National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Viterbese or San Donato Tavarnelle that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Viterbese nor San Donato Tavarnelle 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.
Viterbese form and stats
Last season, Viterbese's Coppa Italia Serie C journey ended in the quarter-finals.Viterbese's previous match was a Coppa Italia Serie C game also played at home, ending 2-0 vs San Donato Tavarnelle. The home team are looking to repeat that performance.
Preceding that match was a Serie C: Girone C defeat to Latina (1-5).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Viterbese have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 4 and lost 4.
San Donato Tavarnelle form and stats
Two away games in a row for Tavarnelle, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Viterbese in the Coppa Italia Serie C.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Lucchese.San Donato Tavarnelle 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, 3 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
It's a day of discovery for San Donato Tavarnelle 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 San Donato Tavarnelle have played four with the results W1-D2-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Tavarnelle has scored 5 goals and conceded 6 times.
Head 2 Head
Viterbese - San Donato Tavarnelle 2-0 was the result in these teams' latest head to head match, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  S. D'Uffizi 2 goals |  F. Russo 2 goals | A. Polidori 1 goals |
Viterbese missing players
San Donato Tavarnelle missing players
| Viterbese | San Donato Tavarnelle | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Scored | S | 10 | 37 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 28% | ||
| 4.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 8.8 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 14.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 34% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 29% | ||
| 10 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
