Delightful dogfight as daring Novara duel with determined Pro Patria

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sat 12.November
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Silvio Piola (17875 seats)

The standings reveals that 2 points divide the pair of combatants in this Serie C: Girone A game. Novara own both the points- and home stadium advantage.

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

Both squads have had sufficient rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an active match!

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Novara form and stats

Novara have played 6 Serie C: Girone A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).

No payout for Novara in their previous match, an away game at Juventus U23 that ended in defeat 1-2.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Sangiuliano City.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Novara's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 5 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.

Betting people might want to know that 9 of the most recent 12 league matches from these players have had at least one goal from each side.

A decent goal production from Novara in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. Novara have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Pro Patria form and stats

The visitors are W1-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone A. Patria has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Piu and Stanzani scored in Pro Patria's previous match, the home game against Triestina that ended 2-1.

The game earlier was the Coppa Italia Serie C-duel against Alessandria (after extra-time), a home defeat (1-2).

Pro Patria's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Novara three wins, two draws and Pro Patria two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Pro PatriaL. Stanzani
L. Stanzani
4 goals
NovaraF. Galuppini
F. Galuppini
3 goals
NovaraC. Tavernelli
C. Tavernelli
3 goals

Novara missing players

Pro Patria missing players

Novara Pro Patria
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 2 5 12
6 3 2 Won W 1 1 5
2 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
4 1 0 Lost L 1 3 4
18 9 4 Scored S 1 5 16
14 4 0 Conceded C 3 9 15
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 83%
75% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 58%
17% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 8%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 8%
75% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 67%
25% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 25%
8% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 20% 8%
 
6.4 6.4 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 3.3
5 6 10.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 8.8 5.7
3 3.6 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 3.5 3.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
13 11.2 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 15 8 6.7
5.5 5.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 2.6
30% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 42% 55%
 
8.9 8 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 9.2 8.8
3.5 3 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.5 3.3
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Novara have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Pro Patria have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Pro Patria have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pro Patria have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Pro Patria haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 12 7 2 3 21 6 6 3 1 2 10 3 6 4 1 1 11 3 15 23
2 Renate 12 6 5 1 18 11 6 3 3 0 6 3 6 3 2 1 12 8 7 23
3 FeralpiSalò 12 7 1 4 13 10 5 2 0 3 5 7 7 5 1 1 8 3 3 22
4 Novara 12 6 2 4 18 14 6 3 2 1 9 4 6 3 0 3 9 10 4 20
5 Lecco 12 6 2 4 16 17 6 4 0 2 9 4 6 2 2 2 7 13 -1 20
6 Calcio Padova 12 5 4 3 15 14 6 2 3 1 9 6 6 3 1 2 6 8 1 19
7 Union ArzignanoChiampo 12 4 6 2 15 11 5 2 2 1 7 5 7 2 4 1 8 6 4 18
8 Pro Patria 12 5 3 4 16 15 7 4 2 1 11 6 5 1 1 3 5 9 1 18
9 Pro Sesto 12 5 3 4 15 19 6 3 1 2 9 8 6 2 2 2 6 11 -4 18
10 Vicenza 12 5 2 5 21 15 7 4 1 2 17 7 5 1 1 3 4 8 6 17
11 Pro Vercelli 12 5 2 5 17 17 6 2 1 3 7 8 6 3 1 2 10 9 0 17
12 Juventus U23 12 4 4 4 17 15 6 4 1 1 10 4 6 0 3 3 7 11 2 16
13 Sangiuliano City 12 5 1 6 15 16 6 3 1 2 9 6 6 2 0 4 6 10 -1 16
14 AlbinoLeffe 12 3 6 3 16 15 6 1 3 2 6 8 6 2 3 1 10 7 1 15
15 Pergolettese 12 4 3 5 16 16 6 4 1 1 14 9 6 0 2 4 2 7 0 15
16 Trento Calcio 1921 12 3 4 5 16 19 6 1 3 2 10 10 6 2 1 3 6 9 -3 13
17 Mantova 12 3 2 7 13 22 6 3 1 2 8 7 6 0 1 5 5 15 -9 11
18 Triestina 12 2 4 6 11 19 6 2 1 3 6 11 6 0 3 3 5 8 -8 10
19 Piacenza 12 1 5 6 15 25 6 0 4 2 9 12 6 1 1 4 6 13 -10 8
20 Virtus Verona 12 0 7 5 7 15 6 0 3 3 3 9 6 0 4 2 4 6 -8 7

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.