Serie C: Girone A: Livorno - Grosseto preview and statistics

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Tue 16.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Armando Picchi (19801 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadio Armando Picchi haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Livorno languishing in the 20th position so far. The guesting Grosseto will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Livorno is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Grosseto have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) 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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Livorno form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie C: Girone A this season. Livorno have only managed 3 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Stadio Armando Picchi. All in all it has been a very rough period for Livorno who hasn’t won a league-game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against AlbinoLeffe, 52 days ago. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Livorno, their manager A. Dal Canto and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Livorno lost their last game at Carrarese (placed 9th) after a 2-4 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Giana Erminio (0-1).

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Livorno has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Livorno's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Grosseto form and stats

6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Grosseto playing as the away team in the Serie C: Girone A this season. One point away has become something of a habit for Grosseto who have played out draws in their last three away games.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Lecco (placed 4th) in their previous outing. The Serie C: Girone A match ended in a draw 1-1. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Juventus U23.

As mentioned above, Grosseto drew the match against Lecco. Manager L. Magrini brought on N. Simeoni to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Grosseto are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 13 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Livorno and Grosseto have met before this season: Grosseto - Livorno 1-0. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: four - four - one (Livorno wins - draws - Grosseto wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GrossetoF. Moscati
F. Moscati
6 goals
GrossetoF. Boccardi
F. Boccardi
6 goals
GrossetoE. Galligani
E. Galligani
6 goals

Livorno missing players

Grosseto missing players

Livorno Grosseto
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 14 6 Played P 5 15 30
5 3 2 Won W 4 6 10
9 5 2 Drew D 0 5 9
16 6 2 Lost L 1 4 11
28 17 8 Scored S 9 14 32
43 19 8 Conceded C 4 13 34
93% 93% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 73% 87%
60% 64% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 60% 67%
30% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 33% 40%
23% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 7% 13%
20% 21% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 7%
40% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 33% 50%
20% 21% 33% Clean Sheets C S 60% 53% 30%
47% 36% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 1.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.7 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9 10.1 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.3 8.9
3.3 4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.3 3.6
29% 33% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 29% 30%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Grosseto have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Livorno have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Livorno have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Livorno is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Como 28 18 4 6 41 31 15 10 3 2 18 10 13 8 1 4 23 21 10 58
2 Pro Vercelli 29 16 8 5 40 23 15 9 4 2 23 10 14 7 4 3 17 13 17 56
3 Renate 29 15 7 7 39 28 14 8 3 3 20 12 15 7 4 4 19 16 11 52
4 Lecco 30 14 9 7 42 28 15 10 4 1 29 12 15 4 5 6 13 16 14 51
5 Alessandria 29 14 8 7 35 23 14 8 3 3 20 11 15 6 5 4 15 12 12 50
6 Pro Patria 29 13 10 6 30 18 15 6 6 3 16 10 14 7 4 3 14 8 12 49
7 Juventus U23 29 13 7 9 43 35 15 7 4 4 27 18 14 6 3 5 16 17 8 46
8 Pontedera 30 12 8 10 29 27 15 7 4 4 14 10 15 5 4 6 15 17 2 44
9 Carrarese 30 10 10 10 31 29 15 5 3 7 16 16 15 5 7 3 15 13 2 40
10 AlbinoLeffe 29 9 12 8 27 26 14 4 6 4 7 8 15 5 6 4 20 18 1 39
11 Grosseto 30 10 9 11 32 34 15 4 4 7 18 21 15 6 5 4 14 13 -2 39
12 Pergolettese 29 10 5 14 36 39 15 6 0 9 15 20 14 4 5 5 21 19 -3 35
13 Novara 29 8 10 11 35 36 14 4 7 3 17 12 15 4 3 8 18 24 -1 34
14 Pro Sesto 28 8 9 11 24 36 15 3 7 5 14 16 13 5 2 6 10 20 -12 33
15 Olbia 28 6 13 9 34 37 13 4 4 5 18 17 15 2 9 4 16 20 -3 31
16 Piacenza 29 6 12 11 34 39 14 3 7 4 20 18 15 3 5 7 14 21 -5 30
17 Pistoiese 29 7 6 16 23 37 15 6 4 5 15 13 14 1 2 11 8 24 -14 27
18 Giana Erminio 29 6 7 16 23 39 14 4 4 6 16 16 15 2 3 10 7 23 -16 25
19 Lucchese 29 4 11 14 27 45 15 2 5 8 17 27 14 2 6 6 10 18 -18 23
20 Livorno 30 5 9 16 28 43 14 3 5 6 17 19 16 2 4 10 11 24 -15 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.