Sunday , 16 August 2026

AS Cittadella vs Spezia Calcio, Serie B 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

Serie B · 2023-24
AS Cittadella
4 – 1
Full Time
Spezia Calcio
Sat 23 Dec 2023 · 13:00 UTC Piercesare Tombolato HT 45' · FT 45'
Lorenzo Carissoni 10' Y
Federico Giraudo 42' Y
Y 51' Salvatore Elia
Y 59' Dimitrios Nikolaou
Y 75' Petko Hristov
R 77' Luca D'Angelo
Y 79' Niccolo Pietra

Overview

Match Preview

AS Cittadella vs Spezia Calcio — Serie B at Piercesare Tombolato.

Match Details

  • Referee Davide Ghersini

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Venezia FC 38 82
2 Frosinone Calcio 38 81
3 AC Monza 38 76
4 SSC Bari 38 40
5 AC Reggiana 38 37
6 Delfino Pescara 1936 38 35
7 Spezia Calcio 38 35
8 Palermo FC 0 0
9 US Catanzaro 0 0
10 Modena FC 2018 0 0
11 SS Juve Stabia 0 0
12 Calcio Avellino SSD 0 0
13 Padova Calcio 0 0
14 AC Cesena 0 0
15 Mantova 1911 SSD 0 0
16 Carrarese Calcio 0 0
17 UC Sampdoria 0 0
18 ACD Virtus Entella 0 0
19 Empoli FC 0 0
20 FC Südtirol 0 0
21 Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC 0 0
22 Benevento Calcio 0 0
23 Hellas Verona FC 0 0
24 L.R. Vicenza Virtus 0 0
25 AC Pisa 1909 0 0
26 SS Arezzo 0 0
27 US Cremonese 0 0

Head-to-Head

1
3
AS Cittadella 4 games · Avg 4.5 goals Spezia Calcio
Last 5 meetings
2023-12-23 AS Cittadella 4–1 Spezia Calcio

Recent Form

AS Cittadella
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Dec Spezia Calcio H 4–1 W
16 Dec Modena FC 2018 A 1–1 D
09 Dec Cosenza Calcio H 2–0 W
02 Dec FeralpiSalo A 1–0 W
25 Nov FC Südtirol H 2–1 W
12 Nov Palermo FC A 1–0 W
Spezia Calcio
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Dec AS Cittadella A 1–4 L
15 Dec SSC Bari H 1–0 W
09 Dec Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC A 2–1 W
02 Dec Parma Calcio 1913 H 0–1 L
24 Nov UC Sampdoria A 1–2 L
12 Nov Ternana Calcio H 2–2 D

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)
75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Three points are at stake. AS Cittadella host Spezia Calcio — let the battle begin!
  • 5' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His AS Cittadella side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 10' Lorenzo Carissoni catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 10.
  • 15' Giuseppe Carriero is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 20' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 25' Raimonds Krollis has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 30' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 35' AS Cittadella have won 76 goals from 75 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 39' AS Cittadella make a change. Stefano Negro trudges off to be replaced by Matteo Angeli on 39 minutes.
  • 42' Federico Giraudo picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 46' Another substitution for Spezia Calcio to replace Nicolo Bertola by Rachid Kouda on 46 minute.
  • 51' That is a card for Spezia Calcio. Salvatore Elia will be fuming at that decision.
  • 56' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 59' The referee shows Spezia Calcio player a card on 59.
  • 59' It is a substitution in AS Cittadella team. Valerio Mastrantonio is replaced by Tommy Maistrello on 59 minute.
  • 61' A stunning finish from Luca Moro — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 66' AS Cittadella started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 66.
  • 68' The AS Cittadella manager makes a substitution. Claudio Cassano departs to be replaced by Andrea Tessiore.
  • 69' Filippo Pittarello is ready to make an impact after coming on for Luca Pandolfi at the 69 minute mark.
  • 70' Daniele Verde has so much to prove this time. He replaces Mirko Antonucci on 70 minute.
  • 75' Filippo Pittarello adds to his 0 season tally! AS Cittadella lead 2-1 — and this changes everything.
  • 75' Spezia Calcio receives a card for a hard tackle on 75.
  • 77' Luca D'Angelo is having his name booked by the referee on 77.
  • 79' Spezia Calcio player sees a card in front of him.
  • 80' Fresh legs for Spezia Calcio! Raimonds Krollis comes on to replace Luca Moro.
  • 81' Filippo Pittarello adds to his 0 season tally! AS Cittadella lead 3-1 — and this changes everything.
  • 86' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Tommy Maistrello makes it 4-1.
  • 90' Filippo Bandinelli makes way for Iva Gelashvili at the 90 minute mark. A tactical switch from Spezia Calcio.
  • Full Time. AS Cittadella beats Spezia Calcio

Lineups

AS Cittadella Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Edoardo Gorini

Spezia Calcio Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Luca D'Angelo

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Salvatore Esposito 2
Luca Moro 2
Filippo Pittarello 2
Andrea Magrassi 1
Przemyslaw Wisniewski 1
Francesco Esposito 1
Tommy Maistrello 1
Luca Vignali 1

Head to Head

2023-12-23 AS Cittadella 4–1 Spezia Calcio

AS Cittadella Form

2023-12-23 AS Cittadella 4–1 Spezia Calcio W 2023-12-16 Modena FC 2018 1–1 AS Cittadella D 2023-12-09 AS Cittadella 2–0 Cosenza Calcio W 2023-12-02 FeralpiSalo 0–1 AS Cittadella W 2023-11-25 AS Cittadella 2–1 FC Südtirol W 2023-11-12 Palermo FC 0–1 AS Cittadella W

Spezia Calcio Form

2023-12-23 AS Cittadella 4–1 Spezia Calcio L 2023-12-15 Spezia Calcio 1–0 SSC Bari W 2023-12-09 Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC 1–2 Spezia Calcio W 2023-12-02 Spezia Calcio 0–1 Parma Calcio 1913 L 2023-11-24 UC Sampdoria 2–1 Spezia Calcio L 2023-11-12 Spezia Calcio 2–2 Ternana Calcio D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.32 AS Cittadella xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.05 Spezia Calcio xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 64% + AS Cittadella to win 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct
AS Cittadella63% Draw21% Spezia Calcio16%
Actual: AS Cittadella win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes58% 0% No42%
Avg goals/match: 3.37
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 84%
16%
± 2.5 64%
36%
± 3.5 43%
57%
± 4.5 25%
75%

Double Chance

AS Cittadella or Draw
84%
Draw or Spezia Calcio
37%
AS Cittadella or Spezia Calcio
79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
AS Cittadella47% Draw39% Spezia Calcio14%
Actual: AS Cittadella win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
9.4%
2 – 0
9.3%
1 – 1
9.2%
1 – 0
7.6%
3 – 1
7.2%
3 – 0
7%
2 – 2
4.9%
0 – 0
4.9%
1 – 2
4.3%
4 – 1
Actual
4 – 0
4%
3 – 2
3.8%

Asian Handicap — AS Cittadella

Handicap AS Cittadella covers Push Spezia Calcio covers
-2.5 23% — 77%
-2 23% 19% 57%
-1.5 43% — 57%
-1 43% 22% 36%
-0.5 64% — 36%
+0.5 85% — 15%
+1 85% 9% 6%
+1.5 94% — 6%
+2 94% 4% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

AS Cittadella keeps clean sheet
36% ✓
Spezia Calcio keeps clean sheet
11% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.