Football match preview: Novara vs AlbinoLeffe

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sun 05.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Silvio Piola (17875 seats)

This league campaign has been a rollercoaster for these squads so far, boom and bust leading to mid-table places so far. Let's get ready for Novara - AlbinoLeffe!

Insights:
  • Novara have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • AlbinoLeffe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Novara nor AlbinoLeffe 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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Novara form and stats

6 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Novara have to build on here at Stadio Comunale Silvio Piola in the Serie C: Girone A.

Novara are returning here after visiting Vicenza and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Rocca and Masini scored the goal(s).

Ahead of that match, Novara lost 0-1 at home to Pro Vercelli.

A decent goal production from Novara in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 12 league matches. From these home matches, Novara have conceded only 8 goals.

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AlbinoLeffe form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone A. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Marcolini, the AlbinoLeffe manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

There might be some fixture complaints from AlbinoLeffe as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-2 against Lecco.

A draw for AlbinoLeffe before that, at their own venue hosting Piacenza (1-1).

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with AlbinoLeffe playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were 6 AlbinoLeffe wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far AlbinoLeffe have scored 15 goals in 12 league games away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. AlbinoLeffe have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

AlbinoLeffe have put together a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (2-3-0) when facing Novara.

Novara and AlbinoLeffe have faced off before this season: AlbinoLeffe - Novara 3-1.

Top Goalscorers

AlbinoLeffeJ. Manconi
J. Manconi
9 goals
AlbinoLeffeA. Cocco
A. Cocco
9 goals
NovaraF. Galuppini
F. Galuppini
5 goals

Novara missing players

AlbinoLeffe missing players

Novara AlbinoLeffe
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 2 12 25
11 6 2 Won W 1 4 7
4 4 0 Drew D 1 4 10
10 2 1 Lost L 0 4 8
32 20 4 Scored S 5 15 29
28 8 2 Conceded C 3 15 29
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
68% 67% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 72%
52% 42% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 58% 40%
20% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 24%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
52% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 42% 52%
24% 42% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 20%
28% 17% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 32%
 
5.9 5.8 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4 4.3
5.1 5.3 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.3 4.4
2.8 2.5 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.2
5 3 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
12.6 12.8 12 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.4 9.2
4.8 5.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.7 3.8
28% 35% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 34% 31%
 
9.2 8.2 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 8.2 9
3.5 2.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 2.3 2.9
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • AlbinoLeffe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Novara have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 Pordenone 25 12 9 4 40 20 13 6 5 2 20 10 12 6 4 2 20 10 20 45
2 FeralpiSalò 25 12 7 6 22 14 13 6 2 5 13 11 12 6 5 1 9 3 8 43
3 Pro Sesto 25 12 7 6 33 34 13 6 4 3 17 15 12 6 3 3 16 19 -1 43
4 Lecco 25 12 6 7 33 31 12 9 1 2 20 7 13 3 5 5 13 24 2 42
5 Vicenza 25 12 5 8 44 28 13 7 3 3 29 11 12 5 2 5 15 17 16 41
6 Renate 25 10 9 6 33 28 12 6 3 3 15 11 13 4 6 3 18 17 5 39
7 Pro Patria 25 11 6 8 27 25 12 6 3 3 15 11 13 5 3 5 12 14 2 39
8 Novara 25 11 4 10 32 28 12 6 4 2 20 8 13 5 0 8 12 20 4 37
9 Union ArzignanoChiampo 25 8 11 6 26 25 12 3 6 3 11 10 13 5 5 3 15 15 1 35
10 Calcio Padova 25 8 10 7 28 27 13 4 7 2 17 13 12 4 3 5 11 14 1 34
11 Juventus U23 25 9 7 9 31 31 13 7 3 3 18 13 12 2 4 6 13 18 0 34
12 Pro Vercelli 25 9 6 10 31 32 13 5 3 5 16 16 12 4 3 5 15 16 -1 33
13 AlbinoLeffe 25 7 10 8 29 29 13 3 6 4 14 14 12 4 4 4 15 15 0 31
14 Trento Calcio 1921 25 8 6 11 29 32 12 3 4 5 14 16 13 5 2 6 15 16 -3 30
15 Mantova 25 8 6 11 29 38 12 6 3 3 17 12 13 2 3 8 12 26 -9 30
16 Virtus Verona 25 6 10 9 22 21 12 1 4 7 8 15 13 5 6 2 14 6 1 28
17 Sangiuliano City 25 8 3 14 27 33 12 5 2 5 14 13 13 3 1 9 13 20 -6 27
18 Pergolettese 25 7 5 13 26 34 13 7 1 5 22 18 12 0 4 8 4 16 -8 26
19 Piacenza 25 5 8 12 28 42 12 2 4 6 15 21 13 3 4 6 13 21 -14 23
20 Triestina 25 4 7 14 18 36 13 4 3 6 11 17 12 0 4 8 7 19 -18 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.