Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Monza welcomes Pro Patria

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Date: Sun 22.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)

1st position in the Serie C: Girone A table for Monza so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 10th-placed Pro Patria visits.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Monza form and stats

Monza, who have the most scored goals (37) in Serie C: Girone A, have performed here this season with 6 wins from 9 Serie C: Girone A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. Monza haven’t lost a game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Robur Siena, 87 days ago. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Monza after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Monza manager C. Brocchi and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Pontedera (placed 2nd) in the Serie C: Girone A. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Giana Erminio.

Monza have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 14 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, Monza have conceded only 6 goals.

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Pro Patria form and stats

3 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Pro Patria playing as the away team in the Serie C: Girone A this season.

Two travels in a row for Pro Patria, whose manager I. Javorcic could celebrate last time after the Serie C: Girone A win against Giana Erminio. A loss against Novara was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Pro Patria find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 13 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Pro Patria in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Pro Patria - Monza 1-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Monza 3 wins, 1 draw and Pro Patria 2 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Pro PatriaG. Le Noci
G. Le Noci
12 goals
MonzaA. D'Errico
A. D'Errico
10 goals

Monza missing players

Pro Patria missing players

Monza Pro Patria
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 10 19
14 6 3 Won W 1 3 5
4 2 0 Drew D 1 5 9
1 1 0 Lost L 1 2 5
37 14 4 Scored S 3 13 23
11 6 0 Conceded C 3 11 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 89%
74% 67% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 74%
47% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 42%
26% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 21%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
32% 22% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 63%
63% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 37%
5% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 11%
 
7.9 9.6 8.7 Corners For (avg) C F 2.7 2.5 3.2
3.1 3.3 3.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.7 5 4.8
2.1 1.9 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2 2.1
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
 
287 146 42 Total Shots T S 33 91 181
105 47 14 Shots on Target S O 11 35 67
35% 30% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 37% 34%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Monza has the fewest conceded goals (11)
  • Monza has the most clean sheets (12)
  • Monza has the most scored goals (37)
  • Monza has the most scored goals in the first half (17)
  • Monza has the the best goal difference (+26)
  • Monza have created more than twice as many corners as Pro Patria.
  • Monza have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Monza have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Monza have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Monza haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Monza is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • Pro Patria have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pro Patria have won significantly less corners away then 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 Monza 19 14 4 1 37 11 9 6 2 1 14 6 10 8 2 0 23 5 26 46
2 Pontedera 19 10 6 3 32 24 10 6 4 0 21 12 9 4 2 3 11 12 8 36
3 Renate 19 8 9 2 27 13 10 4 6 0 15 5 9 4 3 2 12 8 14 33
4 Novara 19 9 5 5 24 16 10 6 3 1 15 4 9 3 2 4 9 12 8 32
5 Carrarese 19 8 7 4 32 24 9 5 3 1 18 11 10 3 4 3 14 13 8 31
6 Robur Siena 19 9 4 6 23 20 10 2 3 5 9 12 9 7 1 1 14 8 3 31
7 Alessandria 19 7 7 5 24 21 10 4 4 2 14 11 9 3 3 3 10 10 3 28
8 Arezzo 19 6 8 5 24 22 10 6 1 3 16 12 9 0 7 2 8 10 2 26
9 AlbinoLeffe 19 7 5 7 18 16 9 4 3 2 11 6 10 3 2 5 7 10 2 26
10 Pro Patria 19 5 9 5 23 21 9 2 4 3 10 10 10 3 5 2 13 11 2 24
11 Como 19 5 8 6 20 18 10 3 5 2 9 7 9 2 3 4 11 11 2 23
12 Pistoiese 19 4 11 4 18 16 10 2 6 2 8 8 9 2 5 2 10 8 2 23
13 Pro Vercelli 19 5 8 6 20 20 9 2 5 2 8 7 10 3 3 4 12 13 0 23
14 Juventus U23 19 5 8 6 20 26 9 2 2 5 10 17 10 3 6 1 10 9 -6 23
15 Pianese 19 4 7 8 19 23 9 2 3 4 9 12 10 2 4 4 10 11 -4 19
16 Lecco 19 5 4 10 16 29 9 2 2 5 7 14 10 3 2 5 9 15 -13 19
17 Gozzano 19 3 9 7 17 24 10 1 5 4 9 13 9 2 4 3 8 11 -7 18
18 Pergolettese 19 4 6 9 14 23 9 3 1 5 9 11 10 1 5 4 5 12 -9 18
19 Olbia 19 2 6 11 17 35 9 1 4 4 7 14 10 1 2 7 10 21 -18 12
20 Giana Erminio 19 1 7 11 14 37 10 1 3 6 8 20 9 0 4 5 6 17 -23 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.