FC Sudtirol Bolzano vs Cesena FC

Match details. Serie B, Regular Season - 10. Kick-off is Sat 31 Oct, 15:00 Lagos time. It is played at Stadio Druso, Bozen.

What's at stake. FC Sudtirol Bolzano are 8th on 13 points after 9 games, level on points with Padova, 1 point clear of Hellas Verona. A win would take them above Padova. Cesena FC are 11th on 11 points after 9 games, 1 point behind Avellino, 1 point clear of Virtus Entella. A win would take them above Avellino.

Form. FC Sudtirol Bolzano have won three, drawn four and lost three of their last ten, 1.3 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L D L D W. Cesena FC have won two, drawn five and lost three of their last ten, 1.1 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L D L D.

The numbers. FC Sudtirol Bolzano score one and concede 0.4 a game in their last five at home, with three clean sheets. FC Sudtirol Bolzano average 9.4 shots (3.2 on target), 3.0 corners and 2.3 cards a game, with 51% of the ball. Cesena FC score 0.6 and concede two a game in their last five away, with no clean sheets and three games without a goal. Cesena FC average 9.5 shots (3.4 on target), 4.4 corners and 2.3 cards a game, with 44% of the ball.

Head to head. In the last seven meetings FC Sudtirol Bolzano have won one, drawn four and lost two. None of the seven went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in three. In the last four, two were drawn and Cesena FC won two. The last time they met, on 6 Apr 2026, it finished FC Sudtirol Bolzano 1-1 Cesena FC: FC Sudtirol Bolzano had 10 shots to 11, 29% of the ball, three yellow cards.

Where it pulls both ways. FC Sudtirol Bolzano are the form side, but the meetings favour Cesena FC: in the last seven meetings, FC Sudtirol Bolzano won one, Cesena FC won two and four were drawn. The prices and the records disagree: the odds board makes it 30% against the records' 58%.

The read. No side to back. A tight game. Form and the meetings point different ways, so I back neither side. Their goals for and against point to a tight game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 19%. Seven of the last seven meetings went under 2.5.

The bets. Best bet: Under 3.5 Goals at 1.27, 76% on the records (FC Sudtirol Bolzano: under 3.5 goals in 5 of 5 at home; Cesena FC: under 3.5 goals in 8 of 9). Backup: Under 4.5 Goals at 1.09. It often rescues the bet, but it is no guarantee. Leave: FC Sudtirol Bolzano or Under 2.5 Goals (no result call); FC Sudtirol Bolzano or Both Teams Score (no result call); Cesena FC Over 0.5 goals (FC Sudtirol Bolzano's own games don't back it (2 of 5)). Predicted score: FC Sudtirol Bolzano 1-1 Cesena FC (13% chance).