Betting preview: Pergolettese vs Novara should be interesting

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sun 13.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Voltini (4095 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadio Giuseppe Voltini haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Pergolettese languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Novara will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Pergolettese has the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Novara has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Serie C: Girone A

Novara could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie C: Girone A game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Piacenza, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Novara.

It should be mentioned that Novara play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Novara on grass are 12 victories, 17 draws and 15 defeats from 44 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 55-61. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Pergolettese form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie C: Girone A this season. Pergolettese have only managed 2 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Stadio Giuseppe Voltini. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Stadio Giuseppe Voltini, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Pro Sesto game.

A strong away win for Pergolettese against Carrarese the last match, as M. Piccardo (2) were on target. Preceding that match was a defeat to Juventus U23 (1-3).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Pergolettese have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn zero and lost six.

Pergolettese are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 7 games. Pergolettese have conceded 12 from these games.

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Novara form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Serie C: Girone A, are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone A. Novara have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row. Novara has drawn their two previous away games.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Piacenza (placed 16th) in their previous outing. The Serie C: Girone A match ended in a draw 3-3. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Grosseto that ended 1-1.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Piacenza was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Novara playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were one Novara win, eight draws and six defeats.

Novara have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Novara have conceded 12 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Pergolettese zero wins, two draws and Novara zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PergoletteseM. Morello
M. Morello
6 goals
NovaraD. Buzzegoli
D. Buzzegoli
4 goals
PergoletteseE. Bortoluz
E. Bortoluz
3 goals

Pergolettese missing players

Novara missing players

Pergolettese Novara
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 4 Played P 2 7 14
4 2 2 Won W 1 2 4
3 0 0 Drew D 1 2 5
7 5 2 Lost L 0 3 5
21 7 5 Scored S 6 9 18
24 12 5 Conceded C 5 12 19
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
86% 86% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 79%
71% 71% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 57%
36% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 29% 14%
29% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 29% 14%
79% 71% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 64%
14% 14% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
14% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.9 2.9
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.2 8.1 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.6 10.4
3.7 2.9 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.3 4.6
35% 35% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 39% 28%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Novara has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Serie C: Girone A
  • Novara have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Novara haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Pergolettese has the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Pergolettese has the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Pergolettese has the most matches over the total-line (11) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Pergolettese haven’t played a single 0-0 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 Renate 14 10 1 3 24 12 7 5 0 2 13 7 7 5 1 1 11 5 12 31
2 Pro Vercelli 13 8 2 3 18 11 6 5 0 1 9 3 7 3 2 2 9 8 7 26
3 Juventus U23 14 7 4 3 22 15 7 4 2 1 13 8 7 3 2 2 9 7 7 25
4 Carrarese 14 7 4 3 16 11 8 3 2 3 9 8 6 4 2 0 7 3 5 25
5 Como 14 7 4 3 19 17 7 2 3 2 5 7 7 5 1 1 14 10 2 25
6 Lecco 14 7 3 4 21 16 7 5 1 1 13 8 7 2 2 3 8 8 5 24
7 Alessandria 14 7 2 5 22 15 7 5 0 2 14 7 7 2 2 3 8 8 7 23
8 Pro Sesto 14 7 2 5 15 15 7 3 2 2 7 4 7 4 0 3 8 11 0 23
9 AlbinoLeffe 14 5 5 4 15 13 8 3 2 3 5 4 6 2 3 1 10 9 2 20
10 Pro Patria 14 5 4 5 14 11 6 1 3 2 6 5 8 4 1 3 8 6 3 19
11 Grosseto 14 5 4 5 12 11 7 1 2 4 5 8 7 4 2 1 7 3 1 19
12 Pontedera 14 5 3 6 11 13 7 2 2 3 4 5 7 3 1 3 7 8 -2 18
13 Novara 14 4 5 5 18 19 7 2 3 2 9 7 7 2 2 3 9 12 -1 17
14 Pergolettese 14 4 3 7 21 24 7 2 0 5 7 12 7 2 3 2 14 12 -3 15
15 Livorno 13 3 5 5 17 17 7 2 3 2 12 10 6 1 2 3 5 7 0 14
16 Piacenza 14 3 5 6 21 22 7 2 3 2 15 12 7 1 2 4 6 10 -1 14
17 Olbia 14 2 7 5 11 20 7 1 3 3 4 8 7 1 4 2 7 12 -9 13
18 Giana Erminio 14 4 1 9 12 24 6 2 1 3 9 9 8 2 0 6 3 15 -12 13
19 Pistoiese 14 3 3 8 12 19 7 3 2 2 9 7 7 0 1 6 3 12 -7 12
20 Lucchese 14 1 3 10 12 28 7 0 1 6 9 17 7 1 2 4 3 11 -16 6

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.