Balanced ball game between Pergolettese and Novara expected

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Date: Sun 02.February
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Voltini (4095 seats)

The visiting Novara side should be favourites in this visit to Pergolettese, as the away team holds a 14 point advantage from their 23 league games this season.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

This pitch has grass, which is not Novara's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Novara have performed like this: Played 42 matches resulting in 12 wins, 15 draws and 15 defeats with the goal stats 50-51 (scored/conceded).

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Pergolettese form and stats

Pergolettese's results here at Stadio Giuseppe Voltini in the Serie C: Girone A have been very modest with 3 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

Pergolettese are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 362 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by N. Ciccone).

In their previous game, the manager G. Piacentini led his Pergolettese to a defeat in the Serie C: Girone A match away at Arezzo. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Giuseppe Voltini. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Como.

Pergolettese aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Giuseppe Voltini in the league, with only 9 goals from 11 games. On the other hand, Pergolettese have conceded 14 goals.

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Novara form and stats

3-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Novara in their Serie C: Girone A matches away.

Novara's last game was the home draw against Pontedera (1-1). A 2-2 draw at Juventus U23's stadium before that.

The draw against Pontedera came from a losing position. The Novara manager S. Banchieri brought on Nicolás Schiavi as a substitution and the player scored to make the scores level.

Novara are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Novara have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Novara - Pergolettese 0-0 earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

NovaraM. Bortolussi
M. Bortolussi
9 goals
NovaraR. Collodel
R. Collodel
3 goals
NovaraN. Schiavi
N. Schiavi
3 goals

Pergolettese missing players

Novara missing players

Pergolettese Novara
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 4 11 23
4 3 0 Won W 2 3 9
8 2 0 Drew D 0 3 7
11 6 3 Lost L 2 5 7
14 9 0 Scored S 7 13 29
29 14 4 Conceded C 7 17 25
83% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 87%
65% 73% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 74%
35% 45% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 64% 52%
4% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 9% 4%
30% 36% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 52%
26% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 30%
61% 55% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 30%
 
4.9 6 6.7 Corners For (avg) C F 4 3.7 4.2
5 5.5 6.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.8 4.6 4.4
2.1 2 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.2
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
221 117 25 Total Shots T S 36 93 206
71 37 6 Shots on Target S O 13 33 84
20% 24% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 54% 39% 35%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Novara has the fewest points from losing position (1)
  • Novara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Novara have scored more than double the goals of Pergolettese.
  • Pergolettese has the fewest scored goals (14)
  • Pergolettese has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
  • Pergolettese have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Pergolettese have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pergolettese have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Monza 23 17 5 1 45 13 11 7 3 1 17 7 12 10 2 0 28 6 32 56
2 Pontedera 23 11 8 4 37 29 11 7 4 0 23 13 12 4 4 4 14 16 8 41
3 Renate 23 10 9 4 31 18 12 6 6 0 18 6 11 4 3 4 13 12 13 39
4 Carrarese 23 10 9 4 40 29 11 7 3 1 23 13 12 3 6 3 17 16 11 39
5 Robur Siena 23 10 6 7 28 26 12 2 5 5 11 14 11 8 1 2 17 12 2 36
6 Novara 23 9 7 7 29 25 12 6 4 2 16 8 11 3 3 5 13 17 4 34
7 AlbinoLeffe 23 9 6 8 25 21 11 5 3 3 13 7 12 4 3 5 12 14 4 33
8 Alessandria 23 8 9 6 30 27 12 4 6 2 19 16 11 4 3 4 11 11 3 33
9 Como 23 7 10 6 26 21 12 5 5 2 14 9 11 2 5 4 12 12 5 31
10 Arezzo 23 7 10 6 29 25 12 7 2 3 19 12 11 0 8 3 10 13 4 31
11 Pro Patria 23 7 9 7 31 28 11 3 4 4 15 15 12 4 5 3 16 13 3 30
12 Pistoiese 23 5 14 4 21 18 12 2 8 2 9 9 11 3 6 2 12 9 3 29
13 Juventus U23 23 6 10 7 26 32 11 3 3 5 13 19 12 3 7 2 13 13 -6 28
14 Pro Vercelli 23 5 10 8 22 25 11 2 6 3 10 10 12 3 4 5 12 15 -3 25
15 Lecco 23 6 7 10 23 35 11 3 3 5 12 18 12 3 4 5 11 17 -12 25
16 Pianese 23 4 10 9 22 27 12 2 5 5 12 16 11 2 5 4 10 11 -5 22
17 Pergolettese 23 4 8 11 14 29 11 3 2 6 9 14 12 1 6 5 5 15 -15 20
18 Gozzano 23 3 10 10 20 30 12 1 6 5 10 15 11 2 4 5 10 15 -10 19
19 Giana Erminio 23 3 8 12 20 42 12 2 4 6 11 22 11 1 4 6 9 20 -22 17
20 Olbia 23 2 9 12 24 43 11 1 5 5 9 17 12 1 4 7 15 26 -19 15

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.