National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Pro Vercelli or AlbinoLeffe 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 Vercelli and AlbinoLeffe.
It should be mentioned that AlbinoLeffe play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for AlbinoLeffe on artifical turf are 0 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats from six games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 3-7. You can compare this with overall results below.
Pro Vercelli form and stats
Action has already taken place for Vercelli in Coppa Italia Serie C as they have defeated Pergolettese to reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Vercelli's Coppa Italia Serie C journey ended in the 8th finals.Hopes of three in a row are alive for Vercelli after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Vercelli supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Seregno in Serie C: Girone A and win 1-0.
Before that match, a Serie C: Girone A win away at Pro Sesto.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Vercelli as they are travelling to their away game against Juventus U23 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 Vercelli, who have participated in one training match. Pro Vercelli have won 0 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.
AlbinoLeffe form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Lecco in order to reach 2nd round of Coppa Italia Serie C. AlbinoLeffe was sent out of Coppa Italia Serie C in the preliminary round last season.Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes AlbinoLeffe's record of six away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Alessandria game.
AlbinoLeffe play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Fiorenzuola.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Südtirol in the Serie C: Girone A.After this away game AlbinoLeffe return home for a Serie C: Girone A game against Mantova. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Just as the home team, AlbinoLeffe have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 AlbinoLeffe wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous seven meetings involving these two squads are: three wins for Vercelli, three draws and one win for AlbinoLeffe. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Manconi 4 goals |   M. Rolando 1 goals |  S. Emmanuello 1 goals |
Pro Vercelli missing players
AlbinoLeffe missing players
| Pro Vercelli | AlbinoLeffe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Scored | S | 21 | 32 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 11 | 23 | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 36% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10.3 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 8.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 27% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 34% | ||