Pro Patria will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 5 points behind Novara.
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.
This pitch has grass, which is not Novara's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Novara have performed like this: Played 40 matches resulting in 13 wins, 14 draws and 13 defeats with the goal stats 46-43 (scored/conceded).
Pro Patria form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie C: Girone A, Pro Patria have managed 2 wins, 4 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 8 games. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Pro Patria has five draws from their last five matches. Pro Patria have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Pro Patria drew their last game, 1-1 away at Renate (placed 2nd). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting FeralpiSalo (2-3).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Pro Patria have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won 2 Drawn 2 Lost 1.
The Pro Patria fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. Pro Patria's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Novara form and stats
Novara have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone A, after 2-2-4 (8 played).
There were no winners in Novara's previous match, a Serie C: Girone A home game that ended 1-1 vs Pianese (placed 15th). A 1-3 defeat away at Arezzo before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Novara in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Novara, 8 draws and 5 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Novara as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. Novara have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Pro Patria, 1 draw and 1 win for Novara. Over 2,5 goals: 1 time; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Le Noci 12 goals |
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| Pro Patria | Novara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 19 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 65% |
| 35% | 25% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 41% |
| 24% | 12% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 6% |
| 6% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 65% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 47% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 35% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 35% |
| 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 162 | 81 | 17 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 61 | 137 |
| 56 | 29 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 21 | 54 |
| 34% | 31% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 33% | 33% |
- Novara has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Novara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Pro Patria has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7)
- Pro Patria has the most dropped points from leading position (16)
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 23 | 42 |
| 2 | Renate | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | Pontedera | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 4 | Robur Siena | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Carrarese | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Novara | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 26 |
| 7 | AlbinoLeffe | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | Alessandria | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| 9 | Como | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 10 | Arezzo | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 22 |
| 11 | Pro Vercelli | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Pistoiese | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 13 | Pro Patria | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | Juventus U23 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 21 |
| 15 | Pianese | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 16 | Gozzano | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 17 | Lecco | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -12 | 15 |
| 18 | Pergolettese | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 12 |
| 19 | Olbia | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -16 | 11 |
| 20 | Giana Erminio | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 10 |