US Catanzaro vs AS Cittadella, Serie B 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
US Catanzaro vs AS Cittadella — Serie B at Nicola Ceravolo.
- US Catanzaro 38 games · 59 pts (2025/26)
- AS Cittadella 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Valerio Crezzini (Italy)
- Assistant 1 Damiano Di Iorio
- Assistant 2 Claudio Barone (Italy)
18 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 3.8 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Venezia FC 38 82 2 Frosinone Calcio 38 81 3 AC Monza 38 76 4 Palermo FC 38 72 5 US Catanzaro 38 59 6 Modena FC 2018 38 55 7 SS Juve Stabia 38 51 8 Calcio Avellino SSD 38 49 9 Mantova 1911 SSD 38 46 10 Padova Calcio 38 46 11 AC Cesena 38 46 12 Carrarese Calcio 38 44 13 UC Sampdoria 38 44 14 ACD Virtus Entella 38 42 15 Empoli FC 38 41 16 FC Sudtirol 38 41 17 SSC Bari 38 40 18 AC Reggiana 38 37 19 Spezia Calcio 38 35 20 Delfino Pescara 1936 38 35 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 Feb AS Cittadella H 1–0 W 08 Feb Frosinone Calcio A 1–1 D 01 Feb AC Cesena H 4–2 W 26 Jan Brescia Calcio A 3–2 W 19 Jan AC Pisa 1909 H 0–0 D 12 Jan FC Sudtirol A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 Feb US Catanzaro A 0–1 L 08 Feb AC Pisa 1909 A 1–0 W 01 Feb Spezia Calcio H 0–2 L 25 Jan Cosenza Calcio A 1–0 W 18 Jan Mantova 1911 SSD H 1–2 L 12 Jan AC Cesena A 0–0 D Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history24% Clean Sheets
US Catanzaro this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
US Catanzaro0-154/116-301/331-452/246-601/161-751/–76+4/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Nicola Ceravolo. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' The travelling AS Cittadella supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 10' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Jacopo Petriccione suffering a number of foals already.
- 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 20' US Catanzaro seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 25' Supporters expect more eagerness from Orji Okwonkwo, as he is very good at scoring at Nicola Ceravolo with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 30' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Federico Bonini made 467 appearances and scored 9 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 35' It looks like no one’s ball. US Catanzaro is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 45' Pietro Iemmello needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 50' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. AS Cittadella needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 55' Simone Pontisso has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 59' US Catanzaro manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Marco D'Alessandro is hanging Tommaso Biasci on the field on 59 minute.
- 64' US Catanzaro manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Mario Situm is hanging Marco D'Alessandro on the field on 64 minute.
- 65' GOAL! Pietro Iemmello scores on 65.
- 70' US Catanzaro is showing some good football. However, US Catanzaro are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 71' The referee shows US Catanzaro player a card on 71.
- 71' Time for substitution for AS Cittadella. Andrea Tessiore is replaced by Lorenzo Carissoni.
- 76' It looks surprising US Catanzaro does not make any changes. Tommaso Cassandro has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 78' The US Catanzaro manager makes a substitution. Riccardo Pagano departs to be replaced by Marco Pompetti.
- 79' The supporters are chanting for Mamadou Coulibaly. He replaces Simone Pontisso on 79 minute.
- 81' It is a substitution in AS Cittadella team. Alessio Vita is replaced by Jacopo Desogus on 81 minute.
- 86' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- Full Time. US Catanzaro beats AS Cittadella
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Lineups
US Catanzaro Lineups
3-5-2Starting XI
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- 20
- 23
- 14
- 22
- 10
- 6
- 3
- 84
- 24
- 28
Bench
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70
Marco D'Alessandro ↑ 59'
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80
Mamadou Coulibaly ↑ 79'
- 92
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19
Andrea La Mantia ↑ 59'
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21
Marco Pompetti ↑ 78'
- 25
- 29
- 8
- 82
- 90
- 45
- 61
Coach Fabio CasertaAS Cittadella Lineups
3-5-2Starting XI
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31
Orji Okwonkwo ↓ Simone Rabbi 81'
- 78
- 2
- 13
- 7
- 32
- 19
- 6
- 8
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16
Alessio Vita ↓ Jacopo Desogus 81'
- 18
Bench
- 35
- 45
- 28
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21
Simone Rabbi ↑ 81'
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11
Jacopo Desogus ↑ 81'
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24
Lorenzo Carissoni ↑ 71'
- 26
- 64
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20
Davide Voltan ↑ 81'
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37
Riccardo Palmieri ↑ 71'
- 17
Coach Alessandro Dal Canto -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Pietro Iemmello 3 Alfredo Donnarumma 1 Lorenzo Carissoni 1 Enrico Baldini 1 Head to Head
US Catanzaro Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.18 US Catanzaro xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.81 AS Cittadella xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 68% + Under — clean sheet likely 60%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: US Catanzaro winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 1.99Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 84% 16% ± 1.5 59% 41% ± 2.5 32% 68% ± 3.5 15% 85% ± 4.5 6% 94% Double Chance
US Catanzaro or Draw 78%Draw or AS Cittadella 52%US Catanzaro or AS Cittadella 70%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 16.1%1 – 0 Actual1 – 1 14%0 – 1 9.7%2 – 0 9.1%2 – 1 7.5%1 – 2 5.1%0 – 2 4.2%3 – 0 3.5%2 – 2 3.2%3 – 1 3%1 – 3 1.4%Asian Handicap — US Catanzaro
Handicap US Catanzaro covers Push AS Cittadella covers -2.5 6% — 94% -2 6% 13% 81% -1.5 19% — 81% -1 19% 24% 57% -0.5 43% — 57% +0.5 76% — 24% +1 76% 16% 8% +1.5 92% — 8% +2 92% 6% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
US Catanzaro keeps clean sheet 45% ✗AS Cittadella keeps clean sheet 31% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.