National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Calcio Padova or Juventus U23 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 Calcio Padova and Juventus U23.
Calcio Padova form and stats
Calcio Padova participated in Coppa Italia Serie C the last season, where they reached the finals.The Calcio club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Trento Calcio 1921 and win 2-1.
Heartbreak before that as Calcio Padova lost 0-1 at Sangiuliano City's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Calcio Padova have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Calcio as they are travelling to their away game against Lecco in the Serie C: Girone A. That match is four days after this one.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Calcio Padova, who have participated in two training matches. Calcio Padova have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.
Juventus U23 form and stats
Last season their Coppa Italia Serie C adventure ended in the round of 16.Juventus U23 won their last game, 1-0 versus Sangiuliano City played at home.
Prior to that match, the Juventus U23 manager Brambilla faced defeat when travelling to FeralpiSalo and losing 1-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Juventus in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Juventus U23, 4 draws and 7 defeats.
Juventus U23 have another game that requires travelling in just four days, a Serie C: Girone A fixture vs Union ArzignanoChiampo. A difficult programme for the guests!
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Calcio four wins, zero draws and Juventus U23 two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Liguori 7 goals | A. Vasic 3 goals |  M. Compagnon 3 goals |
Calcio Padova missing players
Juventus U23 missing players
| Calcio Padova | Juventus U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 27 | 21 | Scored | S | 21 | 36 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Conceded | C | 16 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 39% | ||
| 8.8 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 11.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
