Delightful dogfight as daring Novara duel with determined Pro Vercelli

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sun 29.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Silvio Piola (17875 seats)

Which side will claim the win when Pro Vercelli travel to Novara? In this game guide you'll learn all the relevant news and stats needed to enjoy the game more.

Insights:
  • Novara have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Pro Vercelli have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Serie C: Girone A

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Novara form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Comunale Silvio Piola as Novara have scored 20 goals to get 22 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Serie C: Girone A are 6-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Novara, who won 1-0 against Virtus Verona (placed 17th).

Heartbreak before that as Novara lost 0-2 at Triestina's place.

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 7 games, won 6 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.

The manager Marchionni will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Vicenza in only three days.

A decent goal production from Novara in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. Novara have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Pro Vercelli form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Pro Vercelli playing as the away team in the Serie C: Girone A this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Vercelli have lost on their last two travels.

Pro Vercelli are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Triestina (placed 20th). That win felt good as this club had gone five league fixtures without winning.

Prior to that match, the Vercelli manager Paci faced defeat when travelling to Renate and losing 0-1.

A quick return to home after this game, as Pro Vercelli are hosting Pro Patria in the Serie C: Girone A only three days away.

Vercelli find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Pro Vercelli have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other before this campaign: Pro Vercelli - Novara 1-2. Data for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two squads are: two wins for Novara, three draws and five wins for Pro Vercelli. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Pro VercelliG. Comi
G. Comi
9 goals
Pro VercelliM. Della Morte
M. Della Morte
8 goals
NovaraF. Galuppini
F. Galuppini
5 goals

Novara missing players

Pro Vercelli missing players

Novara Pro Vercelli
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 4 11 23
10 6 2 Won W 0 3 8
4 4 0 Drew D 1 3 6
9 1 0 Lost L 3 5 9
30 20 4 Scored S 2 14 30
26 7 1 Conceded C 5 16 30
96% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 78%
52% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 45% 48%
22% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 17%
4% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 27% 13%
52% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 65%
26% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 22%
26% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 13%
 
6 5.7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 4.1 3.9
5.2 5.6 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 5.4 5.4
2.8 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3 3.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
12.8 13.2 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 8.4 9.5
4.8 5.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.5 4.1
29% 36% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 36% 32%
 
9 7.9 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.7 9.9
3.5 2.7 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.3 4.3
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 Vercelli have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Pro Vercelli 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 23 12 7 4 38 18 12 6 4 2 19 9 11 6 3 2 19 9 20 43
2 FeralpiSalò 23 12 6 5 22 12 11 6 1 4 13 9 12 6 5 1 9 3 10 42
3 Vicenza 23 12 5 6 42 24 12 7 3 2 28 9 11 5 2 4 14 15 18 41
4 Lecco 23 11 6 6 31 28 11 8 1 2 18 6 12 3 5 4 13 22 3 39
5 Renate 23 10 8 5 32 26 11 6 3 2 15 10 12 4 5 3 17 16 6 38
6 Pro Sesto 23 10 7 6 31 34 12 5 4 3 16 15 11 5 3 3 15 19 -3 37
7 Novara 23 10 4 9 30 26 11 6 4 1 20 7 12 4 0 8 10 19 4 34
8 Union ArzignanoChiampo 23 8 9 6 25 24 11 3 5 3 11 10 12 5 4 3 14 14 1 33
9 Pro Patria 23 9 6 8 24 25 12 6 3 3 15 11 11 3 3 5 9 14 -1 33
10 Calcio Padova 23 8 8 7 27 26 12 4 6 2 16 12 11 4 2 5 11 14 1 32
11 AlbinoLeffe 23 7 9 7 27 26 12 3 5 4 13 13 11 4 4 3 14 13 1 30
12 Pro Vercelli 23 8 6 9 30 30 12 5 3 4 16 14 11 3 3 5 14 16 0 30
13 Juventus U23 23 7 7 9 28 30 12 6 3 3 16 12 11 1 4 6 12 18 -2 28
14 Mantova 23 7 6 10 27 37 11 5 3 3 15 12 12 2 3 7 12 25 -10 27
15 Trento Calcio 1921 23 7 5 11 26 31 11 3 3 5 13 15 12 4 2 6 13 16 -5 26
16 Pergolettese 23 7 4 12 26 33 12 7 1 4 22 17 11 0 3 8 4 16 -7 25
17 Virtus Verona 23 5 9 9 20 21 11 1 3 7 8 15 12 4 6 2 12 6 -1 24
18 Sangiuliano City 23 7 3 13 25 32 11 5 2 4 14 12 12 2 1 9 11 20 -7 24
19 Piacenza 23 5 7 11 27 39 11 2 4 5 15 19 12 3 3 6 12 20 -12 22
20 Triestina 23 4 6 13 18 34 12 4 3 5 11 15 11 0 3 8 7 19 -16 18

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.