National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Pescara or Gubbio that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Pescara nor Gubbio 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.
Pescara form and stats
Pescara have not come this way in the Coppa Italia Serie C without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Gubbio and Vis Pesaro. Pescara participated in Coppa Italia Serie C the last season, where they reached the round of 16.Pescara's previous game was also a home event, the loss 0-1 versus Gubbio (in Coppa Italia Serie C).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Juve Stabia and winning 2-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Pescara handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Pescara have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Pescara have scored {0 goals} and conceded 1 time.
Gubbio form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Pescara and Recanatese in order to reach 2nd round of Coppa Italia Serie C. They also participated in Coppa Italia Serie C last season. This ended in the 1st round.Two travels in a row for Gubbio, whose coach Braglia could celebrate last time after the Coppa Italia Serie C win against Pescara.
Prior to that result Gubbio won their away game at Olbia in the Serie C: Girone B. The scoreline was 3-1.Gubbio are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
It's a day of discovery for Gubbio as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Gubbio have played six with the results W5-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Gubbio has scored {10 goals} and conceded 2 times.
Head 2 Head
The sides have faced each other before in this season, with the match result Pescara - Gubbio 0-1 registered in the official records. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three Pescara victories, two draws and one Gubbio win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Lescano 7 goals | L. Cuppone 4 goals |  A. Arena 4 goals |
Pescara missing players
Gubbio missing players
| Pescara | Gubbio | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 46 | 28 | Scored | S | 16 | 39 | ||
| 26 | 17 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 60% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11.3 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.4 | ||
| 40% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 35% | ||
| 8.8 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 7.3 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | ||
