Lecco vs Novara betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sat 11.February
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Rigamonti Ceppi (4997 seats)

Lecco have been busy practising for another game following their 0-1 result versus Sangiuliano City, a game they learned a lot from. Will they show it against Novara?

Insights:
  • Lecco have the most points (28) at home in Serie C: Girone A
  • Novara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Lecco's stadium, Stadio Rigamonti Ceppi, has a grass surface. Novara have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Novara when playing on grass; 13 wins, 9 draws and 13 losses from 35 matches. They have scored {39 goals} in these games and conceded 41.

Lecco and Novara should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Lecco form and stats

Lecco are steadily winning Serie C: Girone A games and points here at Stadio Rigamonti Ceppi. 9 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 12 games. Lecco has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadio Rigamonti Ceppi, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Lecco are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Sangiuliano City.

Ahead of that match, Lecco won a home game hosting AlbinoLeffe (2-1).

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 Lecco have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 9, drawn 2 and lost 5.

A decent goal production from Lecco in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 12 league matches. Lecco are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Rigamonti Ceppi in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 12 matches.

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Novara form and stats

The visitors are W5-D0-L8 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone A. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Novara, as they have won on their previous two travels.

The manager Marchionni was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Stadio Comunale Silvio Piola. Novara suffered a 1-2 loss to AlbinoLeffe (placed 11th).

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Vicenza.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Novara in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Novara, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Novara as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games in the league. Novara have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The participants have met each other already this season, with the result Novara - Lecco 1-2 logged in the official records. Previous five meetings with these sides: Lecco won three, Novara triumphed in two and we saw zero draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NovaraF. Galuppini
F. Galuppini
6 goals
LeccoN. Buso
N. Buso
5 goals
LeccoL. Pinzauti
L. Pinzauti
5 goals

Lecco missing players

Novara missing players

Lecco Novara
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 4 13 26
12 9 4 Won W 1 5 11
6 1 0 Drew D 0 0 4
8 2 0 Lost L 3 8 11
33 20 6 Scored S 3 12 33
32 7 2 Conceded C 8 20 30
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
81% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 69%
46% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 62% 54%
19% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 15% 19%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
42% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 54% 54%
35% 58% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 23%
31% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 27%
 
4.2 5.2 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.9 6
4.4 4.2 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.9 5
3.1 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.2 3.1 2.8
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
9 10.3 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 12.4 12.6
3.7 5.2 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.4 4.7
35% 32% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 21% 28%
 
9.5 9.4 10 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 10 9
3.7 3.8 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 4 3.4
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Lecco have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lecco have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Lecco have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Serie C: Girone A
  • Lecco have the most points (28) at home in Serie C: Girone A
  • Lecco have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Novara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 Pro Sesto 26 13 7 6 35 34 13 6 4 3 17 15 13 7 3 3 18 19 1 46
2 Pordenone 26 12 9 5 41 23 13 6 5 2 20 10 13 6 4 3 21 13 18 45
3 FeralpiSalò 26 12 8 6 22 14 13 6 2 5 13 11 13 6 6 1 9 3 8 44
4 Pro Patria 26 12 6 8 29 25 13 7 3 3 17 11 13 5 3 5 12 14 4 42
5 Lecco 26 12 6 8 33 32 12 9 1 2 20 7 14 3 5 6 13 25 1 42
6 Vicenza 26 12 5 9 44 30 13 7 3 3 29 11 13 5 2 6 15 19 14 41
7 Renate 26 10 9 7 33 30 13 6 3 4 15 13 13 4 6 3 18 17 3 39
8 Union ArzignanoChiampo 26 9 11 6 29 26 13 4 6 3 14 11 13 5 5 3 15 15 3 38
9 Novara 26 11 4 11 33 30 13 6 4 3 21 10 13 5 0 8 12 20 3 37
10 Juventus U23 26 10 7 9 33 31 14 8 3 3 20 13 12 2 4 6 13 18 2 37
11 AlbinoLeffe 26 8 10 8 31 30 13 3 6 4 14 14 13 5 4 4 17 16 1 34
12 Pro Vercelli 26 9 7 10 31 32 14 5 4 5 16 16 12 4 3 5 15 16 -1 34
13 Calcio Padova 26 8 10 8 28 30 14 4 7 3 17 16 12 4 3 5 11 14 -2 34
14 Trento Calcio 1921 26 9 6 11 31 32 12 3 4 5 14 16 14 6 2 6 17 16 -1 33
15 Virtus Verona 26 7 10 9 25 23 12 1 4 7 8 15 14 6 6 2 17 8 2 31
16 Sangiuliano City 26 9 3 14 28 33 13 6 2 5 15 13 13 3 1 9 13 20 -5 30
17 Mantova 26 8 6 12 31 41 13 6 3 4 19 15 13 2 3 8 12 26 -10 30
18 Pergolettese 26 8 5 13 29 34 13 7 1 5 22 18 13 1 4 8 7 16 -5 29
19 Piacenza 26 5 8 13 28 44 12 2 4 6 15 21 14 3 4 7 13 23 -16 23
20 Triestina 26 4 7 15 18 38 14 4 3 7 11 19 12 0 4 8 7 19 -20 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.