📏 Form Guide

Reggiana

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Reggiana will be hoping to bounce back here after a 1-0 Serie B loss in their previous game against Lecco.

In that match, Reggiana had 53% possession and 13 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Lecco got 6 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Artur Ioniţă (60') was the scorer for Lecco.

An interesting characteristic of more recent Reggiana games is the number of nil scores.

Taking their prior six clashes before this one, in as many as 5 of them a wager on "Both Teams to Score" would've been a losing one.

Leading up to this clash, Reggiana:

• haven't won against Cosenza in their last 2 league games.
• are without a win at home for the past 6 league games. Fans are getting restless.

Cosenza

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Previously, Cosenza drew 1-1 in the Serie B match with Palermo.

In that match, Cosenza had 33% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The only player to score for Cosenza was Gennaro Tutino (62'). At the other end, Palermo got 8 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Alessio Buttaro (44') was the scorer for Palermo.

It has become apparent that Cosenza have been starved of goals over their previous six games, netting the disappointing return of only 4. In those matches, Bruzi have also seen the collective goal tally of opposing teams equal 8. We will see if that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Going into this one, Cosenza have not won away from home in their last 3 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league clash between the two was Serie B match day 13 on 11/11/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Cosenza 2-0 Reggiana.

In that match, Cosenza managed 51% possession and 13 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The goals were scored by Idriz Voca (23') and Gennaro Tutino (83').

On the other side, Reggiana got 8 shots on goal with 3 of them on target.

The referee was Niccolò Baroni.

📋 Team News: Reggiana

Nuhu Shaibu (Injury to abdominal muscles), Domen Crnigoj (Fitness), Francesco Bardi (Ankle sprain), Antonio Vergara (Cruciate ligament tear) and Natan Girma (Knee surgery) won’t be available for Reggiana gaffer Alessandro Nesta. Alessandro Bianco will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

It looks as if I Granata should kick off with a 3-2-4-1 formation in the match featuring Giacomo Satalino, Mario Sampirisi, Paolo Rozzio, A. Marcandalli, Riccardo Fiamozzi, Edoardo Pieragnolo, Orji Okwonkwo, Luca Cigarini, Elvis Kabashi, Filippo Melegoni and Janis Antiste.

📰 Team News: Cosenza

Owing to an otherwise full-strength group, there’s only a single fitness problem for the Cosenza gaffer William Viali to be concerned about. Pietro Martino (Achilles tendon rupture) won’t be in action.

From our viewpoint, Bruzi could decide to elect for a 4-3-3 formation with a starting lineup of Alessandro Micai, Michele Camporese, Andrea Meroni, Michael Venturi, Tommaso D'Orazio, Giacomo Calo, Simone Mazzocchi, Federico Zuccon, Manuel Marras, Mirko Antonucci and Gennaro Tutino.

⚡ Prediction

We’re thinking that Cosenza will likely create enough chances to find the back of the net against this Reggiana side, however it might not be as many as they will have scored against them.

We can see both teams to score in a 2-1 victory for Reggiana by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 18:03 19/04/2024