Lucchese vs Carrarese: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Wed 23.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Porta Elisa (7386 seats)

The visiting Carrarese side should be favourites in this visit to Lucchese, as the away team holds a 18 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Lucchese has the most conceded goals (29) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Carrarese has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Serie C: Girone A

It's no vacation for neither Lucchese nor Carrarese as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Lucchese form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie C: Girone A this season. Lucchese, who have the most conceded goals (29) in Serie C: Girone A, have only managed 1 win, 1 draw and 6 losses from their games here at Stadio Porta Elisa.

Lucchese manager F. Monaco and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Livorno (placed 14th) in the Serie C: Girone A. Before that, Lucchese had a home game versus Piacenza which ended with a victory 1-0.

The Lucchese fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Lucchese have conceded 17 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Carrarese form and stats

Carrarese's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Carrarese collect 14 points from their 7 away matches in the Serie C: Girone A. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

Impressive finishing from S. Infantino secured the home win 1-0 against AlbinoLeffe in their previous game. Prior to that match, the Carrarese manager S. Baldini faced defeat when travelling to Como and losing 1-2.

Carrarese find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Carrarese as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Lucchese, two draws and six wins for Carrarese. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

CarrareseS. Infantino
S. Infantino
8 goals
LuccheseF. Bianchi
F. Bianchi
3 goals
LuccheseM. Cruciani
M. Cruciani
2 goals

Lucchese missing players

Carrarese missing players

Lucchese Carrarese
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 3 7 16
2 1 0 Won W 2 4 8
4 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
10 6 2 Lost L 0 1 4
14 10 2 Scored S 5 8 18
29 17 5 Conceded C 3 5 13
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 88%
69% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 69%
38% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 38%
19% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
19% 38% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 44%
19% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 44%
50% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3 3.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
6.7 7.4 4 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 7.1 9.4
2.9 3.5 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.6 3.1
30% 36% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 44% 36%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Carrarese has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Carrarese have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lucchese has the fewest points (4) at home in Serie C: Girone A
  • Lucchese has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Lucchese has the most conceded goals (17) at home in Serie C: Girone A
  • Lucchese has the most conceded goals (29) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Lucchese has the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Lucchese has the the worst goal difference (-15) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Lucchese has the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Serie C: Girone A
  • Lucchese have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Lucchese haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 16 11 2 3 28 15 8 6 0 2 15 8 8 5 2 1 13 7 13 35
2 Como 16 9 4 3 25 21 8 3 3 2 7 8 8 6 1 1 18 13 4 31
3 Carrarese 16 8 4 4 18 13 9 4 2 3 10 8 7 4 2 1 8 5 5 28
4 Alessandria 16 8 3 5 24 16 8 5 1 2 15 8 8 3 2 3 9 8 8 27
5 Lecco 16 8 3 5 24 18 8 6 1 1 15 8 8 2 2 4 9 10 6 27
6 Pro Vercelli 16 8 3 5 20 17 8 5 1 2 11 7 8 3 2 3 9 10 3 27
7 Juventus U23 16 7 4 5 23 18 8 4 2 2 13 9 8 3 2 3 10 9 5 25
8 Pontedera 16 7 3 6 15 14 8 3 2 3 6 6 8 4 1 3 9 8 1 24
9 Pro Sesto 16 7 3 6 16 18 8 3 2 3 7 6 8 4 1 3 9 12 -2 24
10 Pro Patria 16 6 5 5 16 12 7 2 3 2 8 6 9 4 2 3 8 6 4 23
11 Grosseto 16 6 4 6 16 15 8 1 2 5 8 12 8 5 2 1 8 3 1 22
12 AlbinoLeffe 16 5 6 5 17 16 8 3 2 3 5 4 8 2 4 2 12 12 1 21
13 Pergolettese 16 5 4 7 24 25 8 3 0 5 9 12 8 2 4 2 15 13 -1 19
14 Livorno 16 4 6 6 20 19 8 2 4 2 13 11 8 2 2 4 7 8 1 18
15 Novara 16 4 6 6 18 21 8 2 4 2 9 7 8 2 2 4 9 14 -3 18
16 Piacenza 16 3 6 7 22 24 8 2 4 2 16 13 8 1 2 5 6 11 -2 15
17 Pistoiese 16 4 3 9 14 21 8 4 2 2 10 7 8 0 1 7 4 14 -7 15
18 Olbia 16 2 9 5 13 22 8 1 4 3 6 10 8 1 5 2 7 12 -9 15
19 Giana Erminio 16 4 2 10 12 25 8 2 2 4 9 10 8 2 0 6 3 15 -13 14
20 Lucchese 16 2 4 10 14 29 8 1 1 6 10 17 8 1 3 4 4 12 -15 10

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.