Balanced ball game between Juventus U23 and Pro Patria expected

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Wed 23.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta (6000 seats)

Three points for the home side is predicted from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Juventus U23 club members are confident that the difference between 6th and Pro Patria's 14th spot in the table will be visible on the ground.

Insights:
  • Juventus U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pro Patria have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Juventus nor Pro Patria as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Juventus U23 form and stats

26 points is a decent return from 13 Serie C: Girone A games here at Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta for Juventus U23. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. Juventus U23 are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

The home team returns to Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta after drawing with Seregno (placed 16th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2.

Ahead of that match, Juventus U23 won a home game hosting Piacenza (4-0).

This is expected to be a close game, with Juventus U23 perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Juventus U23 as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Juventus has won ten of these, drawn two and lost five.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Juventus U23 as they have a new game in only four days, a Serie C: Girone A match thankfully also at home. AlbinoLeffe are visiting.

Juventus are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 13 games. Juventus U23 have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Pro Patria form and stats

There's been little loot from Pro Patria's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the Serie C: Girone A. Pro Patria only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 7 draws.

Pro Patria have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 182 minutes ago. Pierozzi was the goal scorer.

Patria has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Südtirol for a 0-0 draw.

Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Pro Sesto.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 19 similar matches played by Pro Patria in our archives, and the results are: nine wins for Pro Patria, seven draws and three defeats.

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

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Pro Patria have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these parties meet this season, as the results database show this recent game: Pro Patria - Juventus U23 1-0. Juventus U23-Pro Patria H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Juventus U23 three wins, Pro Patria four wins, one draw. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Pro PatriaN. Pierozzi
N. Pierozzi
5 goals
Pro PatriaD. Castelli
D. Castelli
3 goals
Pro PatriaA. Piu
A. Piu
3 goals

Juventus U23 missing players

Pro Patria missing players

Juventus U23 Pro Patria
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 4 13 27
11 8 2 Won W 0 2 5
6 2 2 Drew D 2 7 13
10 3 1 Lost L 2 4 9
31 19 6 Scored S 3 12 22
31 10 5 Conceded C 7 19 34
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 81%
74% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 85% 70%
41% 46% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 37%
15% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 15% 11%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 15% 7%
44% 46% 80% BTTS BTTS 75% 62% 52%
22% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 23% 30%
37% 23% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 37%
 
5 5 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.5 4.3
5.2 4.6 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.9 4.6
2.1 2.1 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
8.9 9.4 7.4 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 7.5 8.3
3.4 3.4 2.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 3
33% 43% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 32% 28%
 
7.8 6.5 5.8 Shots against (avg) S A 7.2 7.8 8.6
3.5 2.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.9 3.2
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 at home.
  • Pro Patria 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 Südtirol 27 20 7 0 36 6 14 11 3 0 20 2 13 9 4 0 16 4 30 67
2 Calcio Padova 27 17 8 2 45 19 12 10 2 0 20 6 15 7 6 2 25 13 26 59
3 FeralpiSalò 27 15 7 5 44 21 14 7 5 2 26 14 13 8 2 3 18 7 23 52
4 Renate 27 15 5 7 46 29 14 9 2 3 26 11 13 6 3 4 20 18 17 50
5 Triestina 27 11 8 8 29 27 14 5 6 3 18 16 13 6 2 5 11 11 2 41
6 Juventus U23 27 11 6 10 31 31 13 8 2 3 19 10 14 3 4 7 12 21 0 39
7 Lecco 27 11 5 11 36 30 13 7 3 3 24 13 14 4 2 8 12 17 6 38
8 Pro Vercelli 27 9 10 8 27 27 14 5 4 5 12 14 13 4 6 3 15 13 0 37
9 Piacenza 27 8 11 8 33 34 13 5 5 3 15 11 14 3 6 5 18 23 -1 35
10 AlbinoLeffe 27 7 11 9 29 30 13 1 6 6 14 19 14 6 5 3 15 11 -1 32
11 Mantova 27 6 13 8 25 27 13 5 6 2 15 10 14 1 7 6 10 17 -2 31
12 Trento Calcio 1921 27 7 10 10 23 27 13 5 4 4 15 11 14 2 6 6 8 16 -4 31
13 Virtus Verona 27 5 13 9 24 29 13 2 8 3 9 12 14 3 5 6 15 17 -5 28
14 Pro Patria 27 5 13 9 22 34 14 3 6 5 10 15 13 2 7 4 12 19 -12 28
15 Pergolettese 27 7 8 12 30 45 14 5 5 4 19 16 13 2 3 8 11 29 -15 28
16 Seregno 27 6 8 13 30 38 13 2 3 8 15 20 14 4 5 5 15 18 -8 26
17 Pro Sesto 27 5 11 11 23 33 13 1 6 6 9 17 14 4 5 5 14 16 -10 26
18 Fiorenzuola 27 6 8 13 24 35 14 4 4 6 15 18 13 2 4 7 9 17 -11 26
19 Giana Erminio 27 4 12 11 17 26 14 2 6 6 8 13 13 2 6 5 9 13 -9 24
20 Legnago Salus 27 5 6 16 21 47 15 2 4 9 13 25 12 3 2 7 8 22 -26 21

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.