Lecco vs Pro Vercelli match preview: Even contest expected at Stadio Rigamonti Ceppi

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sat 19.December
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Rigamonti Ceppi (4997 seats)

Lecco will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Pro Vercelli.

Insights:
  • Lecco have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pro Vercelli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Serie C: Girone A game only three days ago.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Pro Vercelli have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 15-8-16 (win-draw-loss) from 39 matches.

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Lecco form and stats

Lecco have performed here at Stadio Rigamonti Ceppi this season with 5 wins from 7 Serie C: Girone A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. It’s been three wins in a row for Lecco here at Stadio Rigamonti Ceppi, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Lecco lost their last game at Pro Patria (placed 9th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Lecco won a home game hosting Pistoiese (4-1).

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

The manager G. D'Agostino will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Olbia in only four days.

A decent goal production from Lecco in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Pro Vercelli form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Pro Vercelli playing as the away team in the Serie C: Girone A this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Vercelli in their previous game, as they lost their Serie C: Girone A-match, hosting Livorno, 0-2. A draw for Pro Vercelli before that, at their own venue hosting AlbinoLeffe (2-2).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Vercelli in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Pro Vercelli, three draws and seven defeats.

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

Pro Vercelli are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Vercelli have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last eight meetings between the teams: Lecco won five, Pro Vercelli won one and two draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LeccoR. Capogna
R. Capogna
6 goals
Pro VercelliM. Rolando
M. Rolando
6 goals
Pro VercelliG. Comi
G. Comi
5 goals

Lecco missing players

Pro Vercelli missing players

Lecco Pro Vercelli
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 3 7 15
7 5 1 Won W 2 3 8
3 1 1 Drew D 1 2 3
5 1 0 Lost L 0 2 4
22 13 2 Scored S 5 9 20
18 8 1 Conceded C 3 8 15
93% 86% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
67% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 73%
53% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 71% 53%
27% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 13%
20% 43% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
53% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 53%
27% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 33%
27% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.6 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 4.5 2.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 8.7 9 Shots (avg) S ( 13.3 10.3 10.8
3.7 4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 3.7 4.2
40% 46% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 41% 37%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Lecco have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pro Vercelli 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 Renate 15 10 2 3 26 14 7 5 0 2 13 7 8 5 2 1 13 7 12 32
2 Como 15 8 4 3 21 18 8 3 3 2 7 8 7 5 1 1 14 10 3 28
3 Pro Vercelli 15 8 3 4 20 15 8 5 1 2 11 7 7 3 2 2 9 8 5 27
4 Alessandria 15 8 2 5 23 15 7 5 0 2 14 7 8 3 2 3 9 8 8 26
5 Juventus U23 15 7 4 4 22 16 8 4 2 2 13 9 7 3 2 2 9 7 6 25
6 Carrarese 15 7 4 4 17 13 8 3 2 3 9 8 7 4 2 1 8 5 4 25
7 Lecco 15 7 3 5 22 18 7 5 1 1 13 8 8 2 2 4 9 10 4 24
8 Pro Sesto 15 7 2 6 15 17 8 3 2 3 7 6 7 4 0 3 8 11 -2 23
9 Pro Patria 15 6 4 5 16 12 7 2 3 2 8 6 8 4 1 3 8 6 4 22
10 Grosseto 15 6 4 5 13 11 7 1 2 4 5 8 8 5 2 1 8 3 2 22
11 AlbinoLeffe 15 5 6 4 17 15 8 3 2 3 5 4 7 2 4 1 12 11 2 21
12 Pontedera 15 6 3 6 13 13 7 2 2 3 4 5 8 4 1 3 9 8 0 21
13 Pergolettese 15 5 3 7 23 24 8 3 0 5 9 12 7 2 3 2 14 12 -1 18
14 Livorno 15 4 5 6 19 18 7 2 3 2 12 10 8 2 2 4 7 8 1 17
15 Novara 15 4 5 6 18 21 7 2 3 2 9 7 8 2 2 4 9 14 -3 17
16 Pistoiese 15 4 3 8 13 19 8 4 2 2 10 7 7 0 1 6 3 12 -6 15
17 Piacenza 15 3 5 7 21 23 7 2 3 2 15 12 8 1 2 5 6 11 -2 14
18 Olbia 15 2 8 5 13 22 8 1 4 3 6 10 7 1 4 2 7 12 -9 14
19 Giana Erminio 15 4 1 10 12 25 7 2 1 4 9 10 8 2 0 6 3 15 -13 13
20 Lucchese 15 2 3 10 13 28 8 1 1 6 10 17 7 1 2 4 3 11 -15 9

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.