Pontedera vs Pro Vercelli match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sun 18.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ettore Mannucci (5014 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Pontedera have their presumed home advantage while Pro Vercelli are ahead 11 points in the Serie C: Girone A table.

Insights:
  • Pro Vercelli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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.

18 - 10 - 18 with 53-54. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Pro Vercelli when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Pro Vercelli play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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Pontedera form and stats

Pontedera have collected 27 points from their Serie C: Girone A home games so far after 7-6-4. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Pontedera shared the glory with Juventus U23 in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Pro Sesto that ended 2-2.

The hometeam coach I. Maraia made a successful contribution in the game against Juventus U23, bringing on G. Benericetti who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

Pontedera are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 17 games. From these home matches, Pontedera have conceded only 13 goals.

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Pro Vercelli form and stats

8-5-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Pro Vercelli in their Serie C: Girone A matches away.

Vercelli play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting AlbinoLeffe (placed 7th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Livorno wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

A quick return to home after this game, as Vercelli are hosting Lecco in the Serie C: Girone A only three days away.

Vercelli have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 21 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Vercelli as they have only conceded 16 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Pontedera and Pro Vercelli have met before this season: Pro Vercelli - Pontedera 2-2. Last five meetings between the teams: Pontedera won zero, Pro Vercelli won two and three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Pro VercelliG. Comi
G. Comi
11 goals
PontederaA. Magrassi
A. Magrassi
10 goals
Pro VercelliM. Rolando
M. Rolando
10 goals

Pontedera missing players

Pro Vercelli missing players

Pontedera Pro Vercelli
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 6 17 34
13 7 1 Won W 5 8 17
11 6 2 Drew D 1 5 10
11 4 2 Lost L 0 4 7
38 17 3 Scored S 11 21 45
35 13 4 Conceded C 4 16 28
86% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 82% 85%
60% 47% 20% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 76% 68%
37% 29% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 53% 47%
17% 12% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 6% 15%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 41% 20% BTTS BTTS 67% 65% 47%
40% 41% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 41%
31% 29% 60% Failed to Score F T 17% 24% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.9 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 3.2 2.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.1 10.7 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 12.4 10.5 10.2
3.8 4.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.1 4.3
29% 22% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 32% 33%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Pro Vercelli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 35 20 6 9 50 42 18 11 4 3 25 16 17 9 2 6 25 26 8 66
2 Alessandria 35 19 8 8 46 26 17 11 3 3 29 13 18 8 5 5 17 13 20 65
3 Pro Vercelli 34 17 10 7 45 28 17 9 5 3 24 12 17 8 5 4 21 16 17 61
4 Renate 35 17 7 11 44 35 17 10 3 4 24 14 18 7 4 7 20 21 9 58
5 Lecco 34 15 11 8 45 31 17 10 5 2 29 13 17 5 6 6 16 18 14 56
6 Pro Patria 35 15 11 9 33 25 18 7 6 5 18 16 17 8 5 4 15 9 8 56
7 AlbinoLeffe 35 12 14 9 36 32 18 5 8 5 12 12 17 7 6 4 24 20 4 50
8 Pontedera 35 13 11 11 38 35 17 7 6 4 17 13 18 6 5 7 21 22 3 50
9 Juventus U23 34 13 9 12 47 44 17 7 5 5 30 23 17 6 4 7 17 21 3 48
10 Novara 35 11 12 12 42 39 17 6 8 3 20 12 18 5 4 9 22 27 3 45
11 Grosseto 35 11 12 12 38 40 17 5 5 7 20 22 18 6 7 5 18 18 -2 45
12 Olbia 34 10 14 10 42 40 18 7 5 6 24 19 16 3 9 4 18 21 2 44
13 Pergolettese 35 12 7 16 44 46 18 7 1 10 19 23 17 5 6 6 25 23 -2 43
14 Piacenza 35 10 13 12 41 43 17 5 8 4 23 19 18 5 5 8 18 24 -2 43
15 Carrarese 35 10 10 15 31 38 17 5 3 9 16 19 18 5 7 6 15 19 -7 40
16 Giana Erminio 35 10 9 16 33 44 17 7 4 6 23 20 18 3 5 10 10 24 -11 39
17 Pro Sesto 35 9 12 14 28 43 18 3 8 7 15 20 17 6 4 7 13 23 -15 39
18 Pistoiese 35 8 7 20 25 46 18 7 5 6 17 15 17 1 2 14 8 31 -21 31
19 Lucchese 35 5 13 17 34 56 18 3 6 9 18 28 17 2 7 8 16 28 -22 28
20 Livorno 35 7 12 16 38 47 17 5 6 6 26 22 18 2 6 10 12 25 -9 25

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.