Glory for the home side, the away team claims a mighty victory or a score draw? It's all possible when the mid-table teams Novara and Calcio Padova meet at Stadio Comunale Silvio Piola.
This could be an engaging match with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well recovered since they last played a game. Game on!
Novara form and stats
Novara have played 14 Serie C: Girone A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-4 (wins-draws-losses). Game days at Stadio Comunale Silvio Piola have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Novara as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
The Novara crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Pro Sesto here at Stadio Comunale Silvio Piola.
Prior to that, an away loss at Lecco.A decent goal production from Novara in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 14 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Novara have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Calcio Padova form and stats
Playing away, Calcio Padova have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the Serie C: Girone A this season. Two points from the last two away games for Calcio Padova, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Calcio Padova's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Triestina that finished 1-1.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Virtus Verona that ended 1-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Calcio Padova in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Calcio, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 8 of this club's last 10 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Calcio Padova as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by Calcio in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This duo faced each other earlier on this season: Calcio Padova - Novara 1-2.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Liguori 8 goals |  F. Galuppini 6 goals | A. Vasic 5 goals |
Novara missing players
Calcio Padova missing players
| Novara | Calcio Padova | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 34 | 21 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 30 |
| 34 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 32 |
| 96% | 93% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 93% |
| 68% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 69% | 75% |
| 54% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 31% | 39% |
| 21% | 21% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 11% |
| 4% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 54% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 38% | 54% |
| 21% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 31% | 25% |
| 29% | 21% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 29% |
| 5.9 | 6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.1 | 5.7 |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 9.9 | 10.8 |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 27% | 33% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 27% |
| 9.2 | 8.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 10.4 | 9.2 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FeralpiSalo | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 50 |
| 2 | Pro Sesto | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 50 |
| 3 | Pordenone | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 49 |
| 4 | Lecco | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 48 |
| 5 | Vicenza | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 47 |
| 6 | Pro Patria | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 43 |
| 7 | Renate | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 42 |
| 8 | Union ArzignanoChiampo | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 41 |
| 9 | Juventus U23 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -1 | 38 |
| 10 | Novara | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 37 |
| 11 | Calcio Padova | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -2 | 36 |
| 12 | Virtus Verona | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 35 |
| 13 | Pro Vercelli | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 35 |
| 14 | Trento Calcio 1921 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 34 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | -3 | 34 |
| 15 | Sangiuliano City | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 34 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 23 | -4 | 34 |
| 16 | AlbinoLeffe | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -4 | 34 |
| 17 | Pergolettese | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -4 | 33 |
| 18 | Mantova | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 49 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | -14 | 31 |
| 19 | Triestina | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | -18 | 26 |
| 20 | Piacenza | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -17 | 24 |
