Pistoiese fights Olbia in Serie C: Girone A battle

Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Date: Sat 23.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Marcello Melani

It's an important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 17th and the visitors in 16th place.

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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Pistoiese form and stats

When playing at home, Pistoiese have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 14 games.

The fans are hoping that Pistoiese will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Serie C: Girone A game against Piacenza (placed 2nd). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Cuneo in a game that was won 1-0.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Pistoiese here at Stadio Marcello Melani, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 14 games). Pistoiese have conceded 18 in these home matches.

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Olbia form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L7 on the road this term.

The manager M. Filippi was unhappy after their last game, a Serie C: Girone A match played at their home ground Stadio Marcello Melani. Olbia suffered a 0-1 loss to Pisa (placed 7th). Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Gozzano.

Olbia has another fixture away, a Serie C: Girone A game, against Pistoiese in just zero days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Olbia have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, 15 away games. Olbia have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Olbia - Pistoiese 1-1, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Pistoiese won 1 game, 2 matches ended with a draw and Olbia has 2 wins.

Top Goalscorers

G. Luperini
10 goals
D. Ragatzu
8 goals
D. Ceter
7 goals

Pistoiese missing players

Olbia missing players

Pistoiese Olbia
Total Home Statistic Away Total
30 14 Played 16 31
93% 93% Over 0.5 81% 87%
67% 71% Over 1.5 50% 58%
37% 21% Over 2.5 31% 39%
23% 21% Over 3.5 12% 23%
10% 7% Over 4.5 6% 16%
47% 29% Both teams to score 50% 52%
20% 29% Clean Sheet 19% 19%
40% 50% Failed To Score 50% 42%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Virtus Entella 29 18 7 4 49 20 14 11 2 1 28 9 15 7 5 3 21 11 29 61
2 Piacenza 30 17 7 6 45 27 15 10 1 4 21 13 15 7 6 2 24 14 18 58
3 Robur Siena 31 14 13 4 48 33 15 9 4 2 22 11 16 5 9 2 26 22 15 55
4 Pro Vercelli 30 15 9 6 39 22 16 6 8 2 17 9 14 9 1 4 22 13 17 54
5 Carrarese 31 16 5 10 61 40 16 10 1 5 33 18 15 6 4 5 28 22 21 53
6 Pisa 31 14 11 6 38 27 15 6 8 1 18 11 16 8 3 5 20 16 11 53
7 Arezzo 31 12 14 5 36 28 16 7 9 0 24 14 15 5 5 5 12 14 8 50
8 Pro Patria 31 13 7 11 35 31 16 10 4 2 25 14 15 3 3 9 10 17 4 46
9 Cuneo 31 12 10 9 27 27 15 7 6 2 14 6 16 5 4 7 13 21 0 46
10 Novara 31 10 15 6 41 27 16 5 7 4 22 16 15 5 8 2 19 11 14 45
11 Pontedera 31 10 12 9 30 33 16 6 7 3 20 18 15 4 5 6 10 15 -3 42
12 Lucchese 30 7 15 8 38 34 15 4 8 3 23 17 15 3 7 5 15 17 4 36
13 Juventus U23 31 10 5 16 33 37 15 7 3 5 21 14 16 3 2 11 12 23 -4 35
14 Gozzano 31 6 14 11 32 35 15 3 4 8 15 21 16 3 10 3 17 14 -3 32
15 Alessandria 30 5 17 8 25 32 15 1 8 6 9 18 15 4 9 2 16 14 -7 32
16 Olbia 31 7 10 14 31 40 16 3 6 7 12 17 15 4 4 7 19 23 -9 31
17 Pistoiese 30 7 7 16 30 41 14 4 3 7 13 18 16 3 4 9 17 23 -11 28
18 Arzachena 31 9 1 21 19 48 15 7 1 7 14 19 16 2 0 14 5 29 -29 28
19 Albissola 31 5 8 18 26 47 16 4 3 9 17 24 15 1 5 9 9 23 -21 23
20 Pro Piacenza 30 5 1 24 18 72 15 2 1 12 8 38 15 3 0 12 10 34 -54 16

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