Serie C: Girone A match prediction: Little separates Pistoiese and Carrarese in quality

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Wed 17.February
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Marcello Melani (13195 seats)

Pistoiese hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 25 points and a 16th position in the Serie C: Girone A table. Visiting Carrarese holds 10th place with 32 pts.

Insights:
  • Pistoiese have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Carrarese is in the worst form (0-3-3)

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 Pistoiese and Carrarese.

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Pistoiese form and stats

Pistoiese have played 12 Serie C: Girone A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Pistoiese to get some points in this home game.

Pistoiese lost their last game at Piacenza (placed 15th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Pistoiese lost 1-2 at home to Pro Patria.

There will be little rest for Pistoiese after this match as they are travelling to Pro Sesto for a Serie C: Girone A game in only four days.

Pistoiese has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Pistoiese have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Carrarese form and stats

The visitors are W4-D6-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone A. It's three draws from Carrarese's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Carrarese might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Lecco proved too strong as Carrarese slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio dei Marmi. Before that, Carrarese travelled to Piacenza and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

After this away game Carrarese return home for a Serie C: Girone A game against Novara. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Carrarese have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 13 goals have been scored. 12 goals have been conceded by Carrarese in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Carrarese - Pistoiese 2-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Pistoiese wins - draws - Carrarese wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CarrareseS. Infantino
S. Infantino
9 goals
PistoieseF. Valiani
F. Valiani
5 goals
PistoieseM. Chinellato
M. Chinellato
3 goals

Pistoiese missing players

Carrarese missing players

Pistoiese Carrarese
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 5 12 24
7 6 1 Won W 2 4 8
4 3 1 Drew D 3 6 8
13 3 2 Lost L 0 2 8
21 15 4 Scored S 7 13 24
30 10 5 Conceded C 5 12 24
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
71% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 71%
29% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 33% 33%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 4%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
42% 58% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 54%
29% 42% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 29%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 3.1 3.2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
9.2 10.7 15 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 7.4 9.2
3.5 4.2 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 2.8 3
25% 29% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 39% 33%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Carrarese is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Pistoiese have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pistoiese have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Pistoiese 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 Como 24 15 4 5 35 27 13 8 3 2 15 9 11 7 1 3 20 18 8 49
2 Renate 24 14 5 5 36 23 11 8 1 2 19 9 13 6 4 3 17 14 13 47
3 Pro Vercelli 24 12 7 5 34 22 13 8 3 2 22 10 11 4 4 3 12 12 12 43
4 Lecco 24 11 7 6 34 23 11 8 2 1 22 10 13 3 5 5 12 13 11 40
5 Juventus U23 24 11 6 7 39 27 12 6 3 3 24 14 12 5 3 4 15 13 12 39
6 Alessandria 24 11 6 7 30 21 12 6 3 3 17 10 12 5 3 4 13 11 9 39
7 Pro Patria 24 10 9 5 23 14 12 4 6 2 11 7 12 6 3 3 12 7 9 39
8 Pontedera 24 10 6 8 24 22 12 5 3 4 11 10 12 5 3 4 13 12 2 36
9 AlbinoLeffe 24 8 9 7 24 24 12 4 4 4 7 8 12 4 5 3 17 16 0 33
10 Carrarese 24 8 8 8 24 24 12 4 2 6 11 12 12 4 6 2 13 12 0 32
11 Grosseto 24 9 5 10 27 30 12 3 3 6 14 18 12 6 2 4 13 12 -3 32
12 Pro Sesto 22 8 6 8 22 26 12 3 5 4 12 12 10 5 1 4 10 14 -4 30
13 Pergolettese 23 7 5 11 30 33 12 5 0 7 13 15 11 2 5 4 17 18 -3 26
14 Novara 24 6 8 10 28 32 11 3 5 3 13 11 13 3 3 7 15 21 -4 26
15 Piacenza 24 5 10 9 30 32 12 3 6 3 20 17 12 2 4 6 10 15 -2 25
16 Pistoiese 24 7 4 13 21 30 12 6 3 3 15 10 12 1 1 10 6 20 -9 25
17 Olbia 23 4 11 8 23 33 11 3 4 4 11 14 12 1 7 4 12 19 -10 23
18 Giana Erminio 24 5 6 13 20 34 12 3 4 5 14 14 12 2 2 8 6 20 -14 21
19 Livorno 24 5 8 11 25 34 12 3 5 4 17 17 12 2 3 7 8 17 -9 18
20 Lucchese 24 3 8 13 22 40 12 1 4 7 13 23 12 2 4 6 9 17 -18 17

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.