Juventus U23 vs Piacenza betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sun 05.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta (6000 seats)

Serie C: Girone A: What this match might miss in glitz it should compensate in guts and dedication. Let's go: Juventus U23 - Piacenza!

Insights:
  • Juventus U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Piacenza have the most conceded goals (42) 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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Juventus U23 form and stats

7-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie C: Girone A numbers at home for Juventus U23 so far this season.

Juventus U23 enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Pergolettese's place. The match ended 1-0 with Iocolano and Pecorino scoring.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Vicenza.

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 18 matches with the results: Won 12, drawn 2 and lost 4.

The Juventus fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 13 matches.

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Piacenza form and stats

Piacenza have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone A, after 3-4-6 (13 played).

Piacenza might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Sangiuliano City proved too strong as Piacenza slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Leonardo Garilli.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus AlbinoLeffe that ended 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Piacenza playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 6 Piacenza wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Piacenza have conceded 21 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Juventus U23 have avoided a loss in the last 4 matches (1-3-0) versus Piacenza.

Juventus U23 and Piacenza have played each other before this season: Piacenza - Juventus U23 3-3.

Top Goalscorers

PiacenzaC. Morra
C. Morra
7 goals
PiacenzaA. Cesarini
A. Cesarini
6 goals
JuventusM. Compagnon
M. Compagnon
4 goals

Juventus U23 missing players

Piacenza missing players

Juventus U23 Piacenza
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 13 6 Played P 4 13 25
9 7 3 Won W 0 3 5
7 3 2 Drew D 2 4 8
9 3 1 Lost L 2 6 12
31 18 7 Scored S 2 13 28
31 13 6 Conceded C 7 21 42
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 88%
48% 54% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 54% 52%
12% 8% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 28%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
60% 54% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 69% 64%
28% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 8%
12% 8% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 23% 28%
 
3.4 3.4 2.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.8 4.7
6.1 6.2 7.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.1 4.4
2.4 2.2 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.5 2.8
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 6 8
 
8.8 9.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 8.5 9.1
3.7 4 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.3 3.6
35% 38% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 30% 31%
 
11.3 11.1 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 11.2 9.3
4.1 3.4 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.3 4.2
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.
  • Piacenza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Piacenza have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Piacenza have the most conceded goals (42) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Piacenza have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Piacenza 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 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.