The league table in Serie C: Girone A tells a story about these teams so far, with Como leading Novara by 15 points. Match preview to follow:
- Novara has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Serie C: Girone A
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
12-16-17 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Novara when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 45 matches are 54-64 (scored/conceded).
Como form and stats
4-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie C: Girone A numbers at home for Como so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia.
A nice win for Como last time playing, versus Livorno. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with M. Gatto scoring for the victors. Before that match, a win away at Grosseto.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Como handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, five draws and one defeat.
Como have scored 8 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. Como have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Novara form and stats
Novara, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Serie C: Girone A, have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone A, after 2-2-5 (9 played). Novara are desperate to end a twelve-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Livorno fixture. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Novara have lost on their last two travels.
A 0-2 defeat away at Pistoiese before that.
Novara are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and one defeat. From a total of five matches.
Novara have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Novara struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Como victory, one draw and two Novara wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Gabrielloni 6 goals |  M. Gatto 5 goals |  D. Buzzegoli 4 goals |
Como missing players
Novara missing players
| Como | Novara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 26 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 21 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 24 |
| 88% | 78% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 65% | 44% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 78% |
| 65% | 44% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 44% |
| 29% | 11% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 59% | 33% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 56% |
| 35% | 56% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 18% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 56% | 39% |
| 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 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.2 | 7.6 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 7.3 | 9.4 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| 44% | 30% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 36% | 28% |
- Novara has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Serie C: Girone A
- Novara have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Novara haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | Renate | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 41 |
| 2 | Como | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 34 |
| 3 | Alessandria | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 4 | Pro Patria | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
| 5 | Carrarese | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 29 |
| 6 | Pro Vercelli | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | Lecco | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Juventus U23 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 28 |
| 9 | AlbinoLeffe | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Grosseto | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Pontedera | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 12 | Pro Sesto | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 13 | Pistoiese | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | Pergolettese | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Novara | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Olbia | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 19 |
| 17 | Piacenza | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 17 |
| 18 | Giana Erminio | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -12 | 17 |
| 19 | Livorno | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 20 | Lucchese | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 12 |