Serie C: Girone A news and pre-match guide: Piacenza moderate favoured to top Fiorenzuola

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Leonardo Garilli (29122 seats)

Piacenza have 43 points performing as the home team. Fiorenzuola have brought back 34 points from their away games. Are we looking at a home win?

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 Piacenza and Fiorenzuola.

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Piacenza form and stats

All-inclusive Serie C: Girone A stats at home this season for Piacenza are 6-6-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 360 minutes.

Piacenza's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Fiorenzuola (placed 15th).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Renate and winning 3-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Piacenza have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won two times, drawn three and lost three.

Piacenza have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. 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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Fiorenzuola form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Fiorenzuola so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 3-6-7 (win-draw-lose).

It's the second away game in a row for Fiorenzuola, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Piacenza (placed 9th) last time out.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Pro Patria.

We have checked recent matches where Fiorenzuola have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were two victories, two draws and four defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Fiorenzuola as they have only managed to score 11 times from 16 away games in the league. Fiorenzuola have conceded 18 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest logged result involving both these sides is the Fiorenzuola - Piacenza 1-1 played earlier this season. Previous five meetings between these contenders: Piacenza won three, Fiorenzuola triumphed in zero and we saw two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PiacenzaA. Cesarini
A. Cesarini
8 goals
PiacenzaE. Dubickas
E. Dubickas
8 goals
PiacenzaA. Corbari
A. Corbari
5 goals

Piacenza missing players

Fiorenzuola missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Piacenza Fiorenzuola
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 17 6 Played P 6 17 33
10 6 2 Won W 0 4 9
13 6 3 Drew D 2 6 10
10 5 1 Lost L 4 7 14
37 16 8 Scored S 3 12 28
37 14 5 Conceded C 7 18 39
91% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 76% 82%
67% 53% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 47% 58%
39% 24% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 35% 39%
24% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 18%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
52% 41% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 45%
30% 41% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 41% 33%
27% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 35% 39%
 
4.5 4.9 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.1 4.2
3.8 3.6 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.2 5.7
2.1 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.2 2.3
7 3 2 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
8.3 8.5 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 6.9 6.7
3.1 3.2 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.6 2.8
36% 30% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 27% 31%
 
8 6.8 6 Shots against (avg) S A 9.8 10.5 10.6
3.2 2.9 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.9 4.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sudtirol 33 25 7 1 42 7 17 14 3 0 24 2 16 11 4 1 18 5 35 82
2 Calcio Padova 32 21 9 2 52 22 16 13 3 0 25 8 16 8 6 2 27 14 30 72
3 FeralpiSalò 32 17 7 8 50 26 16 9 5 2 30 14 16 8 2 6 20 12 24 58
4 Renate 32 16 7 9 51 36 16 9 2 5 28 17 16 7 5 4 23 19 15 55
5 Pro Vercelli 33 13 12 8 36 30 16 7 4 5 17 15 17 6 8 3 19 15 6 51
6 Lecco 32 15 5 12 45 34 16 10 3 3 30 14 16 5 2 9 15 20 11 50
7 Triestina 33 13 8 12 34 36 16 5 6 5 19 20 17 8 2 7 15 16 -2 47
8 Juventus U23 32 13 7 12 35 35 16 9 3 4 21 12 16 4 4 8 14 23 0 46
9 Piacenza 32 10 13 9 37 36 16 6 6 4 16 13 16 4 7 5 21 23 1 43
10 AlbinoLeffe 32 8 13 11 34 35 15 1 7 7 15 21 17 7 6 4 19 14 -1 37
11 Virtus Verona 32 7 15 10 29 33 16 4 9 3 13 14 16 3 6 7 16 19 -4 36
12 Trento Calcio 1921 33 8 12 13 26 32 17 6 5 6 18 15 16 2 7 7 8 17 -6 36
13 Mantova 32 7 14 11 28 32 16 6 7 3 18 13 16 1 7 8 10 19 -4 35
14 Pro Patria 32 7 14 11 32 41 16 4 7 5 16 17 16 3 7 6 16 24 -9 35
15 Fiorenzuola 32 8 10 14 27 39 16 5 4 7 16 21 16 3 6 7 11 18 -12 34
16 Pergolettese 32 8 9 15 33 52 16 5 6 5 19 17 16 3 3 10 14 35 -19 32
17 Seregno 33 7 9 17 38 50 16 3 3 10 19 26 17 4 6 7 19 24 -12 30
18 Pro Sesto 32 6 12 14 28 41 16 2 7 7 13 21 16 4 5 7 15 20 -13 30
19 Giana Erminio 32 5 14 13 21 34 17 3 8 6 11 15 15 2 6 7 10 19 -13 29
20 Legnago Salus 33 6 9 18 26 53 17 2 5 10 14 27 16 4 4 8 12 26 -27 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 Sudtirol 33 25 7 1 42 7 17 14 3 0 24 2 16 11 4 1 18 5 35 82
2 Calcio Padova 32 21 9 2 52 22 16 13 3 0 25 8 16 8 6 2 27 14 30 72
3 FeralpiSalò 32 17 7 8 50 26 16 9 5 2 30 14 16 8 2 6 20 12 24 58
4 Renate 32 16 7 9 51 36 16 9 2 5 28 17 16 7 5 4 23 19 15 55
5 Pro Vercelli 33 13 12 8 36 30 16 7 4 5 17 15 17 6 8 3 19 15 6 51
6 Lecco 32 15 5 12 45 34 16 10 3 3 30 14 16 5 2 9 15 20 11 50
7 Triestina 33 13 8 12 34 36 16 5 6 5 19 20 17 8 2 7 15 16 -2 47
8 Juventus U23 32 13 7 12 35 35 16 9 3 4 21 12 16 4 4 8 14 23 0 46
9 Piacenza 32 10 13 9 37 36 16 6 6 4 16 13 16 4 7 5 21 23 1 43
10 AlbinoLeffe 32 8 13 11 34 35 15 1 7 7 15 21 17 7 6 4 19 14 -1 37
11 Virtus Verona 32 7 15 10 29 33 16 4 9 3 13 14 16 3 6 7 16 19 -4 36
12 Trento Calcio 1921 33 8 12 13 26 32 17 6 5 6 18 15 16 2 7 7 8 17 -6 36
13 Mantova 32 7 14 11 28 32 16 6 7 3 18 13 16 1 7 8 10 19 -4 35
14 Pro Patria 32 7 14 11 32 41 16 4 7 5 16 17 16 3 7 6 16 24 -9 35
15 Fiorenzuola 32 8 10 14 27 39 16 5 4 7 16 21 16 3 6 7 11 18 -12 34
16 Pergolettese 32 8 9 15 33 52 16 5 6 5 19 17 16 3 3 10 14 35 -19 32
17 Seregno 33 7 9 17 38 50 16 3 3 10 19 26 17 4 6 7 19 24 -12 30
18 Pro Sesto 32 6 12 14 28 41 16 2 7 7 13 21 16 4 5 7 15 20 -13 30
19 Giana Erminio 32 5 14 13 21 34 17 3 8 6 11 15 15 2 6 7 10 19 -13 29
20 Legnago Salus 33 6 9 18 26 53 17 2 5 10 14 27 16 4 4 8 12 26 -27 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.