Home advantage could prove decisive in Lecco - Piacenza battle

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sat 19.November
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Rigamonti Ceppi (4997 seats)

We are looking at a notable gulf in performance between these sides based on results so far, with Lecco leading Piacenza by 13 points.

Insights:
  • Lecco have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Piacenza have the most conceded goals (28) 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.

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Lecco form and stats

12 points is a decent return from 6 Serie C: Girone A games here at Stadio Rigamonti Ceppi for Lecco. The data says 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 180 minutes without scoring a league goal. Scapuzzi was the last player to find the net.

Lecco drew their last game, 0-0 away at FeralpiSalò (placed 4th).

Prior to that, an away loss at Pordenone.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Lecco have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 24 games) they have won 14 times, drawn 4 and lost 6.

It should be added that a glance at the 12 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The Lecco fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 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 4 from 6 matches.

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Piacenza form and stats

There's been little loot from Piacenza's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Serie C: Girone A. Piacenza only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Pordenone with 0-3 on the scoreboard. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league fixtures winning points.

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

Piacenza are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 8 of this team's 10 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.

For Piacenza, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the preceeding eight meetings between these two participants are: three wins for Lecco, one draw and four wins for Piacenza. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

PiacenzaA. Cesarini
A. Cesarini
4 goals
LeccoL. Pinzauti
L. Pinzauti
3 goals
LeccoM. Battistini
M. Battistini
2 goals

Lecco missing players

Piacenza missing players

Lecco Piacenza
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 3 Played P 0 6 13
6 4 2 Won W 0 1 1
3 0 0 Drew D 0 1 5
4 2 1 Lost L 0 4 7
16 9 6 Scored S 0 6 15
17 4 2 Conceded C 0 13 28
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
85% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
46% 33% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 83% 69%
23% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 38%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
31% 17% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 69%
46% 67% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
31% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 31%
 
4.8 7 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.8 4.7
5 4.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 4.3
3 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 2.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 4 6
 
9.3 11.2 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.8 9.7
3.7 5.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.3 3.1
33% 27% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 43% 38%
 
9.9 9.2 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11.5 9.5
3.8 4 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.7 4.8
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • All of Piacenza's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lecco have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Lecco have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Lecco haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Piacenza have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Piacenza have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Piacenza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Piacenza have the most conceded goals (28) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Piacenza have the the worst goal difference (-13) 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 13 8 2 3 24 6 6 3 1 2 10 3 7 5 1 1 14 3 18 26
2 Renate 13 6 6 1 19 12 6 3 3 0 6 3 7 3 3 1 13 9 7 24
3 Novara 13 7 2 4 19 14 7 4 2 1 10 4 6 3 0 3 9 10 5 23
4 FeralpiSalò 13 7 2 4 13 10 6 2 1 3 5 7 7 5 1 1 8 3 3 23
5 Lecco 13 6 3 4 16 17 6 4 0 2 9 4 7 2 3 2 7 13 -1 21
6 Pro Sesto 13 6 3 4 17 19 7 4 1 2 11 8 6 2 2 2 6 11 -2 21
7 Vicenza 13 6 2 5 23 16 7 4 1 2 17 7 6 2 1 3 6 9 7 20
8 Juventus U23 13 5 4 4 18 15 7 5 1 1 11 4 6 0 3 3 7 11 3 19
9 Calcio Padova 13 5 4 4 15 16 6 2 3 1 9 6 7 3 1 3 6 10 -1 19
10 Union ArzignanoChiampo 13 4 6 3 15 12 6 2 2 2 7 6 7 2 4 1 8 6 3 18
11 Pergolettese 13 5 3 5 18 17 7 5 1 1 16 10 6 0 2 4 2 7 1 18
12 Pro Patria 13 5 3 5 16 16 7 4 2 1 11 6 6 1 1 4 5 10 0 18
13 Pro Vercelli 13 5 2 6 17 18 6 2 1 3 7 8 7 3 1 3 10 10 -1 17
14 Sangiuliano City 13 5 2 6 16 17 6 3 1 2 9 6 7 2 1 4 7 11 -1 17
15 AlbinoLeffe 13 3 7 3 17 16 7 1 4 2 7 9 6 2 3 1 10 7 1 16
16 Mantova 13 4 2 7 14 22 6 3 1 2 8 7 7 1 1 5 6 15 -8 14
17 Trento Calcio 1921 13 3 4 6 17 21 6 1 3 2 10 10 7 2 1 4 7 11 -4 13
18 Triestina 13 2 5 6 12 20 7 2 2 3 7 12 6 0 3 3 5 8 -8 11
19 Piacenza 13 1 5 7 15 28 7 0 4 3 9 15 6 1 1 4 6 13 -13 8
20 Virtus Verona 13 0 7 6 8 17 7 0 3 4 4 11 6 0 4 2 4 6 -9 7

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.