Football betting preview: Olbia vs Lucchese

Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Date: Sat 30.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Bruno Nespoli (3200 seats)

Olbia hope to sell all 3200 tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 40 points and a 15th position in the Serie C: Girone A table. Visiting Lucchese holds 12th place with 46.

Lucchese could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie C: Girone A game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Virtus Entella. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Olbia form and stats

The struggle is real here at Stadio Bruno Nespoli with only 18 points collected from 19 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly 3-9-7. The Olbia manager M. Filippi might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Olbia are returning here after visiting Pistoiese in a Serie C: Girone A game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Pisa (0-1).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Olbia here at Stadio Bruno Nespoli, with less than one goal per game on average (12 from 19 games). Olbia have only conceded 17 in these games.

Last season, Olbia's league statistics were 12 wins, 7 draws and 17 losses, resulting in a 13th position in the league. Over these 36 matches they scored 39 goals and conceded 52. Playing at home last season Olbia managed 8-6-4 (win-draw-lost) with 30 goals and 21 conceded.

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Lucchese form and stats

The visitors are W3-D11-L5 on the road this term.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Virtus Entella (placed 1st) in their previous outing. The Serie C: Girone A match ended in a draw 1-1. Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Pro Patria.

The attacking power of Lucchese when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored in 19 matches. It's not easy to score on Lucchese as they have only conceded 18 goals from these away games.

Let's have a look at how Lucchese performed last season in the league. They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 14 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 8 with 17/19 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Lucchese - Olbia 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Olbia 0 wins, 4 draws and Lucchese 1 victory.

Top Goalscorers

D. Ragatzu
8 goals
D. Ceter
7 goals
R. Ogunseye
7 goals

Olbia missing players

Lucchese missing players

Olbia Lucchese
Total Home Statistic Away Total
32 16 Played 16 32
88% 81% Over 0.5 81% 88%
59% 50% Over 1.5 44% 59%
41% 31% Over 2.5 31% 41%
25% 12% Over 3.5 31% 38%
16% 6% Over 4.5 12% 12%
53% 50% Both teams to score 44% 53%
19% 19% Clean Sheet 31% 28%
41% 50% Failed To Score 44% 31%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Virtus Entella 38 18 16 4 50 21 19 11 7 1 29 10 19 7 9 3 21 11 29 70
2 Piacenza 38 17 15 6 46 28 19 10 5 4 21 13 19 7 10 2 25 15 18 66
3 Robur Siena 38 14 20 4 48 33 19 9 8 2 22 11 19 5 12 2 26 22 15 62
4 Pisa 38 15 17 6 39 27 19 7 11 1 19 11 19 8 6 5 20 16 12 62
5 Pro Vercelli 38 15 16 7 39 25 19 6 11 2 17 9 19 9 5 5 22 16 14 61
6 Carrarese 38 16 11 11 61 41 19 10 4 5 33 18 19 6 7 6 28 23 20 59
7 Arezzo 38 12 21 5 37 29 19 7 12 0 25 15 19 5 9 5 12 14 8 57
8 Cuneo 38 12 17 9 27 27 19 7 10 2 14 6 19 5 7 7 13 21 0 53
9 Novara 38 10 22 6 41 27 19 5 10 4 22 16 19 5 12 2 19 11 14 52
10 Pro Patria 38 13 13 12 36 34 19 10 7 2 25 14 19 3 6 10 11 20 2 52
11 Pontedera 38 10 18 10 30 36 19 6 10 3 20 18 19 4 8 7 10 18 -6 48
12 Lucchese 38 8 22 8 42 36 19 5 11 3 26 18 19 3 11 5 16 18 6 46
13 Juventus U23 38 11 11 16 36 37 19 8 6 5 24 14 19 3 5 11 12 23 -1 44
14 Alessandria 38 5 25 8 25 32 19 1 12 6 9 18 19 4 13 2 16 14 -7 40
15 Olbia 38 8 16 14 34 41 19 3 9 7 12 17 19 5 7 7 22 24 -7 40
16 Gozzano 38 6 21 11 32 35 19 3 8 8 15 21 19 3 13 3 17 14 -3 39
17 Pistoiese 38 8 13 17 34 44 19 5 6 8 17 21 19 3 7 9 17 23 -10 37
18 Arzachena 38 10 7 21 22 48 19 8 4 7 17 19 19 2 3 14 5 29 -26 37
19 Albissola 38 6 14 18 29 47 19 4 6 9 17 24 19 2 8 9 12 23 -18 32
20 Pro Piacenza 38 5 7 26 18 78 19 2 4 13 8 41 19 3 3 13 10 37 -60 22

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