Serie C: Girone A prediction and preview: Como modest favorites to beat Juventus U23

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Wed 03.February
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia (13602 seats)

The Como & Juventus U23 managers G. Gattuso and L. Zauli are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Serie C: Girone A league table.

Insights:
  • Como is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Juventus U23 has the most points from losing position (17) 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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Como form and stats

The story so far in the Serie C: Girone A for Como at their home stadium (Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Como has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia. We remember; it was Piacenza.

Como lost their last game at Pistoiese (placed 13th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Como won a home game hosting Renate (2-1).

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

The manager G. Gattuso will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Lecco in only four days.

Como has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Como are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Juventus U23 form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie C: Girone A travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Impressive finishing from A. Brighenti (2) and R. Alcibiade secured the home win 3-2 against Giana Erminio in their previous game. Before that, Juventus travelled to Pro Sesto and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Juventus have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were four victories, seven draws and five defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Juventus are hosting Livorno in the Serie C: Girone A only four days away.

Juventus are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). 10 goals have been conceded by Juventus U23 in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Juventus U23 - Como 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Como one win, one draw and Juventus U23 zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ComoA. Gabrielloni
A. Gabrielloni
7 goals
ComoM. Gatto
M. Gatto
6 goals
Juventus U23F. Sanches Correia
F. Sanches Correia
5 goals

Como missing players

Juventus U23 missing players

Como Juventus U23
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 1 10 21
13 6 1 Won W 0 4 9
4 3 0 Drew D 0 3 6
4 2 2 Lost L 1 3 6
31 11 3 Scored S 0 12 30
23 9 6 Conceded C 1 10 24
90% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 45% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 70% 81%
57% 45% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 48%
24% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 19%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
52% 36% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 70% 76%
38% 55% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 14%
19% 27% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 10% 10%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.9 2.2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.8 1.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
8.6 7.5 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.7 9.1
3.3 2.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.7 4.5
44% 34% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 32% 32%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Como is in the best form (5-0-1)
  • Juventus U23 has the most points from losing position (17) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Juventus U23 has the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Juventus U23 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 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.