Match preview: Home fans have high hopes when Calcio Padova meet Pergolettese

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sun 05.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Euganeo (32420 seats)

Get set for Serie C: Girone A and Calcio Padova - Pergolettese. In this preview and prediction you'll get numbers, scores, analysis, tendencies and stories!

Insights:
  • Calcio Padova have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pergolettese have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Serie C: Girone A

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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Calcio Padova form and stats

The Serie C: Girone A results at home this season for Calcio Padova are 4-7-2 (wins-draws-losses). Calcio Padova have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Calcio travelled for their previous game, a trip to FeralpiSalò that ended 0-0.

In the match before that, Calcio Padova hosted Pordenone and drew the game 1-1.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Calcio matches with similar probabilities have ended with 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats (from 4 games).

Calcio Padova has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches.

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Pergolettese form and stats

There's been little loot from Pergolettese's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 12 away games in the Serie C: Girone A. Pergolettese only have 0 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 4 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in twelve away games in a row.

Varas was the last player to score for the away team. Pergolettese haven't scored a league goal in the last 361 minutes.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Juventus U23 with 0-1 on the scoreboard.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Union ArzignanoChiampo.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Pergolettese when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 2 and winning 0 games.

Low-scoring game? 9 of this club's most recent 12 league matches have contained two or less goals.

Pergolettese are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {4 goals} from 12 away games. 16 goals have been conceded by Pergolettese in these games.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H game ended Pergolettese - Calcio 5-0, played this season. Data for the previous three meetings between these two contenders are: two wins for Calcio Padova, zero draws and one win for Pergolettese. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

CalcioM. Liguori
M. Liguori
8 goals
PergoletteseF. Abiuso
F. Abiuso
6 goals
PergoletteseK. Varas Marcillo
K. Varas Marcillo
5 goals

Calcio Padova missing players

Pergolettese missing players

Calcio Padova Pergolettese
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 13 3 Played P 4 12 25
8 4 1 Won W 0 0 7
10 7 2 Drew D 3 4 5
7 2 0 Lost L 1 8 13
28 17 3 Scored S 2 4 26
27 13 2 Conceded C 4 16 34
92% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 83% 92%
72% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 58% 68%
40% 46% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 36%
12% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 20%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 16%
52% 69% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 44%
28% 23% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 17% 20%
28% 15% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 67% 44%
 
5.7 6.1 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.3 5.2
4.2 4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4 4.1
2.4 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.5 2.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 5
 
10.8 11.6 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 7.9 8.5
3.9 4.3 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.4 3.3
28% 27% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 14% 27%
 
9 7.6 4 Shots against (avg) S A 8.8 10.6 10.3
3.5 3.7 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 4.7 4.2
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Calcio Padova have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Calcio Padova have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Pergolettese have scored away.
  • Pergolettese have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Pergolettese have the fewest scored goals (4) away in Serie C: Girone A
  • Pergolettese have yet to win a game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pordenone 25 12 9 4 40 20 13 6 5 2 20 10 12 6 4 2 20 10 20 45
2 FeralpiSalò 25 12 7 6 22 14 13 6 2 5 13 11 12 6 5 1 9 3 8 43
3 Pro Sesto 25 12 7 6 33 34 13 6 4 3 17 15 12 6 3 3 16 19 -1 43
4 Lecco 25 12 6 7 33 31 12 9 1 2 20 7 13 3 5 5 13 24 2 42
5 Vicenza 25 12 5 8 44 28 13 7 3 3 29 11 12 5 2 5 15 17 16 41
6 Renate 25 10 9 6 33 28 12 6 3 3 15 11 13 4 6 3 18 17 5 39
7 Pro Patria 25 11 6 8 27 25 12 6 3 3 15 11 13 5 3 5 12 14 2 39
8 Novara 25 11 4 10 32 28 12 6 4 2 20 8 13 5 0 8 12 20 4 37
9 Union ArzignanoChiampo 25 8 11 6 26 25 12 3 6 3 11 10 13 5 5 3 15 15 1 35
10 Calcio Padova 25 8 10 7 28 27 13 4 7 2 17 13 12 4 3 5 11 14 1 34
11 Juventus U23 25 9 7 9 31 31 13 7 3 3 18 13 12 2 4 6 13 18 0 34
12 Pro Vercelli 25 9 6 10 31 32 13 5 3 5 16 16 12 4 3 5 15 16 -1 33
13 AlbinoLeffe 25 7 10 8 29 29 13 3 6 4 14 14 12 4 4 4 15 15 0 31
14 Trento Calcio 1921 25 8 6 11 29 32 12 3 4 5 14 16 13 5 2 6 15 16 -3 30
15 Mantova 25 8 6 11 29 38 12 6 3 3 17 12 13 2 3 8 12 26 -9 30
16 Virtus Verona 25 6 10 9 22 21 12 1 4 7 8 15 13 5 6 2 14 6 1 28
17 Sangiuliano City 25 8 3 14 27 33 12 5 2 5 14 13 13 3 1 9 13 20 -6 27
18 Pergolettese 25 7 5 13 26 34 13 7 1 5 22 18 12 0 4 8 4 16 -8 26
19 Piacenza 25 5 8 12 28 42 12 2 4 6 15 21 13 3 4 6 13 21 -14 23
20 Triestina 25 4 7 14 18 36 13 4 3 6 11 17 12 0 4 8 7 19 -18 19

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.