Struggling Novara will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Alessandria in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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 Novara and Alessandria.
Alessandria play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Alessandria when playing on artifical turf are 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat from seven matches. They have scored 8 goals and conceded 7 times in these games.
Novara form and stats
2-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie C: Girone A numbers at home for Novara so far this season. With eight home Serie C: Girone A games in a row without a win, the Novara fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Giana Erminio game long ago, can be stopped today.
Novara manager S. Banchieri and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Giana Erminio (placed 18th) in the Serie C: Girone A. A strong away win before that one, visiting Lucchese and winning 4-1.
The Novara fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. On the other hand, Novara have conceded 10 goals.
Alessandria form and stats
5 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Alessandria playing as the away team in the Serie C: Girone A this season.
Alessandria's last game was the home draw against Lecco (0-0). Prior to that result Alessandria won their away game at Olbia. The scoreline was 2-1.
Alessandria find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Alessandria - Novara 1-2 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: two - two - three (Novara wins - draws - Alessandria wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  U. Eusepi 7 goals |  A. Arrighini 6 goals |  S. Corazza 5 goals |
Novara missing players
Alessandria missing players
| Novara | Alessandria | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 26 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 29 |
| 30 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 91% | 80% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 77% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 77% |
| 50% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 27% | 32% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 59% | 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 45% | 45% |
| 14% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 45% | 41% |
| 36% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 10.8 | 4.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 7.6 | 7.7 |
| 3.7 | 4.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 32% | 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 39% | 43% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Como | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 46 |
| 2 | Renate | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 45 |
| 3 | Pro Vercelli | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 39 |
| 4 | Alessandria | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 38 |
| 5 | Pro Patria | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | Lecco | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 34 |
| 7 | Juventus U23 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 33 |
| 8 | Pontedera | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 32 |
| 9 | Carrarese | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 31 |
| 10 | Grosseto | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 31 |
| 11 | AlbinoLeffe | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 30 |
| 12 | Pro Sesto | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 30 |
| 13 | Pergolettese | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -3 | 25 |
| 14 | Pistoiese | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 18 | -6 | 25 |
| 15 | Novara | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -4 | 23 |
| 16 | Olbia | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -10 | 22 |
| 17 | Piacenza | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 21 |
| 18 | Giana Erminio | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -13 | 20 |
| 19 | Livorno | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 20 | Lucchese | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -17 | 16 |