National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Alessandria or Novara that keep their silverware dream alive.
Alessandria's stadium, Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta, has a grass surface. Novara have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Novara when playing on grass; 13 wins, 12 draws and 10 losses from 35 matches. They have scored 46 goals in these games and conceded 42.
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 Alessandria and Novara.
Alessandria form and stats
Alessandria's previous fixture was a Coppa Italia Serie C game also played at their own arena, finishing 2-1 against Novara. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.
Heartbreak before that as Alessandria lost 0-3 at Rimini's place.Novara form and stats
Two away matches in a row for Novara, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Alessandria in the Coppa Italia Serie C.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Vicenza in the Serie C: Girone A.Novara played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In these one match Novara scored 0 and conceded 5 goals.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these sides get together this campaign, as the statistics show this recent game: Alessandria - Novara 2-1. Alessandria-Novara H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Alessandria four wins, Novara three wins, two draws. four of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. Tavernelli 3 goals | F. Galuppini 2 goals |  Y. Sylla 1 goals |
Alessandria missing players
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| Alessandria | Novara | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 20 | 13 | Scored | S | 15 | 38 | ||
| 41 | 18 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 77% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.5 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.6 | 13.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.7 | ||
| 24% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 29% | ||
| 11.9 | 11.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | ||
