The league table in Serie C: Girone A tells a story about these teams so far, with Alessandria leading Pistoiese by 9 points. Match preview to follow:
- Alessandria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Pistoiese has the fewest points (4) away in Serie C: Girone A
Alessandria have less rest than Pistoiese in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Serie C: Girone A game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Pistoiese have had more rest.
Alessandria form and stats
5 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Alessandria have to build on here at Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta in the Serie C: Girone A.
C. Suljic was the last player to score a league goal for Alessandria and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Alessandria haven't scored in 210 minutes.
The Alessandria crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Como here at Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta in a Serie C: Girone A match. Before that, Alessandria played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Pro Patria.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Alessandria's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won five matches, drawn zero and lost one.
Alessandria have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta with 15 goals in 9 league matches. Alessandria's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Pistoiese form and stats
Pistoiese, who have the fewest points (4) away in Serie C: Girone A, have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone A, after 1-1-7 (9 played).
Pistoiese's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Giana Erminio that finished 1-1. Prior to that result Pistoiese won their away game at Grosseto. The scoreline was 2-0.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Pistoiese when being an outsider away as they are today, we find eleven matches with the visitors losing five times, drawing four and winning two games.
The attacking power of Pistoiese when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Pistoiese have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Alessandria and Pistoiese have met before this season: Pistoiese - Alessandria 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Alessandria three wins, four draws and Pistoiese one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  U. Eusepi 7 goals |  A. Arrighini 6 goals |   F. Valiani 5 goals |
Alessandria missing players
Pistoiese missing players
| Alessandria | Pistoiese | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| 25 | 15 | 10 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 18 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | 22 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 89% | 95% |
| 79% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 56% | 68% |
| 32% | 44% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 33% | 32% |
| 11% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 22% | 11% |
| 11% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 22% | 11% |
| 47% | 56% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 33% | 47% |
| 37% | 22% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 22% | 32% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 56% | 26% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7.7 | 8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 8.4 | 9.5 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
| 41% | 47% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 20% | 25% |
- Alessandria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Alessandria have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Pistoiese have scored away.
- Alessandria haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Pistoiese has the fewest points (4) away in Serie C: Girone A
- Pistoiese have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Pistoiese have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 42 |
| 2 | Como | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 40 |
| 3 | Pro Vercelli | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 32 |
| 4 | Alessandria | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 31 |
| 5 | Pro Patria | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Juventus U23 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Lecco | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 29 |
| 8 | Carrarese | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | AlbinoLeffe | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Grosseto | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | -1 | 25 |
| 11 | Pontedera | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 25 |
| 12 | Pro Sesto | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Pergolettese | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | -2 | 22 |
| 14 | Pistoiese | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 15 | Olbia | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 22 |
| 16 | Novara | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 19 |
| 17 | Piacenza | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 18 | Giana Erminio | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -12 | 18 |
| 19 | Livorno | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 14 |
| 20 | Lucchese | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 13 |