Virtus Entella host Ancona as odds-on favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Chiavari (4154 seats)

It's the Serie C: Girone B opening game for these participants, whom look forward to playing for points again. Will Virtus Entella or Ancona get that highly important first victory?

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Virtus Entella form and stats

Last season, Virtus Entella's league results were 23 wins, 10 draws and 5 losses, providing 3rd position in the Serie C: Girone B. From these 38 matches they scored {60 goals} and let in 31. Performing as the home team in the former season Virtus Entella generated 11-6-2 (win-draw-lost) with {32 goals} and 14 conceded.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Entella's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 8 games, won 6 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Virtus Entella, who have participated in two training matches. Virtus Entella have won 2 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.

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Ancona form and stats

Let's have a look at how Ancona performed last season in the Serie C: Girone B: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 10 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 55 and conceded {44 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 22/27 goals scored/conceded.

Ancona played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 2 draws and 0 defeats. In these two matches Ancona scored 1 and conceded {1 goals}.

Head 2 Head

Virtus Entella have won all of the 5 most recent fixtures versus this opponent. Will the streak continue?

Virtus Entella missing players

Ancona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Virtus Entella Ancona
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Virtus Entella Last season Ancona
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
23 11   Won W   6 16
10 6   Drew D   5 10
5 2   Lost L   8 12
60 32   Scored S   22 55
31 14   Conceded C   27 44
84% 79%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
68% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 79%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 55%
24% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 16%
11% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 8%
50% 47%   BTTS BTTS   53% 50%
45% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 32%
21% 26%   Failed to Score F T   26% 21%
 
5.7 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   5 4.9
4.5 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.5
2.8 2.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.8
4 0   Red cards R C   8 11
 
9.9 10.7   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 10.9
4.4 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.5
36% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 32%
 
8.5 8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.9 9.2
3.4 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.4

  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 Pontedera 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Arezzo 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Pineto 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Gubbio 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Perugia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
7 Lucchese 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Juventus Next Gen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 SPAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Cesena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Pescara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Virtus Entella 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Ancona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sassari Torres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Recanatese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Vis Pesaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Olbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Rimini 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 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

Table
  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 Pontedera 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Arezzo 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Pineto 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
5 Gubbio 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Perugia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
7 Lucchese 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Juventus Next Gen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 SPAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Cesena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Pescara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Virtus Entella 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Ancona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sassari Torres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Recanatese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Vis Pesaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Olbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Rimini 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 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

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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.