Home advantage could prove decisive in Sassari Torres - Rimini battle

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sat 09.Sep
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Vanni Sanna (7480 seats)

After the first round it's Sassari Torres - Rimini 3-0 in points. Who will achieve victory in this second Serie C: Girone B game of the season?

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Sassari Torres form and stats

In the previous season, Sassari Torres's league statistics were 8 wins, 17 draws and 13 losses, results that produced 13th spot in the Serie C: Girone B. Over these 38 matches they scored {33 goals} and conceded 36. Playing at their own stadium in the last season Sassari Torres delivered 3-10-6 (win-draw-lost) with {14 goals} and 17 conceded.

A good away victory last time out for Sassari Torres, who won 2-1 against Recanatese (placed 16th).

2-2 away at Gubbio before that.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sassari Torres have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.

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Rimini form and stats

Let's have a look at how Rimini performed last season in the Serie C: Girone B: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 14 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded {41 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 6 and lost 7 with 15/19 goals scored/conceded.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Arezzo with 1-2 on the scoreboard.

A 1-2 defeat away at Pontedera before that.

Rimini are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

Head 2 Head

Previous four meetings with these contenders: Sassari Torres won one, Rimini were winners in one and we saw two draws. zero games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals. The matches between these sides have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last four encounters.

Top Goalscorers

SassariF. Ruocco
F. Ruocco
1 goals
Sassari TorresL. Scotto
L. Scotto
1 goals
RiminiL. Cherubini
L. Cherubini
1 goals

Sassari Torres missing players

Rimini missing players

Sassari Torres Rimini
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 1
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 11
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 6
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
67% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
14 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 18
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 5
Sassari Torres Last season Rimini
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
8 3   Won W   6 11
17 10   Drew D   6 14
13 6   Lost L   7 13
33 14   Scored S   15 43
36 17   Conceded C   19 41
87% 84%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 89%
55% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   58% 68%
24% 16%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 42%
16% 5%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   5% 16%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 5%
47% 47%   BTTS BTTS   42% 53%
26% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   37% 29%
39% 42%   Failed to Score F T   37% 29%
 
4.3 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.6
4.1 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.4 5.1
2.7 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.6
6 2   Red cards R C   2 5
 
9 9.7   Shots (avg) S (   6.8 9.6
3.3 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.1 3.4
27% 22%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 33%
 
7.3 6.4   Shots against (avg) S A   11.1 11.8
3 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Carrarese 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Pescara 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Pontedera 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Olbia 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Sassari Torres 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Arezzo 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 SPAL 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Virtus Entella 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Gubbio 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Ancona 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Pineto 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Perugia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Lucchese 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Rimini 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Cesena 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Recanatese 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Vis Pesaro 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Juventus U23 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
19 Sestri Levante 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Fermana 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Reggiana 38 24 9 5 63 27 19 12 5 2 35 12 19 12 4 3 28 15 36 81
2 Cesena 38 23 10 5 66 24 19 11 5 3 37 15 19 12 5 2 29 9 42 79
3 Virtus Entella 38 23 10 5 60 31 19 11 6 2 32 14 19 12 4 3 28 17 29 79
4 Carrarese 38 18 8 12 51 42 19 13 2 4 31 14 19 5 6 8 20 28 9 62
5 Gubbio 38 17 10 11 50 34 19 8 4 7 24 17 19 9 6 4 26 17 16 61
6 Pontedera 38 16 12 10 48 39 19 9 6 4 24 20 19 7 6 6 24 19 9 60
7 Ancona 38 16 10 12 55 44 19 10 5 4 33 17 19 6 5 8 22 27 11 58
8 Lucchese 38 12 15 11 36 32 19 7 7 5 21 17 19 5 8 6 15 15 4 51
9 Rimini 38 11 14 13 43 41 19 5 8 6 28 22 19 6 6 7 15 19 2 47
10 Recanatese 38 11 14 13 39 43 19 5 5 9 20 23 19 6 9 4 19 20 -4 47
11 Robur Siena 38 11 17 10 40 40 19 5 11 3 21 14 19 6 6 7 19 26 0 44
12 Fermana 38 9 17 12 43 49 19 6 7 6 18 20 19 3 10 6 25 29 -6 44
13 Sassari Torres 38 8 17 13 33 36 19 3 10 6 14 17 19 5 7 7 19 19 -3 41
14 Olbia 38 9 14 15 43 50 19 4 7 8 25 28 19 5 7 7 18 22 -7 41
15 Fiorenzuola 38 11 8 19 31 44 19 6 3 10 16 21 19 5 5 9 15 23 -13 41
16 Vis Pesaro 38 9 12 17 24 55 19 6 4 9 11 23 19 3 8 8 13 32 -31 39
17 Alessandria 38 9 11 18 33 52 19 4 7 8 20 23 19 5 4 10 13 29 -19 38
18 San Donato Tavarnelle 38 8 13 17 40 62 19 2 8 9 15 30 19 6 5 8 25 32 -22 37
19 Imolese 38 9 9 20 29 55 19 5 4 10 16 27 19 4 5 10 13 28 -26 30
20 Montevarchi Calcio 38 6 10 22 32 59 19 3 6 10 17 27 19 3 4 12 15 32 -27 28

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.