Football match preview: Piacenza vs AlbinoLeffe

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Leonardo Garilli (29122 seats)

Getting nearer the top sides is on the list when these mid-table sides duel. Both are targeting to strenghten their league status, Piacenza in 9th and AlbinoLeffe in 10th place.

Insights:
  • AlbinoLeffe have the most dropped points from leading position (27) in Serie C: Girone A

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!

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Piacenza form and stats

Piacenza have collected 24 points from their Serie C: Girone A home games so far after 6-6-5.

Piacenza lost their last game at Calcio Padova (placed 2nd) after a 1-3 scoreline.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Fiorenzuola (0-1).

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 Piacenza have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 18 matches with the results: Won six, drawn six and lost six.

Piacenza aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Leonardo Garilli in the league, with only 16 goals from 17 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Piacenza are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Leonardo Garilli in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 17 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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AlbinoLeffe form and stats

Playing away, AlbinoLeffe have won 7 games, drawn 6 and suffered 4 defeats in the Serie C: Girone A this season.

AlbinoLeffe's last game was the home draw against Pro Sesto (1-1).

Before that, AlbinoLeffe secured a home win against Lecco with the score 2-1.

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

AlbinoLeffe are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 17 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on AlbinoLeffe as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games. More than 50 percent of these were let in from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of games.

Head 2 Head

AlbinoLeffe - Piacenza 2-3 was the output when these two squads last played each other, some time ago this season. Last ten meetings between these squads: Piacenza won three, AlbinoLeffe triumphed in two and we saw five draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

AlbinoLeffeJ. Manconi
J. Manconi
13 goals
PiacenzaA. Cesarini
A. Cesarini
9 goals
PiacenzaE. Dubickas
E. Dubickas
8 goals

Piacenza missing players

AlbinoLeffe missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Piacenza AlbinoLeffe
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 5 17 34
10 6 2 Won W 2 7 9
13 6 2 Drew D 3 6 14
11 5 1 Lost L 0 4 11
38 16 4 Scored S 7 19 37
40 14 4 Conceded C 5 14 37
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 82% 88%
68% 53% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 59% 68%
41% 24% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 24% 32%
26% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 18% 18%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 12%
53% 41% 40% BTTS BTTS 80% 41% 59%
29% 41% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 35% 24%
26% 29% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 41% 29%
 
4.5 5 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.4 4.2
3.8 3.6 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.1 4.3
2.1 2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 1.8 2
7 3 2 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
8.2 8.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.9 8.6
3.1 3.2 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.3 3.4
36% 30% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 36% 33%
 
8 6.8 7 Shots against (avg) S A 6.4 7.8 8.7
3.3 2.9 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.8 2.8 3.4
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • AlbinoLeffe have the most dropped points from leading position (27) 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 Südtirol 34 25 7 2 42 8 17 14 3 0 24 2 17 11 4 2 18 6 34 82
2 Calcio Padova 34 23 9 2 57 24 17 14 3 0 28 9 17 9 6 2 29 15 33 78
3 FeralpiSalò 34 18 7 9 51 27 17 10 5 2 31 14 17 8 2 7 20 13 24 61
4 Renate 34 17 7 10 54 38 17 10 2 5 31 18 17 7 5 5 23 20 16 58
5 Lecco 34 16 5 13 48 37 17 11 3 3 32 15 17 5 2 10 16 22 11 53
6 Pro Vercelli 34 13 13 8 37 31 17 7 5 5 18 16 17 6 8 3 19 15 6 52
7 Triestina 34 14 8 12 36 36 17 6 6 5 21 20 17 8 2 7 15 16 0 50
8 Juventus U23 33 13 7 13 36 37 17 9 3 5 22 14 16 4 4 8 14 23 -1 46
9 Piacenza 34 10 13 11 38 40 17 6 6 5 16 14 17 4 7 6 22 26 -2 43
10 AlbinoLeffe 34 9 14 11 37 37 17 2 8 7 18 23 17 7 6 4 19 14 0 41
11 Pro Patria 34 9 14 11 35 41 17 5 7 5 17 17 17 4 7 6 18 24 -6 41
12 Virtus Verona 34 8 16 10 32 35 17 5 9 3 14 14 17 3 7 7 18 21 -3 40
13 Mantova 34 8 15 11 32 35 17 6 8 3 20 15 17 2 7 8 12 20 -3 39
14 Fiorenzuola 33 9 10 14 28 39 16 5 4 7 16 21 17 4 6 7 12 18 -11 37
15 Trento Calcio 1921 34 8 12 14 27 34 17 6 5 6 18 15 17 2 7 8 9 19 -7 36
16 Pergolettese 34 9 10 15 36 53 17 6 6 5 21 17 17 3 4 10 15 36 -17 36
17 Pro Sesto 34 6 13 15 30 44 17 2 7 8 14 23 17 4 6 7 16 21 -14 31
18 Seregno 34 7 9 18 38 52 17 3 3 11 19 28 17 4 6 7 19 24 -14 30
19 Giana Erminio 34 5 14 15 22 39 17 3 8 6 11 15 17 2 6 9 11 24 -17 29
20 Legnago Salus 34 6 9 19 26 55 17 2 5 10 14 27 17 4 4 9 12 28 -29 27

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Südtirol 34 25 7 2 42 8 17 14 3 0 24 2 17 11 4 2 18 6 34 82
2 Calcio Padova 34 23 9 2 57 24 17 14 3 0 28 9 17 9 6 2 29 15 33 78
3 FeralpiSalò 34 18 7 9 51 27 17 10 5 2 31 14 17 8 2 7 20 13 24 61
4 Renate 34 17 7 10 54 38 17 10 2 5 31 18 17 7 5 5 23 20 16 58
5 Lecco 34 16 5 13 48 37 17 11 3 3 32 15 17 5 2 10 16 22 11 53
6 Pro Vercelli 34 13 13 8 37 31 17 7 5 5 18 16 17 6 8 3 19 15 6 52
7 Triestina 34 14 8 12 36 36 17 6 6 5 21 20 17 8 2 7 15 16 0 50
8 Juventus U23 33 13 7 13 36 37 17 9 3 5 22 14 16 4 4 8 14 23 -1 46
9 Piacenza 34 10 13 11 38 40 17 6 6 5 16 14 17 4 7 6 22 26 -2 43
10 AlbinoLeffe 34 9 14 11 37 37 17 2 8 7 18 23 17 7 6 4 19 14 0 41
11 Pro Patria 34 9 14 11 35 41 17 5 7 5 17 17 17 4 7 6 18 24 -6 41
12 Virtus Verona 34 8 16 10 32 35 17 5 9 3 14 14 17 3 7 7 18 21 -3 40
13 Mantova 34 8 15 11 32 35 17 6 8 3 20 15 17 2 7 8 12 20 -3 39
14 Fiorenzuola 33 9 10 14 28 39 16 5 4 7 16 21 17 4 6 7 12 18 -11 37
15 Trento Calcio 1921 34 8 12 14 27 34 17 6 5 6 18 15 17 2 7 8 9 19 -7 36
16 Pergolettese 34 9 10 15 36 53 17 6 6 5 21 17 17 3 4 10 15 36 -17 36
17 Pro Sesto 34 6 13 15 30 44 17 2 7 8 14 23 17 4 6 7 16 21 -14 31
18 Seregno 34 7 9 18 38 52 17 3 3 11 19 28 17 4 6 7 19 24 -14 30
19 Giana Erminio 34 5 14 15 22 39 17 3 8 6 11 15 17 2 6 9 11 24 -17 29
20 Legnago Salus 34 6 9 19 26 55 17 2 5 10 14 27 17 4 4 9 12 28 -29 27

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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.