Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Pistoiese in 13th and Pro Sesto in 12th place.
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 Pro Sesto.
Pistoiese form and stats
Pistoiese must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Serie C: Girone A games here at Stadio Marcello Melani.
In their previous game, the manager G. Pancaro led his Pistoiese to a defeat in the Serie C: Girone A match away at Carrarese. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Marcello Melani. Ahead of that match, Pistoiese won a home game hosting Piacenza (2-1).
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 Pistoiese have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won three times, drawn four and lost zero.
Pistoiese are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. 3 goals have been conceded.
Pro Sesto form and stats
Things could have gone better for Pro Sesto in their Serie C: Girone A away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
A. Di Munno scored in Sesto's previous match, the home game against Giana Erminio that ended 1-0. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Pergolettese's place.
A. Di Munno came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Giana Erminio last time out, making the manager F. Parravicini feel like a tactical genius.
Pro Sesto are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and one defeat. From a total of two matches.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Sesto have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  N. Gucci 6 goals | O. Stijepović 5 goals |  L. Falcone 3 goals |
Pistoiese missing players
Pro Sesto missing players
| Pistoiese | Pro Sesto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 51 | 28 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 7 | 13 | 38 |
| 23 | 16 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 17% | 25% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 40% | 29% |
- All of Pistoiese's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Pistoiese have not yet lost a game at home.
- Pro Sesto haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pro Vercelli | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Novara | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Grosseto | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Carrarese | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Renate | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Pontedera | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Lecco | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | Como | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Pro Patria | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | Pergolettese | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Juventus U23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Pro Sesto | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Pistoiese | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Alessandria | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Piacenza | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 16 | AlbinoLeffe | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 17 | Giana Erminio | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 18 | Livorno | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 3 |
| 19 | Olbia | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 20 | Lucchese | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 1 |