5 6 8 16 27 19 5 6 8 20 30 -21 42
16 Viterbese Castrense 38 8 15 15 44 51 19 2 8 9 18 29 19 6 7 6 26 22 -7 39
17 Pistoiese 38 8 12 18 40 59 19 6 5 8 20 22 19 2 7 10 20 37 -19 36
18 Imolese 38 8 13 17 42 56 19 5 7 7 22 21 19 3 6 10 20 35 -14 35
19 Fermana 38 7 14 17 31 49 19 5 9 5 20 21 19 2 5 12 11 28 -18 35
20 Grosseto 38 5 15 18 30 47 19 3 10 6 14 13 19 2 5 12 16 34 -17 30

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