Possible nail-biting contest in Juventus U23 - Novara game

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Date: Wed 22.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta (6000 seats)

Juventus U23 will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Novara.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Juventus U23 and Novara.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Novara's home stadium. The visitors last 41 games on grass have ended in 12 wins, 14 draws and 15 losses.

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Juventus U23 form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie C: Girone A, Juventus U23 have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 10 games.

The Juventus U23 supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Arezzo in Serie C: Girone A and win 1-0. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Robur Siena the opponent.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Juventus U23 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won 3 Drawn 2 Lost 4.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Juventus U23 as they are travelling to their away game against Pro Patria in the Serie C: Girone A. That match is four days after this one.

Juventus U23 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 10 games. Juventus U23 have conceded 17 from these games.

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Novara form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie C: Girone A travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Novara, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Lecco (placed 15th). A loss against Monza was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Novara in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Novara, 8 draws and 5 defeats.

After this away game Novara return home for a Serie C: Girone A game against Pontedera. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Novara have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Novara have conceded 15 goals 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: Novara - Juventus U23 2-0. Juventus U23-Novara H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Juventus U23 0 wins, Novara 1 win, 2 draws. 0 of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

NovaraM. Bortolussi
M. Bortolussi
9 goals
Juventus U23S. Muratore
S. Muratore
6 goals
Juventus U23M. Olivieri
M. Olivieri
3 goals

Juventus U23 missing players

Novara missing players

Juventus U23 Novara
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 3 10 21
6 3 1 Won W 1 3 9
9 2 1 Drew D 0 2 5
6 5 2 Lost L 2 5 7
22 11 5 Scored S 3 11 26
27 17 9 Conceded C 5 15 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 86%
76% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 71%
29% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 52%
19% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 14%
10% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
67% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 70% 48%
19% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 33%
14% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 33%
 
3.5 3.4 4.5 Corners For (avg) C F 3.3 3.8 4.2
4 4 5.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.3 4.9 4.7
2.2 2.1 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.7 2.3
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
203 103 40 Total Shots T S 30 80 176
74 34 14 Shots on Target S O 11 27 71
30% 32% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 41% 37%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Juventus U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Juventus U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Novara has the fewest points from losing position (0)
  • Novara 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 Monza 21 15 5 1 41 12 10 6 3 1 15 7 11 9 2 0 26 5 29 50
2 Pontedera 21 11 7 3 35 26 11 7 4 0 23 13 10 4 3 3 12 13 9 40
3 Renate 21 9 9 3 29 15 11 5 6 0 16 5 10 4 3 3 13 10 14 36
4 Carrarese 21 9 8 4 37 27 10 6 3 1 21 12 11 3 5 3 16 15 10 35
5 AlbinoLeffe 21 9 5 7 23 18 10 5 3 2 13 6 11 4 2 5 10 12 5 32
6 Novara 21 9 5 7 26 22 11 6 3 2 15 7 10 3 2 5 11 15 4 32
7 Robur Siena 21 9 5 7 25 24 11 2 4 5 10 13 10 7 1 2 15 11 1 32
8 Alessandria 21 7 8 6 26 24 11 4 5 2 16 13 10 3 3 4 10 11 2 29
9 Pro Patria 21 6 9 6 28 24 10 2 4 4 12 13 11 4 5 2 16 11 4 27
10 Como 21 6 9 6 24 21 11 4 5 2 12 9 10 2 4 4 12 12 3 27
11 Arezzo 21 6 9 6 24 23 11 6 2 3 16 12 10 0 7 3 8 11 1 27
12 Juventus U23 21 6 9 6 22 27 10 3 2 5 11 17 11 3 7 1 11 10 -5 27
13 Pistoiese 21 4 13 4 19 17 11 2 7 2 8 8 10 2 6 2 11 9 2 25
14 Pro Vercelli 21 5 9 7 21 23 10 2 6 2 9 8 11 3 3 5 12 15 -2 24
15 Lecco 21 6 5 10 20 32 10 3 2 5 10 16 11 3 3 5 10 16 -12 23
16 Pianese 21 4 8 9 20 25 10 2 3 5 10 14 11 2 5 4 10 11 -5 20
17 Gozzano 21 3 10 8 20 28 11 1 6 4 10 14 10 2 4 4 10 14 -8 19
18 Pergolettese 21 4 7 10 14 26 10 3 1 6 9 14 11 1 6 4 5 12 -12 19
19 Olbia 21 2 8 11 20 38 10 1 5 4 8 15 11 1 3 7 12 23 -18 14
20 Giana Erminio 21 2 8 11 18 40 11 1 4 6 10 22 10 1 4 5 8 18 -22 14

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.