Football tips: Mantova vs Virtus Verona - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Wed 17.March
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Danilo Martelli (14844 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Mantova in 11th and Virtus Verona in 10th place.

Insights:
  • Virtus Verona have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Mantova form and stats

5-5-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie C: Girone B numbers at home for Mantova so far this season. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Mantova.

Mantova drew their last game, 1-1 away at Modena (placed 4th). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Südtirol.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Mantova as they are travelling to their away game against Ravenna in the Serie C: Girone B. That match is four days after this one.

Mantova has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 22 goals have been conceded.

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Virtus Verona form and stats

6-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Virtus Verona in their Serie C: Girone B matches away. It's looking increasingly bleak for Virtus who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Triestina was the last time a defeat was avoided. Virtus Verona has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Virtus are looking to quickly end their 381 minutes long goal drought in the Serie C: Girone B.

Home advantage was not enough for Virtus Verona in their previous game, as they lost their Serie C: Girone B-match, hosting Gubbio, 0-1. Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting FeralpiSalò's place.

A quick return to home after this game, as Virtus are hosting Fano in the Serie C: Girone B only four days away.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Virtus have scored 16 goals in 15 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 17 goals have been conceded by Virtus in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Virtus Verona - Mantova 1-1 played earlier this season. Mantova-Virtus Verona H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Mantova zero wins, Virtus Verona three wins, two draws. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Virtus VeronaR. Cazzola
R. Cazzola
4 goals

Mantova missing players

Virtus Verona missing players

Mantova Virtus Verona
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 4 15 30
10 5 2 Won W 1 6 9
10 5 1 Drew D 1 4 14
10 5 2 Lost L 2 5 7
41 19 8 Scored S 4 16 32
42 22 9 Conceded C 4 17 29
83% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
77% 73% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 63%
47% 47% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 30%
30% 27% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 20%
20% 20% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 47% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 47%
27% 33% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 30%
33% 40% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 2.2
4 3 3 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
8.1 9.2 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 7.6 6.8
3.3 3.2 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3 2.5
41% 40% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 36% 40%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Virtus Verona have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Virtus Verona haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Calcio Padova 30 18 7 5 56 22 15 9 4 2 27 8 15 9 3 3 29 14 34 61
2 Südtirol 30 16 11 3 52 21 15 9 4 2 27 11 15 7 7 1 25 10 31 59
3 Perugia 29 16 9 4 50 25 16 11 4 1 37 13 13 5 5 3 13 12 25 57
4 Modena 30 16 6 8 37 21 15 9 3 3 27 11 15 7 3 5 10 10 16 54
5 Triestina 30 12 11 7 38 31 15 8 4 3 22 14 15 4 7 4 16 17 7 47
6 FeralpiSalò 29 13 7 9 41 36 14 9 1 4 23 13 15 4 6 5 18 23 5 46
7 Sambenedettese 30 12 9 9 40 38 15 6 4 5 21 20 15 6 5 4 19 18 2 45
8 Matelica Calcio 30 13 6 11 47 50 15 8 5 2 30 20 15 5 1 9 17 30 -3 45
9 Cesena 27 12 7 8 39 29 13 4 4 5 17 16 14 8 3 3 22 13 10 43
10 Virtus Verona 30 9 14 7 32 29 15 3 10 2 16 12 15 6 4 5 16 17 3 41
11 Mantova 30 10 10 10 41 42 15 5 5 5 19 22 15 5 5 5 22 20 -1 40
12 Gubbio 29 9 11 9 31 33 14 3 6 5 14 18 15 6 5 4 17 15 -2 38
13 Fermana 29 8 11 10 23 27 14 7 4 3 15 9 15 1 7 7 8 18 -4 35
14 Carpi 30 8 10 12 33 47 15 6 7 2 22 12 15 2 3 10 11 35 -14 34
15 Vis Pesaro 30 8 6 16 31 45 15 6 3 6 16 19 15 2 3 10 15 26 -14 30
16 Fano 30 4 15 11 26 37 15 2 7 6 16 18 15 2 8 5 10 19 -11 27
17 Imolese 30 7 6 17 30 47 15 3 5 7 14 21 15 4 1 10 16 26 -17 27
18 Legnago Salus 30 5 11 14 23 38 15 5 3 7 14 14 15 0 8 7 9 24 -15 26
19 Ravenna 29 4 8 17 25 50 14 4 5 5 13 16 15 0 3 12 12 34 -25 20
20 Arezzo 30 3 11 16 28 55 16 2 5 9 15 31 14 1 6 7 13 24 -27 20

Read more about Serie C: Girone B

Serie C is the third highest level in the Italian football league. It is divided into three geographical divisions; North East, North West and South. These are often referred to as Girone (or group) A, B, C. Each group holds 20 teams who play 38 fixtures each to create a final league table.