National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's AlbinoLeffe or Catanzaro that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for AlbinoLeffe and Catanzaro.
It's quite the trip for Catanzaro when visiting AlbinoLeffe as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
AlbinoLeffe form and stats
AlbinoLeffe participated in Coppa Italia Serie C the last season, where they reached the preliminary round.1W-2D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Coppa Italia Serie C for AlbinoLeffe.
AlbinoLeffe manager M. Marcolini and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Pro Sesto in the Serie C: Girone A.
In the game before, an away victory in the Serie C: Girone A match versus Lecco with a 3-2 scoreline.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for AlbinoLeffe, as the Serie C: Girone A home game vs Piacenza is only four days away.
AlbinoLeffe have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; AlbinoLeffe scored 2 goals and let in 3 goals during these three games.
Catanzaro form and stats
Catanzaro's mission in Coppa Italia Serie C last season failed in the quarter-finals.The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Catanzaro have lost on their last two travels.
Catanzaro played 1-1 against Juve Stabia in their previous match.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Turris Neapolis's place.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Catanzaro manager A. Calabro as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Nuova Monterosi.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Catanzaro have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - two - zero (AlbinoLeffe wins - draws - Catanzaro wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Manconi 7 goals |   M. Carlini 4 goals | F. Vázquez 4 goals |
AlbinoLeffe missing players
Catanzaro missing players
| AlbinoLeffe | Catanzaro | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Scored | S | 11 | 31 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 24% | ||
| 4 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 8.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 36% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 29% | ||
| 9.2 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||