Football tips: Piacenza vs Virtus Verona - predictions and stats

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Tue 01.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Leonardo Garilli (29122 seats)

Piacenza and Virtus Verona have both played out a "par" performance so far, to use a golf term. The teams both have mid-table positions in the Serie C: Girone A.

Insights:
  • Virtus Verona have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Piacenza nor Virtus Verona as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Piacenza form and stats

The story so far in the Serie C: Girone A for Piacenza at their home stadium (Stadio Leonardo Garilli) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

The Piacenza followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Mantova and win 1-0.

Before that, Piacenza played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Pro Patria.

Piacenza are traveling soon after this match as the Serie C: Girone A match at Legnago Salus awaits in four days.

Piacenza has scored 11 goals so far and conceded 11 goals from 11 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Virtus Verona form and stats

3 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Virtus Verona playing as the away team in the Serie C: Girone A this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Pro Patria game have they lost an away game, meaning Virtus Verona has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

The manager Fresco was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Stadio Comunale Gavagnin-Nocini. Virtus Verona suffered a 0-2 loss to Pergolettese (placed 13th).

A 1-1 draw at Legnago Salus's stadium before that.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Virtus Verona manager Fresco as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Pro Vercelli.

The visiting Virtus Verona have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 11 games. As opposed to that, Virtus Verona have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Virtus Verona - Piacenza 1-1 was the outcome when these two contenders formerly met, some time ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Piacenza zero wins, two draws and Virtus Verona zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PiacenzaE. Dubickas
E. Dubickas
6 goals
PiacenzaA. Corbari
A. Corbari
5 goals

Piacenza missing players

Virtus Verona missing players

Piacenza Virtus Verona
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 2 Played P 2 11 21
5 3 0 Won W 0 3 5
11 5 1 Drew D 2 5 11
6 3 1 Lost L 0 3 5
27 11 0 Scored S 4 14 21
28 11 1 Conceded C 4 13 21
95% 91% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
77% 64% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 62%
41% 27% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 36% 29%
32% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 36% 24%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
73% 64% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 52%
14% 27% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 29%
18% 18% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 33%
 
4.7 5.1 3 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 3.6 4.5
4 4.1 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.4 5.1
2.1 1.9 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 2.8 2.3
6 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
8.9 9.4 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 7.6 7.2
3.3 3.6 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.6 3.2
37% 28% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 36% 31%
 
8.5 6.8 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.3 7.5
3.5 3.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.2 3.1
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Virtus Verona have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Virtus Verona have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Virtus Verona haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Südtirol 21 16 5 0 30 5 11 9 2 0 18 2 10 7 3 0 12 3 25 53
2 Calcio Padova 22 14 6 2 38 15 11 9 2 0 18 5 11 5 4 2 20 10 23 48
3 Renate 22 14 3 5 43 25 11 9 1 1 26 8 11 5 2 4 17 17 18 45
4 FeralpiSalò 22 12 6 4 36 16 11 6 4 1 22 9 11 6 2 3 14 7 20 42
5 Triestina 22 9 6 7 23 22 11 4 5 2 14 12 11 5 1 5 9 10 1 33
6 Juventus U23 22 9 4 9 22 27 11 6 2 3 12 10 11 3 2 6 10 17 -5 31
7 Pro Vercelli 22 7 8 7 22 25 11 4 2 5 10 13 11 3 6 2 12 12 -3 29
8 Lecco 22 8 4 10 27 25 11 5 3 3 19 12 11 3 1 7 8 13 2 28
9 Virtus Verona 21 5 11 5 21 21 10 2 6 2 7 8 11 3 5 3 14 13 0 26
10 Piacenza 22 5 11 6 27 28 11 3 5 3 11 11 11 2 6 3 16 17 -1 26
11 AlbinoLeffe 22 6 8 8 24 26 11 1 4 6 12 17 11 5 4 2 12 9 -2 26
12 Trento Calcio 1921 22 6 8 8 19 21 11 5 3 3 13 7 11 1 5 5 6 14 -2 26
13 Pergolettese 22 7 5 10 25 36 11 5 3 3 15 11 11 2 2 7 10 25 -11 25
14 Seregno 22 6 6 10 22 25 11 2 2 7 12 16 11 4 4 3 10 9 -3 24
15 Fiorenzuola 22 6 6 10 22 29 11 4 3 4 14 15 11 2 3 6 8 14 -7 24
16 Mantova 22 3 13 6 19 21 11 3 6 2 11 9 11 0 7 4 8 12 -2 22
17 Pro Patria 22 4 10 8 19 30 11 3 4 4 9 11 11 1 6 4 10 19 -11 22
18 Giana Erminio 22 3 10 9 14 21 11 1 6 4 6 9 11 2 4 5 8 12 -7 19
19 Legnago Salus 22 5 4 13 19 40 11 2 3 6 12 19 11 3 1 7 7 21 -21 19
20 Pro Sesto 22 2 10 10 15 29 11 0 6 5 7 15 11 2 4 5 8 14 -14 16

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.