Pontedera will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 1 point behind Grosseto.
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!
Pontedera form and stats
Pontedera have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Serie C: Girone A. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
In their previous game, the manager I. Maraia led his Pontedera to a defeat in the Serie C: Girone A match away at Alessandria. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Ettore Mannucci. Before that, Pontedera had a home game versus Lecco which ended with a victory 1-0.
This is expected to be a close game, with Pontedera perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Pontedera as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Pontedera has won six of these, drawn eight and lost one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Pontedera here at Stadio Ettore Mannucci in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Pontedera have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Grosseto form and stats
The visitors, who have the most points (12) away in Serie C: Girone A, are W4-D0-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone A. Grosseto are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Grosseto played 1-1 against AlbinoLeffe in their previous match. Prior to that result Grosseto won their away game at Alessandria. The scoreline was 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Grosseto in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Grosseto, one draw and zero defeats.
Grosseto has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. The Grosseto defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 4 games).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Pontedera, one draw and one win for Grosseto. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Pontedera missing players
Grosseto missing players
| Pontedera | Grosseto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 71% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 43% |
| 43% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 75% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.8 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | 38 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 31 | 64 |
| 22 | 14 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 17 | 27 |
| 27% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 41% | 33% |
- Grosseto has the most clean sheets (3) away in Serie C: Girone A
- Grosseto has the most points (12) away in Serie C: Girone A
- Grosseto has the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Serie C: Girone A
- Grosseto has the the best goal difference (+6) away in Serie C: Girone A
- Grosseto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Grosseto have scored at least twice as many goals away as Pontedera have scored home.
- Grosseto have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Grosseto have won all their away games so far.
- Grosseto haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Pontedera 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 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Novara | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Grosseto | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Carrarese | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Como | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Pro Patria | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 | Renate | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Pontedera | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Lecco | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Juventus U23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Pro Sesto | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 12 | Pergolettese | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Alessandria | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 14 | Piacenza | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Giana Erminio | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | Livorno | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 17 | AlbinoLeffe | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 18 | Pistoiese | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 6 |
| 19 | Olbia | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 20 | Lucchese | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -11 | 1 |