Serie C: Girone A: Novara - Pro Sesto preview and facts

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sat 18.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Silvio Piola (17875 seats)

This should be an engrossing fixture as Novara have their presumed home advantage, while Pro Sesto have an edge of 10 points in the Serie C: Girone A table.

Insights:
  • Novara have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

Novara and Pro Sesto should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Novara form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie C: Girone A, Novara have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 13 games. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Novara, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

The followers are hoping that Novara will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the game against Lecco (placed 4th).

Preceding that match was the home game against AlbinoLeffe that was lost 1-2.

Novara have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Comunale Silvio Piola with 21 goals in 13 league matches. From these home matches, Novara have conceded only 10 goals.

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Pro Sesto form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie C: Girone A matches, Pro Sesto have produced an overall stat of 7-3-3 so far. Pro Sesto love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Pro Sesto's last game was the home draw against Juventus U23 (1-1).

Prior to that result Sesto won their away game at Triestina. The scoreline was 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Pro Sesto in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Pro Sesto, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

Low on goals? 9 of this team's most recent 12 league matches have contained two or less goals.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sesto have scored 18 goals in 13 league games away. 19 goals have been conceded by Pro Sesto 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

The most recent archived scoreline featuring both these participants is the Pro Sesto - Novara 2-1 played not long ago this season. Head to head statistics (for the last three meetings): Novara won zero games, one match ended with a tie and Pro Sesto got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one.

Top Goalscorers

Pro SestoN. Bruschi
N. Bruschi
11 goals
NovaraF. Galuppini
F. Galuppini
6 goals
Pro SestoA. Capelli
A. Capelli
5 goals

Novara missing players

Pro Sesto missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Novara Pro Sesto
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 5 13 27
11 6 2 Won W 2 7 13
4 4 0 Drew D 1 3 8
12 3 1 Lost L 2 3 6
34 21 5 Scored S 8 18 36
33 10 2 Conceded C 11 19 35
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
70% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 74%
56% 46% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 46% 48%
22% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 23% 22%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 15% 11%
56% 54% 33% BTTS BTTS 80% 54% 59%
22% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 33%
26% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 15% 15%
 
5.9 6.1 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 3.4 3.3
5 5.1 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.8 5
2.9 2.5 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3 3
6 3 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
12.6 12.8 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.3 7.4
4.7 5.1 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.8 2.9
28% 34% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 37% 46%
 
9.2 8 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.6 10.5 10
3.5 2.8 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.3 4.1
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • 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 FeralpiSalò 27 13 8 6 23 14 14 7 2 5 14 11 13 6 6 1 9 3 9 47
2 Pro Sesto 27 13 8 6 36 35 14 6 5 3 18 16 13 7 3 3 18 19 1 47
3 Pordenone 27 12 10 5 43 25 14 6 6 2 22 12 13 6 4 3 21 13 18 46
4 Lecco 27 13 6 8 36 33 13 10 1 2 23 8 14 3 5 6 13 25 3 45
5 Vicenza 27 13 5 9 46 31 14 8 3 3 31 12 13 5 2 6 15 19 15 44
6 Pro Patria 27 12 7 8 29 25 13 7 3 3 17 11 14 5 4 5 12 14 4 43
7 Renate 27 10 9 8 34 32 13 6 3 4 15 13 14 4 6 4 19 19 2 39
8 Juventus U23 27 10 8 9 34 32 14 8 3 3 20 13 13 2 5 6 14 19 2 38
9 Union ArzignanoChiampo 27 9 11 7 29 27 13 4 6 3 14 11 14 5 5 4 15 16 2 38
10 Novara 27 11 4 12 34 33 13 6 4 3 21 10 14 5 0 9 13 23 1 37
11 Pro Vercelli 27 9 8 10 32 33 14 5 4 5 16 16 13 4 4 5 16 17 -1 35
12 Calcio Padova 27 8 11 8 29 31 14 4 7 3 17 16 13 4 4 5 12 15 -2 35
13 AlbinoLeffe 27 8 10 9 31 31 14 3 6 5 14 15 13 5 4 4 17 16 0 34
14 Trento Calcio 1921 27 9 7 11 31 32 13 3 5 5 14 16 14 6 2 6 17 16 -1 34
15 Virtus Verona 27 7 11 9 26 24 13 1 5 7 9 16 14 6 6 2 17 8 2 32
16 Sangiuliano City 27 9 4 14 30 35 13 6 2 5 15 13 14 3 2 9 15 22 -5 31
17 Mantova 27 8 7 12 33 43 13 6 3 4 19 15 14 2 4 8 14 28 -10 31
18 Pergolettese 27 8 6 13 31 36 14 7 2 5 24 20 13 1 4 8 7 16 -5 30
19 Piacenza 27 5 9 13 29 45 13 2 5 6 16 22 14 3 4 7 13 23 -16 24
20 Triestina 27 5 7 15 19 38 14 4 3 7 11 19 13 1 4 8 8 19 -19 22

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 FeralpiSalò 27 13 8 6 23 14 14 7 2 5 14 11 13 6 6 1 9 3 9 47
2 Pro Sesto 27 13 8 6 36 35 14 6 5 3 18 16 13 7 3 3 18 19 1 47
3 Pordenone 27 12 10 5 43 25 14 6 6 2 22 12 13 6 4 3 21 13 18 46
4 Lecco 27 13 6 8 36 33 13 10 1 2 23 8 14 3 5 6 13 25 3 45
5 Vicenza 27 13 5 9 46 31 14 8 3 3 31 12 13 5 2 6 15 19 15 44
6 Pro Patria 27 12 7 8 29 25 13 7 3 3 17 11 14 5 4 5 12 14 4 43
7 Renate 27 10 9 8 34 32 13 6 3 4 15 13 14 4 6 4 19 19 2 39
8 Juventus U23 27 10 8 9 34 32 14 8 3 3 20 13 13 2 5 6 14 19 2 38
9 Union ArzignanoChiampo 27 9 11 7 29 27 13 4 6 3 14 11 14 5 5 4 15 16 2 38
10 Novara 27 11 4 12 34 33 13 6 4 3 21 10 14 5 0 9 13 23 1 37
11 Pro Vercelli 27 9 8 10 32 33 14 5 4 5 16 16 13 4 4 5 16 17 -1 35
12 Calcio Padova 27 8 11 8 29 31 14 4 7 3 17 16 13 4 4 5 12 15 -2 35
13 AlbinoLeffe 27 8 10 9 31 31 14 3 6 5 14 15 13 5 4 4 17 16 0 34
14 Trento Calcio 1921 27 9 7 11 31 32 13 3 5 5 14 16 14 6 2 6 17 16 -1 34
15 Virtus Verona 27 7 11 9 26 24 13 1 5 7 9 16 14 6 6 2 17 8 2 32
16 Sangiuliano City 27 9 4 14 30 35 13 6 2 5 15 13 14 3 2 9 15 22 -5 31
17 Mantova 27 8 7 12 33 43 13 6 3 4 19 15 14 2 4 8 14 28 -10 31
18 Pergolettese 27 8 6 13 31 36 14 7 2 5 24 20 13 1 4 8 7 16 -5 30
19 Piacenza 27 5 9 13 29 45 13 2 5 6 16 22 14 3 4 7 13 23 -16 24
20 Triestina 27 5 7 15 19 38 14 4 3 7 11 19 13 1 4 8 8 19 -19 22

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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.