Mantova are receiving Piacenza for another vital match following their 1-2 result versus 20th-placed Piacenza.
- Mantova have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Serie C: Girone A
- Piacenza have the most conceded goals (25) in Serie C: Girone A
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Mantova and Piacenza.
Mantova form and stats
3-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie C: Girone A numbers at home for Mantova so far this season. When Mantova hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Pergolettese, AlbinoLeffe, Triestina, Mantova, Trento Calcio 1921 and Virtus Verona), they have won 2 of 2 matches!
The Mantova regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadio Danilo Martelli: A 1-2 defeat against Piacenza (placed 20th).
A 2-2 scoreline against Renate (after extra-time, 6-7 on penalties) before that, played at home in the Coppa Italia Serie C. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Mantova have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 5 and lost 4.
Some stats: A review of the 12 most recent league matches shows that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
Mantova are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games.
Piacenza form and stats
0-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Piacenza in their Serie C: Girone A matches away.
Piacenza play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Mantova (placed 17th). That victory was so needed for this club, after a painful sequence of eleven league games in a row not winning.
Ahead of that, 2-2 at home vs Sangiuliano City (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) in the Coppa Italia Serie C. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Piacenza in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Piacenza, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Betting related statistic: Both sides have scored at least once in 9 of this club's latest 12 league fixtures.
The attacking power of Piacenza when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Piacenza have conceded 12 goals in these games. When Piacenza is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Pergolettese, AlbinoLeffe, Triestina, Trento Calcio 1921, Piacenza and Virtus Verona.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Mantova wins - draws - Piacenza wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Cesarini 4 goals |   A. De Francesco 3 goals | D. Mensah 3 goals |
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| Mantova | Piacenza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 22 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 67% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 6.2 | 5.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 6.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 9.6 | 11.3 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 8.8 | 10.2 |
| 3.4 | 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.3 | 3.3 |
| 32% | 33% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 43% | 38% |
| 9.7 | 11.5 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 11.3 | 9.2 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
- All of Piacenza's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Mantova have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Serie C: Girone A
- Mantova have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Serie C: Girone A
- Mantova have the most matches over the total-line (10) in Serie C: Girone A
- 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 (25) in Serie C: Girone A
- Piacenza have the the worst goal difference (-10) 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 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 23 |
| 2 | Renate | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Novara | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | Lecco | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 5 | FeralpiSalò | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Pro Patria | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Calcio Padova | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | Pro Sesto | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 18 |
| 9 | Vicenza | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
| 10 | Union ArzignanoChiampo | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 11 | Pro Vercelli | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 12 | Juventus U23 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| 13 | Sangiuliano City | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 14 | AlbinoLeffe | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 15 | Pergolettese | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 16 | Trento Calcio 1921 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 17 | Mantova | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -9 | 11 |
| 18 | Triestina | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 10 |
| 19 | Virtus Verona | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 7 |
| 20 | Piacenza | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 5 |
