Pistoiese will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Pontedera.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Pistoiese form and stats
2-9-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie C: Girone A numbers at home for Pistoiese so far this season. The home supporters have been following results with a growing disbelief as Pistoiese has racked up an amazing five draws in a row here at their own stadium. How long will this continue?
Pistoiese drew their last game, also a home match. Robur Siena (placed 5th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Prior to that, an away loss at Renate.
The hometeam coach G. Pancaro made a successful contribution in the game against Robur Siena, bringing on L. Falcone who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Pistoiese have scored 10 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Pistoiese have conceded only 10 goals.
Pontedera form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie C: Girone A travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie C: Girone A home defeat versus Giana Erminio with 0-2 on the scoreboard. A 1-3 defeat away at Pro Vercelli before that.
Pontedera are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 13 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Pontedera have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Pontedera - Pistoiese 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Pistoiese one win, five draws and Pontedera four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. de Cenco 9 goals |   N. Gucci 6 goals | M. Bruzzo 6 goals |
Pistoiese missing players
Pontedera missing players
| Pistoiese | Pontedera | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 15 | 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 24 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 38 |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 19 | 34 |
| 81% | 77% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 65% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 85% | 85% |
| 23% | 15% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 46% | 58% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 35% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 58% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 62% | 69% |
| 35% | 31% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 15% | 15% |
| 27% | 31% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 23% | 23% |
| 3.6 | 4.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 162 | 80 | 26 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 58 | 125 |
| 64 | 27 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 23 | 59 |
| 28% | 30% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | 37% |
- Pistoiese has the fewest scored goals (10) at home
- Pistoiese has the fewest scored goals in the second half (12)
- Pistoiese have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Pontedera haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Pontedera is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Monza | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 35 | 60 |
| 2 | Renate | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 43 |
| 3 | Carrarese | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 42 |
| 4 | Pontedera | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 42 |
| 5 | Robur Siena | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 39 |
| 6 | Novara | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 38 |
| 7 | AlbinoLeffe | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 38 |
| 8 | Alessandria | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 37 |
| 9 | Arezzo | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 36 |
| 10 | Pistoiese | 26 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 33 |
| 11 | Juventus U23 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 29 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 14 | -5 | 33 |
| 12 | Como | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 32 |
| 13 | Pro Patria | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 32 |
| 14 | Pro Vercelli | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 31 |
| 15 | Lecco | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -15 | 28 |
| 16 | Giana Erminio | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -16 | 26 |
| 17 | Pianese | 26 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 24 |
| 18 | Pergolettese | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -16 | 24 |
| 19 | Gozzano | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -13 | 22 |
| 20 | Olbia | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -17 | 22 |