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Cittadella vs Venezia — Serie B 2018

Cittadella
Cittadella
FT
1 – 1
HT: 0 – 0
Venezia
Venezia
8/28/2022Serie BSerie B · Round 3Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 118+ matches

Cittadella36%
×Draw28%
Venezia36%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.3%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

Cittadella
1.17
Venezia
1.16

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 135 home / 118 away

creates per match

Cittadella
1.27
Venezia
1.22

allows per match

Cittadella
1.10
Venezia
1.07

finishing

Cittadella+0.00on par
Venezia+0.00on par

Total goals

59%Under
  • Under59
  • Over41

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

53%No
  • No53
  • Yes47

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Cittadella ↓

Venezia →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–010%
0–111%
0–27%
0–33%
0–41%
1
1–011%
1–113%
1–28%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–18%
2–24%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–13%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

More markets

Total goals

OverUnder0.5
90%10%1.5
68%32%2.5
41%59%3.5
21%79%4.5
9%91%

Double chance

Cittadella or draw
64%
Cittadella or Venezia
72%
Draw or Venezia
64%

Winning margin

Cittadella wins by 2+
15%
Venezia wins by 2+
15%

Team goals

Cittadella 1+ goals
69%
Cittadella 2+ goals
33%
Cittadella 3+ goals
11%
Venezia 1+ goals
69%
Venezia 2+ goals
32%
Venezia 3+ goals
11%

Draw no bet

Cittadella (draw refunded)
50%
Venezia (draw refunded)
50%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
34%
Both score & under 3
13%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Cittadella at home — creates 1.27, concedes 1.10 · 135 matches

Venezia away — creates 1.22, concedes 1.07 · 118 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Cittadella attack 1.27 + Venezia defence 1.07 → ÷2 → 1.17

Venezia attack 1.22 + Cittadella defence 1.10 → ÷2 → 1.16

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 36%?"

Cittadella scores more
36%
level
28%
Venezia scores more
36%

Cittadella at 36% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 36% does not mean "Cittadella will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Serie B: Cittadella 1–1 Venezia

Cittadella and Venezia drew 1-1 in Serie B on August 28, 2022.

The match was played at Stadio Pier Cesare Tombolato in Cittadella.