National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Calcio Padova or Virtus Entella that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Calcio nor Virtus Entella as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Calcio Padova form and stats
Calcio participated in Coppa Italia Serie C the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Calcio has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadio Comunale Euganeo, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
A nice win for Calcio last time playing, versus AlbinoLeffe. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with E. Jelenič and C. Chiricò scoring for the victors.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting FeralpiSalo (0-1).Calcio are traveling soon after this match as the Serie C: Girone A match at Mantova awaits in four days.
Calcio Padova have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Calcio Padova scored 3 goals and let in 3 goals during these two games.
Virtus Entella form and stats
Impressive finishing from A. Capello and S. Merkaj secured the home win 2-0 against Imolese in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the Serie C: Girone B away draw versus Carrarese that ended 1-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Entella manager G. Volpe as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Ancona 1905.
Virtus Entella played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In these one match Virtus Entella scored 1 and conceded 1 goal.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Ceravolo 5 goals | C. Chiricò 4 goals |   A. Schenetti 4 goals |
Calcio Padova missing players
Virtus Entella missing players
| Calcio Padova | Virtus Entella | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Scored | S | 11 | 27 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Conceded | C | 21 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9.4 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.2 | ||
| 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||