Olbia vs Juventus U23 match preview: Even contest expected at Stadio Bruno Nespoli

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sun 29.November
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Bruno Nespoli (8000 seats)

Olbia hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 9 points and a 19th position in the Serie C: Girone A table. Visiting Juventus U23 holds 7th place with 19 pts.

Insights:
  • Olbia have yet to win a game at home.
  • Juventus U23 has the most points from losing position (9) in Serie C: Girone A

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Olbia and Juventus U23.

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Olbia form and stats

With 0 Serie C: Girone A wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Olbia are certainly not brimming with confidence.

An away draw last time out for Olbia, facing Como in a game that ended 2-2. Prior to that, an away loss at Carrarese.

Olbia has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 6 games. 7 goals have been conceded.

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Juventus U23 form and stats

The visitors are W2-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone A. Visiting Juventus has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

H. Rafia and G. Vrioni scored in Juventus's previous match, the home game against Grosseto that ended 2-0. Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Pistoiese.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Juventus manager F. Pecchia as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Pergolettese.

Juventus find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Juventus U23 as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Olbia zero wins, two draws and Juventus U23 one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Olbia missing players

Juventus U23 missing players

Olbia Juventus U23
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 3 5 11
1 0 0 Won W 2 2 5
6 3 0 Drew D 1 2 4
5 3 2 Lost L 0 1 2
9 2 0 Scored S 4 5 15
19 7 2 Conceded C 2 4 11
83% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 82%
42% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 20% 36%
25% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
17% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
58% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 73%
17% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 18%
42% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 9%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.8 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
9.6 8.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 6.8 7.8
3.5 3 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.2 3.7
23% 8% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 31% 37%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Juventus U23 has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Juventus U23 has the most points from losing position (9) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Juventus U23 have scored at least twice as many goals away as Olbia have scored home.
  • Juventus U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Olbia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Olbia have yet to win a game 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 Pro Vercelli 12 8 2 2 17 9 6 5 0 1 9 3 6 3 2 1 8 6 8 26
2 Renate 12 8 1 3 18 12 6 4 0 2 9 7 6 4 1 1 9 5 6 25
3 Carrarese 12 6 4 2 13 8 7 3 2 2 8 6 5 3 2 0 5 2 5 22
4 Lecco 12 6 3 3 17 14 6 4 1 1 9 7 6 2 2 2 8 7 3 21
5 Pro Sesto 11 6 2 3 14 8 5 2 2 1 6 3 6 4 0 2 8 5 6 20
6 Como 11 6 2 3 16 15 6 2 2 2 5 7 5 4 0 1 11 8 1 20
7 Juventus U23 11 5 4 2 15 11 6 3 2 1 10 7 5 2 2 1 5 4 4 19
8 Pro Patria 12 5 3 4 13 8 5 1 2 2 6 5 7 4 1 2 7 3 5 18
9 AlbinoLeffe 12 5 3 4 15 13 7 3 1 3 5 4 5 2 2 1 10 9 2 18
10 Alessandria 12 5 2 5 18 14 6 4 0 2 12 6 6 1 2 3 6 8 4 17
11 Grosseto 12 5 2 5 11 10 6 1 1 4 4 7 6 4 1 1 7 3 1 17
12 Pontedera 11 5 1 5 9 10 5 2 1 2 2 2 6 3 0 3 7 8 -1 16
13 Novara 11 4 2 5 14 15 6 2 2 2 9 7 5 2 0 3 5 8 -1 14
14 Livorno 12 3 4 5 17 17 6 2 2 2 12 10 6 1 2 3 5 7 0 13
15 Giana Erminio 12 4 1 7 11 18 5 2 1 2 8 7 7 2 0 5 3 11 -7 13
16 Pergolettese 11 3 3 5 18 18 5 2 0 3 6 7 6 1 3 2 12 11 0 12
17 Pistoiese 12 2 3 7 9 15 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 0 1 5 2 8 -6 9
18 Piacenza 11 2 3 6 12 19 5 1 2 2 6 9 6 1 1 4 6 10 -7 9
19 Olbia 12 1 6 5 9 19 6 0 3 3 2 7 6 1 3 2 7 12 -10 9
20 Lucchese 11 0 3 8 11 24 6 0 1 5 9 15 5 0 2 3 2 9 -13 3

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.