National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Calcio Padova or Viterbese 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 and Viterbese.
Calcio Padova form and stats
Last season, Calcio Padova's Coppa Italia Serie C journey ended in the 2nd round.The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadio Comunale Euganeo.
A good away victory last time out for Calcio Padova, who won 3-1 against Piacenza.
Before that, Calcio played out a Serie C: Girone A draw 1-1 when visiting Mantova.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 0 of these, drawn 2 and were beaten in 0 games.
Viterbese form and stats
Last season their Coppa Italia Serie C adventure ended in the 2nd round.When we have look at the Coppa Italia Serie C statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 13 away games in a row.
Viterbese had fun at their own home (Stadio Comunale Euganeo) last time out, beating Gubbio 2-1.
Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Pontedera.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Viterbese manager F. Punzi as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Reggiana.
Viterbese played two friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 1 victory, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In these two matches Viterbese scored 2 and conceded 3 goals.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Ceravolo 7 goals | C. Chiricò 5 goals |  E. Volpicelli 5 goals |
Calcio Padova missing players
Viterbese missing players
| Calcio Padova | Viterbese | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Scored | S | 10 | 29 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 19 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 54% | 44% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9.4 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.9 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.3 | ||
| 37% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 28% | ||
| 7.7 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4 | ||