Benevento vs Cesena Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent Serie B form

Benevento have picked up two wins, a draw and two losses in their five Serie B games so far this season. They beat Hellas Verona 3-1 at home and won away at Carrarese, but lost at Ascoli and at home to Modena, and drew with Sudtirol.

Benevento: 20 completed matches; Cesena: 20 completed matches.

Benevento

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

32

Conceded

23

Difference

+9

Cesena

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

50% 10 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

23

Conceded

24

Difference

-1

Cesena, by contrast, are unbeaten in the league this season but have only won once. They've drawn four times, including a 2-2 with Cremonese and 1-1s against Mantova, Sampdoria and Juve Stabia, with their only win coming away at Virtus Entella.

Cesena's habit of drawing suggests they're hard to beat, but they're not exactly banging in the goals either.

Comparative Team Statistics: Benevento vs Cesena

Head-to-head

There are only two meetings between these clubs on record, both from the 2016-17 Serie B season. Cesena won 4-1 at home that time, while Benevento won the reverse fixture 2-1. That's nearly a decade ago now and doesn't tell us much about either side as they are today.

Where they sit

Both teams are level on seven points from five Serie B games. Benevento sit seventh, Cesena tenth, with barely anything separating them at this early stage.

Shpendi's the one to watch

Cesena's main threat is C. Shpendi, who has scored six goals in five appearances this season - a strong return for any striker at this level. There's no equivalent standout listed for Benevento here, though C. Kouan and A. Prisco have already picked up a couple of yellow cards each this term, and Shpendi himself has three.

Benevento:

Penalty cards:

A. Prisco x 1 x 2

C. Kouan x 3

Cesena:

Best scorers:

C. Shpendi - 6

Penalty cards:

A. David x 1 x 1

C. Shpendi x 3

Shpendi's scoring rate makes him the player most likely to decide this game either way.

Tight games all round

Benevento's five league games have produced six goals for and five against - tight, low-scoring stuff in both directions. Cesena's numbers are similar, with seven for and six against across their five matches. Neither side has been involved in anything like a goal glut, and Cesena's tendency to draw points towards a cagey, low-margin contest rather than a shootout.