Serie C: Girone A match prediction and preview for Pro Patria vs Pistoiese clash

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sun 11.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Carlo Speroni (4627 seats)

Only a few games have been played in the Serie C: Girone A so far, with Pro Patria placed 10th and Pistoiese sitting in the 15th position.

It's no vacation for neither Patria nor Pistoiese as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Pro Patria form and stats

The first Serie C: Girone A game here at Stadio Carlo Speroni resulted in a draw. Last season Pro Patria's home game statistics were 3 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats from 13 games.

Happy days for Pro Patria in their previous game, a Serie C: Girone A match away at Olbia (placed 20th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Pro Vercelli.

Manager I. Javorcic felt very clever after G. Le Noci scored the winning goal against Olbia, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 46th minute.

Early season league goal statistics from Pro Patria's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.

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Pistoiese form and stats

Pistoiese have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Serie C: Girone A were 4 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats from 14 fixtures.

Pistoiese played 1-1 against Pergolettese in their previous match. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Como wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

It's early days yet, but Pistoiese has scored 0 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (Patria wins - draws - Pistoiese wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PistoieseN. Gucci
N. Gucci
6 goals
Pro PatriaG. Le Noci
G. Le Noci
5 goals

Pro Patria missing players

Pistoiese missing players

Pro Patria Pistoiese
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
2 1 0 Scored S 0 0 2
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 1 3
67% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 67%
67% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
22 8 0 Total Shots T S 0 4 22
5 3 0 Shots on Target S O 0 2 13
40% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 15%
Pro Patria Last season Pistoiese
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
26 13   Played P   14 27
7 3   Won W   4 6
11 5   Drew D   6 15
8 5   Lost L   4 6
32 15   Scored S   14 24
30 16   Conceded C   12 22
88% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 81%
73% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 63%
42% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 22%
23% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   7% 4%
12% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
58% 62%   BTTS BTTS   50% 56%
35% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 33%
19% 23%   Failed to Score F T   29% 30%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.4 3.1
2 1   Red cards R C   2 5
 
232 123   Total Shots T S   92 172
92 49   Shots on Target S O   40 67
35% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 27%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lecco 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 7
2 Carrarese 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
3 Novara 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 6
4 Grosseto 3 2 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 6
5 Como 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 6
6 Juventus U23 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
7 Renate 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 6
8 Pontedera 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 6
9 Pergolettese 3 1 2 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 5
10 Pro Patria 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 5
11 Alessandria 3 1 1 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 4
12 Pro Vercelli 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 4
13 Piacenza 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 3
14 Pro Sesto 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 3
15 Pistoiese 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
16 Livorno 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 2
17 AlbinoLeffe 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 1
18 Lucchese 3 0 1 2 3 8 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 1
19 Giana Erminio 3 0 0 3 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0
20 Olbia 3 0 0 3 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -5 0
Last season 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 27 18 7 2 53 18 14 8 4 2 23 10 13 10 3 0 30 8 35 61
2 Carrarese 27 12 9 6 47 36 14 9 3 2 29 18 13 3 6 4 18 18 11 45
3 Renate 27 11 10 6 34 22 14 7 6 1 20 8 13 4 4 5 14 14 12 43
4 Pontedera 27 11 9 7 38 35 14 7 5 2 23 16 13 4 4 5 15 19 3 42
5 Alessandria 27 10 10 7 34 30 14 5 7 2 21 17 13 5 3 5 13 13 4 40
6 Robur Siena 27 10 10 7 32 30 14 2 7 5 14 17 13 8 3 2 18 13 2 40
7 AlbinoLeffe 27 10 9 8 29 24 13 6 4 3 15 8 14 4 5 5 14 16 5 39
8 Novara 26 10 8 8 35 29 13 7 4 2 20 9 13 3 4 6 15 20 6 38
9 Arezzo 27 8 13 6 33 28 13 7 3 3 20 13 14 1 10 3 13 15 5 37
10 Juventus U23 27 8 12 7 30 34 13 4 4 5 15 20 14 4 8 2 15 14 -4 36
11 Pistoiese 27 6 15 6 24 22 13 2 9 2 10 10 14 4 6 4 14 12 2 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 Pergolettese 27 6 9 12 21 36 13 4 3 6 13 17 14 2 6 6 8 19 -15 27
17 Giana Erminio 26 6 8 12 28 44 13 3 4 6 13 23 13 3 4 6 15 21 -16 26
18 Olbia 27 5 10 12 28 44 14 3 6 5 12 18 13 2 4 7 16 26 -16 25
19 Pianese 27 4 12 11 23 30 13 2 6 5 13 17 14 2 6 6 10 13 -7 24
20 Gozzano 27 4 10 13 22 38 14 2 6 6 11 16 13 2 4 7 11 22 -16 22

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.