Serie C: Girone A prediction and preview: Alessandria modest favorites to beat Pontedera

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sun 25.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta (6000 seats)

Struggling Alessandria will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Pontedera in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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

Three Serie C: Girone A home games done for Alessandria, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches. The Alessandria manager A. Gregucci might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The Alessandria fans got no joy from their last match, a Serie C: Girone A game also here at Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta: A 0-1 defeat against Grosseto (placed 3rd). Preceding that game was the away draw at Giana Erminio that finished 1-1.

Heartbreak for Alessandria in their last match as Grosseto's F. Moscati scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Alessandria handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, six draws and three defeats.

Alessandria have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta with 5 goals in 3 league matches. Alessandria's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Pontedera form and stats

It's gone fairly well in the Serie C: Girone A away games so far for Pontedera with six points collected from three matches.

Pontedera had fun at their own home (Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta) last time out, beating Lecco 1-0. G. Risaliti scored. Preceding that game was the away victory against Novara with the score of 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Pontedera have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were four victories, one draw and eight defeats.

Pontedera find the net regularly in their away games. 4 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. 3 goals have been conceded by Pontedera in these games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Alessandria, five draws and one win for Pontedera. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

AlessandriaU. Eusepi
U. Eusepi
9 goals
AlessandriaR. Chiarello
R. Chiarello
6 goals

Alessandria missing players

Pontedera missing players

Alessandria Pontedera
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 3 2 Played P 1 3 6
1 1 0 Won W 1 2 4
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 2 2 Lost L 0 1 2
8 5 1 Scored S 1 4 6
8 4 3 Conceded C 0 3 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 33%
50% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 33%
17% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
17% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
83% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 50%
17% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
49 28 17 Total Shots T S 4 23 61
21 12 6 Shots on Target S O 3 8 22
38% 42% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 50% 27%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Alessandria have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Alessandria haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Pontedera have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Pontedera haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pro Vercelli 6 4 1 1 8 5 3 3 0 0 4 1 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 13
2 Novara 6 4 0 2 11 7 3 2 0 1 6 3 3 2 0 1 5 4 4 12
3 Grosseto 6 4 0 2 8 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 4 4 0 0 7 1 4 12
4 Carrarese 6 3 3 0 6 2 4 2 2 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 12
5 Renate 6 4 0 2 7 5 3 2 0 1 5 4 3 2 0 1 2 1 2 12
6 Pontedera 6 4 0 2 6 4 3 2 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 12
7 Lecco 6 3 2 1 8 4 3 2 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 5 3 4 11
8 Como 5 3 1 1 7 7 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 6 4 0 10
9 Pro Patria 6 2 3 1 5 2 3 1 2 0 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 9
10 Pergolettese 6 2 3 1 8 7 3 2 0 1 4 3 3 0 3 0 4 4 1 9
11 Juventus U23 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 7
12 Pro Sesto 6 2 1 3 4 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 2 2 3 -1 7
13 Pistoiese 6 1 3 2 4 6 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 0 1 2 0 3 -2 6
14 Alessandria 6 1 2 3 8 8 3 1 0 2 5 4 3 0 2 1 3 4 0 5
15 Piacenza 6 1 2 3 5 7 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 5
16 AlbinoLeffe 6 1 2 3 3 5 4 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 5
17 Giana Erminio 6 1 1 4 4 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 4 1 0 3 2 4 -3 4
18 Livorno 5 0 3 2 5 8 2 0 1 1 4 5 3 0 2 1 1 3 -3 3
19 Olbia 6 0 3 3 4 9 3 0 1 2 1 3 3 0 2 1 3 6 -5 3
20 Lucchese 6 0 1 5 6 16 3 0 1 2 5 8 3 0 0 3 1 8 -10 1

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.