Novara and Pistoiese spectators can't wait for Serie C: Girone A clash at Stadio Comunale Silvio Piola

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sun 18.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Silvio Piola (17875 seats)

With their 14 point advantage in the league table, Novara fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Pistoiese.

Insights:
  • Pistoiese have the fewest scored goals (25) in Serie C: Girone A

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!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Pistoiese have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 2-3-3 (win-draw-loss) from eight matches.

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Novara form and stats

The story so far in the Serie C: Girone A for Novara at their home stadium (Stadio Comunale Silvio Piola) is 6 wins, 8 draws and 3 defeats.

It's back home for Novara, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Pro Patria away with the result 3-1. S. Rossetti, D. Buzzegoli and M. Malotti found the net in that victory. Before that, Novara drew at home versus Pergolettese.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Novara matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, four draws and zero defeats (from five games).

Novara are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 17 games. From these home matches, Novara have conceded only 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Pistoiese form and stats

Pistoiese, who have the fewest scored goals (25) in Serie C: Girone A, have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone A, after 1-2-14 (17 played). A depressing four defeats in a row for Pistoiese in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Pro Sesto.

Pistoiese are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Serie C: Girone A against Renate (placed 4th). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Juventus U23.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Pistoiese when being an outsider away as they are today, we find eleven matches with the visitors losing six times, drawing three and winning two games.

Pistoiese are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 8 goals from 17 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Pistoiese struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 31 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Pistoiese - Novara 2-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Novara one win, two draws and Pistoiese one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NovaraE. Lanini
E. Lanini
7 goals
NovaraD. Buzzegoli
D. Buzzegoli
5 goals
NovaraG. Panico
G. Panico
5 goals

Novara missing players

Pistoiese missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Novara Pistoiese
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 6 17 35
11 6 3 Won W 1 1 8
12 8 3 Drew D 0 2 7
12 3 0 Lost L 5 14 20
42 20 9 Scored S 4 8 25
39 12 3 Conceded C 9 31 46
89% 76% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
71% 71% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 65% 63%
46% 41% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 29% 26%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 24% 11%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 18% 9%
54% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 17% 24% 34%
23% 47% 50% Clean Sheets C S 17% 12% 26%
34% 24% 17% Failed to Score F T 67% 71% 46%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 2.3
6 3 0 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
10.3 11.9 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 8.6 9
4.2 4.7 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.3 3.5
28% 25% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 14% 20%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Novara have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Pistoiese have scored away.
  • Pistoiese have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Pistoiese have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pistoiese have the fewest points (5) away in Serie C: Girone A
  • Pistoiese have the fewest scored goals (25) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Pistoiese have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Serie C: Girone A
  • Pistoiese have the most conceded goals (31) away in Serie C: Girone A
  • Pistoiese have the the worst goal difference (-23) away in Serie C: Girone A

  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 35 20 6 9 50 42 18 11 4 3 25 16 17 9 2 6 25 26 8 66
2 Alessandria 35 19 8 8 46 26 17 11 3 3 29 13 18 8 5 5 17 13 20 65
3 Pro Vercelli 34 17 10 7 45 28 17 9 5 3 24 12 17 8 5 4 21 16 17 61
4 Renate 35 17 7 11 44 35 17 10 3 4 24 14 18 7 4 7 20 21 9 58
5 Lecco 34 15 11 8 45 31 17 10 5 2 29 13 17 5 6 6 16 18 14 56
6 Pro Patria 35 15 11 9 33 25 18 7 6 5 18 16 17 8 5 4 15 9 8 56
7 AlbinoLeffe 35 12 14 9 36 32 18 5 8 5 12 12 17 7 6 4 24 20 4 50
8 Pontedera 35 13 11 11 38 35 17 7 6 4 17 13 18 6 5 7 21 22 3 50
9 Juventus U23 34 13 9 12 47 44 17 7 5 5 30 23 17 6 4 7 17 21 3 48
10 Novara 35 11 12 12 42 39 17 6 8 3 20 12 18 5 4 9 22 27 3 45
11 Grosseto 35 11 12 12 38 40 17 5 5 7 20 22 18 6 7 5 18 18 -2 45
12 Olbia 34 10 14 10 42 40 18 7 5 6 24 19 16 3 9 4 18 21 2 44
13 Pergolettese 35 12 7 16 44 46 18 7 1 10 19 23 17 5 6 6 25 23 -2 43
14 Piacenza 35 10 13 12 41 43 17 5 8 4 23 19 18 5 5 8 18 24 -2 43
15 Carrarese 35 10 10 15 31 38 17 5 3 9 16 19 18 5 7 6 15 19 -7 40
16 Giana Erminio 35 10 9 16 33 44 17 7 4 6 23 20 18 3 5 10 10 24 -11 39
17 Pro Sesto 35 9 12 14 28 43 18 3 8 7 15 20 17 6 4 7 13 23 -15 39
18 Pistoiese 35 8 7 20 25 46 18 7 5 6 17 15 17 1 2 14 8 31 -21 31
19 Lucchese 35 5 13 17 34 56 18 3 6 9 18 28 17 2 7 8 16 28 -22 28
20 Livorno 35 7 12 16 38 47 17 5 6 6 26 22 18 2 6 10 12 25 -9 25

Table
  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 35 20 6 9 50 42 18 11 4 3 25 16 17 9 2 6 25 26 8 66
2 Alessandria 35 19 8 8 46 26 17 11 3 3 29 13 18 8 5 5 17 13 20 65
3 Pro Vercelli 34 17 10 7 45 28 17 9 5 3 24 12 17 8 5 4 21 16 17 61
4 Renate 35 17 7 11 44 35 17 10 3 4 24 14 18 7 4 7 20 21 9 58
5 Lecco 34 15 11 8 45 31 17 10 5 2 29 13 17 5 6 6 16 18 14 56
6 Pro Patria 35 15 11 9 33 25 18 7 6 5 18 16 17 8 5 4 15 9 8 56
7 AlbinoLeffe 35 12 14 9 36 32 18 5 8 5 12 12 17 7 6 4 24 20 4 50
8 Pontedera 35 13 11 11 38 35 17 7 6 4 17 13 18 6 5 7 21 22 3 50
9 Juventus U23 34 13 9 12 47 44 17 7 5 5 30 23 17 6 4 7 17 21 3 48
10 Novara 35 11 12 12 42 39 17 6 8 3 20 12 18 5 4 9 22 27 3 45
11 Grosseto 35 11 12 12 38 40 17 5 5 7 20 22 18 6 7 5 18 18 -2 45
12 Olbia 34 10 14 10 42 40 18 7 5 6 24 19 16 3 9 4 18 21 2 44
13 Pergolettese 35 12 7 16 44 46 18 7 1 10 19 23 17 5 6 6 25 23 -2 43
14 Piacenza 35 10 13 12 41 43 17 5 8 4 23 19 18 5 5 8 18 24 -2 43
15 Carrarese 35 10 10 15 31 38 17 5 3 9 16 19 18 5 7 6 15 19 -7 40
16 Giana Erminio 35 10 9 16 33 44 17 7 4 6 23 20 18 3 5 10 10 24 -11 39
17 Pro Sesto 35 9 12 14 28 43 18 3 8 7 15 20 17 6 4 7 13 23 -15 39
18 Pistoiese 35 8 7 20 25 46 18 7 5 6 17 15 17 1 2 14 8 31 -21 31
19 Lucchese 35 5 13 17 34 56 18 3 6 9 18 28 17 2 7 8 16 28 -22 28
20 Livorno 35 7 12 16 38 47 17 5 6 6 26 22 18 2 6 10 12 25 -9 25

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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.