Home advantage could prove decisive in Alessandria - Lecco battle

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Wed 03.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta (6000 seats)

Alessandria and Lecco are both riding high in the Serie C: Girone A with their 3rd and 6th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Alessandria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Alessandria form and stats

6-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie C: Girone A numbers at home for Alessandria so far this season.

A strong away win for Alessandria against Olbia the last match, as S. Corazza were on target. Before that, Alessandria had a home game versus Pistoiese which ended with a victory 2-0.

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 Alessandria have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won four times, drawn five and lost three.

There will be little rest for Alessandria after this match as they are travelling to Novara for a Serie C: Girone A game in only four days.

A decent goal production from Alessandria in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Lecco form and stats

Lecco have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone A, after 2-4-5 (11 played). Two points from the last two away games for Lecco, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Lecco won their last game, 1-0 versus Livorno played at home. Before that, Lecco travelled to Giana Erminio and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Lecco are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of six matches.

After this away game Lecco return home for a Serie C: Girone A game against Como. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lecco as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Lecco have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Lecco - Alessandria 2-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - zero - one (Alessandria wins - draws - Lecco wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AlessandriaU. Eusepi
U. Eusepi
7 goals
LeccoR. Capogna
R. Capogna
7 goals
AlessandriaA. Arrighini
A. Arrighini
6 goals

Alessandria missing players

Lecco missing players

Alessandria Lecco
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 3 11 21
11 6 1 Won W 1 2 9
4 1 0 Drew D 1 4 6
6 3 1 Lost L 1 5 6
29 17 2 Scored S 4 10 28
19 10 3 Conceded C 3 12 22
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 90%
81% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 62%
33% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 43%
10% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 24%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
48% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 45% 48%
38% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 33%
19% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 45% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 1.7 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.4 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
7.8 7.9 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.4 8.5
3.1 3.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.1 3.4
44% 49% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 29% 39%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Alessandria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Alessandria haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Renate 21 14 3 4 36 20 10 8 0 2 19 9 11 6 3 2 17 11 16 45
2 Como 21 13 4 4 31 23 11 6 3 2 11 9 10 7 1 2 20 14 8 43
3 Alessandria 21 11 4 6 29 19 10 6 1 3 17 10 11 5 3 3 12 9 10 37
4 Pro Vercelli 21 10 6 5 28 22 11 6 3 2 16 10 10 4 3 3 12 12 6 36
5 Juventus U23 21 9 6 6 30 24 11 5 3 3 18 14 10 4 3 3 12 10 6 33
6 Lecco 21 9 6 6 28 22 10 7 2 1 18 10 11 2 4 5 10 12 6 33
7 Pro Patria 21 8 8 5 20 13 10 3 5 2 10 7 11 5 3 3 10 6 7 32
8 Pontedera 21 9 4 8 22 21 10 4 2 4 9 9 11 5 2 4 13 12 1 31
9 Carrarese 21 8 6 7 21 20 11 4 2 5 10 10 10 4 4 2 11 10 1 30
10 AlbinoLeffe 21 7 8 6 21 19 11 4 4 3 7 5 10 3 4 3 14 14 2 29
11 Pro Sesto 21 8 5 8 20 24 11 3 4 4 10 10 10 5 1 4 10 14 -4 29
12 Grosseto 21 8 4 9 23 24 10 2 2 6 10 15 11 6 2 3 13 9 -1 28
13 Pistoiese 21 7 4 10 20 24 11 6 3 2 14 8 10 1 1 8 6 16 -4 25
14 Novara 21 5 7 9 24 28 10 2 5 3 11 10 11 3 2 6 13 18 -4 22
15 Pergolettese 21 6 4 11 26 31 11 4 0 7 11 15 10 2 4 4 15 16 -5 22
16 Olbia 21 4 10 7 20 29 11 3 4 4 11 14 10 1 6 3 9 15 -9 22
17 Giana Erminio 21 5 4 12 18 31 10 3 3 4 12 11 11 2 1 8 6 20 -13 19
18 Piacenza 21 3 9 9 26 31 10 2 5 3 17 16 11 1 4 6 9 15 -5 18
19 Livorno 21 5 7 9 22 24 10 3 4 3 14 13 11 2 3 6 8 11 -2 17
20 Lucchese 21 3 7 11 21 37 11 1 3 7 13 23 10 2 4 4 8 14 -16 16

Read more about Serie C: Girone A

Serie C is the third highest level in the Italian football league. It is divided into three geographical divisions; North East, North West and South. These are often referred to as Girone (or group) A, B, C. Each group holds 20 teams who play 38 fixtures each to create a final league table.