Soccer betting preview: Livorno welcomes Pro Patria in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sun 10.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Armando Picchi (19801 seats)

Livorno hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 13 points and a 19th position in the Serie C: Girone A table. Visiting Pro Patria holds 7th place with 26 pts.

Insights:
  • Livorno has the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Pro Patria has the fewest conceded goals (12) in Serie C: Girone A

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Livorno form and stats

2 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Livorno have to build on here at Stadio Armando Picchi in the Serie C: Girone A. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Livorno lost their last game at Como (placed 2nd) after a 0-1 scoreline. In the match before that, Livorno hosted Lucchese and drew the game 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Livorno perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Livorno as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Livorno has won three of these, drawn four and lost eight.

Livorno have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Armando Picchi with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Livorno have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Pro Patria form and stats

Playing away, Pro Patria, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Serie C: Girone A, have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie C: Girone A this season.

Pro Patria have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Giulio Mangano. It's been 194 minutes since they last conceded in Serie C: Girone A.

The supporters enjoyed Patria's previous game versus Giana Erminio (placed 18th), a Serie C: Girone A 1-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Novara.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Pro Patria in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Pro Patria, three draws and five defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Patria as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

LivornoD. Marsura
D. Marsura
4 goals
LivornoM. Otávio Mendes
M. Otávio Mendes
4 goals
Pro PatriaS. Parker
S. Parker
4 goals

Livorno missing players

Pro Patria missing players

Livorno Pro Patria
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 3 9 17
4 2 1 Won W 2 4 7
6 4 2 Drew D 1 2 5
7 2 0 Lost L 0 3 5
20 13 4 Scored S 4 8 17
20 11 3 Conceded C 0 6 12
88% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 78% 76%
71% 88% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 33% 47%
35% 62% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 41%
24% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 6%
18% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 75% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 35%
29% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 56% 53%
35% 12% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 44% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
8.9 10.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.3 9.5
3.5 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.4 3.3
34% 32% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 36% 30%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Livorno has the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Livorno have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pro Patria has the fewest conceded goals (12) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Pro Patria has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Pro Patria has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Pro Patria has the most clean sheets (9) in Serie C: Girone A

  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 17 12 2 3 30 16 8 6 0 2 15 8 9 6 2 1 15 8 14 38
2 Como 17 10 4 3 26 21 9 4 3 2 8 8 8 6 1 1 18 13 5 34
3 Alessandria 17 9 3 5 25 16 8 5 1 2 15 8 9 4 2 3 10 8 9 30
4 Carrarese 17 8 5 4 19 14 9 4 2 3 10 8 8 4 3 1 9 6 5 29
5 Pro Vercelli 17 8 4 5 22 19 9 5 2 2 13 9 8 3 2 3 9 10 3 28
6 Lecco 17 8 3 6 24 19 8 6 1 1 15 8 9 2 2 5 9 11 5 27
7 Pro Patria 17 7 5 5 17 12 8 3 3 2 9 6 9 4 2 3 8 6 5 26
8 Juventus U23 17 7 4 6 24 20 9 4 2 3 14 11 8 3 2 3 10 9 4 25
9 Grosseto 17 7 4 6 18 16 8 1 2 5 8 12 9 6 2 1 10 4 2 25
10 Pontedera 17 7 4 6 17 16 8 3 2 3 6 6 9 4 2 3 11 10 1 25
11 Pro Sesto 17 7 3 7 17 20 9 3 2 4 8 8 8 4 1 3 9 12 -3 24
12 AlbinoLeffe 17 5 7 5 18 17 9 3 3 3 6 5 8 2 4 2 12 12 1 22
13 Pergolettese 17 5 4 8 24 26 9 3 0 6 9 13 8 2 4 2 15 13 -2 19
14 Novara 17 4 6 7 18 23 8 2 4 2 9 7 9 2 2 5 9 16 -5 18
15 Pistoiese 17 5 3 9 16 21 9 5 2 2 12 7 8 0 1 7 4 14 -5 18
16 Olbia 17 3 9 5 14 22 9 2 4 3 7 10 8 1 5 2 7 12 -8 18
17 Piacenza 17 3 7 7 23 25 8 2 4 2 16 13 9 1 3 5 7 12 -2 16
18 Giana Erminio 17 4 2 11 12 26 8 2 2 4 9 10 9 2 0 7 3 16 -14 14
19 Livorno 17 4 6 7 20 20 8 2 4 2 13 11 9 2 2 5 7 9 0 13
20 Lucchese 17 2 5 10 15 30 9 1 2 6 11 18 8 1 3 4 4 12 -15 11

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.