Soccer betting preview: Olbia welcomes Alessandria in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sat 30.January
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Bruno Nespoli (8000 seats)

Struggling Olbia will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Alessandria in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Alessandria has the most scored goals in the second half (18) 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!

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Olbia form and stats

Olbia have played 10 Serie C: Girone A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-4-3 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadio Bruno Nespoli.

Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Grosseto.

There will be little rest for Olbia after this match as they are travelling to Pro Patria for a Serie C: Girone A game in only four days.

Olbia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Alessandria form and stats

4-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Alessandria in their Serie C: Girone A matches away.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Como.

A new game in only four days for Alessandria, the Serie C: Girone A home match versus Lecco. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Alessandria have scored 10 goals in 10 league games away. Alessandria are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Olbia and Alessandria have met before this season: Alessandria - Olbia 4-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's zero Olbia victories, three draws and seven Alessandria wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AlessandriaU. Eusepi
U. Eusepi
7 goals
AlessandriaA. Arrighini
A. Arrighini
6 goals
OlbiaD. Ragatzu
D. Ragatzu
4 goals

Olbia missing players

Alessandria missing players

Olbia Alessandria
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 3 10 20
4 3 1 Won W 1 4 10
10 4 2 Drew D 2 3 4
6 3 1 Lost L 0 3 6
19 10 4 Scored S 4 10 27
27 12 4 Conceded C 2 8 18
80% 80% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
65% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 80%
45% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 30%
25% 30% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
15% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
60% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 40% 45%
25% 30% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 50% 40%
35% 40% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.5 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.4 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.1 7.6 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 7.5 7.7
3.2 3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 2.9 3.2
32% 38% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 34% 42%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Alessandria has the most scored goals in the second half (18) 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 20 13 4 3 31 22 11 6 3 2 11 9 9 7 1 1 20 13 9 43
2 Renate 20 13 3 4 34 19 9 7 0 2 17 8 11 6 3 2 17 11 15 42
3 Pro Vercelli 20 10 5 5 28 22 10 6 2 2 16 10 10 4 3 3 12 12 6 35
4 Alessandria 20 10 4 6 27 18 10 6 1 3 17 10 10 4 3 3 10 8 9 34
5 Pro Patria 20 8 7 5 20 13 10 3 5 2 10 7 10 5 2 3 10 6 7 31
6 Juventus U23 20 8 6 6 27 22 10 4 3 3 15 12 10 4 3 3 12 10 5 30
7 Lecco 20 8 6 6 27 22 9 6 2 1 17 10 11 2 4 5 10 12 5 30
8 Carrarese 20 8 6 6 21 19 10 4 2 4 10 9 10 4 4 2 11 10 2 30
9 Grosseto 20 8 4 8 22 22 10 2 2 6 10 15 10 6 2 2 12 7 0 28
10 Pontedera 20 8 4 8 20 21 10 4 2 4 9 9 10 4 2 4 11 12 -1 28
11 AlbinoLeffe 20 6 8 6 20 19 10 3 4 3 6 5 10 3 4 3 14 14 1 26
12 Pro Sesto 20 7 5 8 19 24 11 3 4 4 10 10 9 4 1 4 9 14 -5 26
13 Pergolettese 20 6 4 10 26 30 11 4 0 7 11 15 9 2 4 3 15 15 -4 22
14 Pistoiese 20 6 4 10 19 24 10 5 3 2 13 8 10 1 1 8 6 16 -5 22
15 Olbia 20 4 10 6 19 27 10 3 4 3 10 12 10 1 6 3 9 15 -8 22
16 Novara 20 4 7 9 20 27 10 2 5 3 11 10 10 2 2 6 9 17 -7 19
17 Giana Erminio 20 5 4 11 16 28 10 3 3 4 12 11 10 2 1 7 4 17 -12 19
18 Piacenza 20 3 9 8 26 29 9 2 5 2 17 14 11 1 4 6 9 15 -3 18
19 Livorno 20 5 7 8 22 23 10 3 4 3 14 13 10 2 3 5 8 10 -1 17
20 Lucchese 20 3 7 10 20 33 10 1 3 6 12 19 10 2 4 4 8 14 -13 16

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.