Pro Sesto vs Juventus U23 match preview: Even contest expected at Stadio Ernesto Breda

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sun 24.January
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ernesto Breda (4475 seats)

Pro Sesto will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Juventus U23.

Insights:
  • Pro Sesto is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Juventus U23 has the most points from losing position (13) in Serie C: Girone A

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Pro Sesto form and stats

3-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie C: Girone A numbers at home for Pro Sesto so far this season.

Sesto drew their last game, also a home match. Livorno (placed 19th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Heartbreak before that as Sesto lost 0-2 at Renate's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Sesto perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Pro Sesto as a small favourite), we find four games. Pro Sesto has won one of these, drawn one and lost two.

Sesto have scored 9 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. Pro Sesto have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Juventus U23 form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie C: Girone A travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Juventus's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Piacenza that finished 1-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Carrarese with the score of 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Juventus U23 playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were six Juventus U23 wins, three draws and four defeats.

Juventus find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. 9 goals have been conceded by Juventus U23 in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Juventus U23 - Sesto 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

SestoA. De Respinis
A. De Respinis
5 goals
Juventus U23F. Sanches Correia
F. Sanches Correia
5 goals
Juventus U23E. Petrelli
E. Petrelli
5 goals

Pro Sesto missing players

Juventus U23 missing players

Pro Sesto Juventus U23
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 1 Played P 3 9 19
7 3 0 Won W 2 4 8
4 3 0 Drew D 0 2 5
8 4 1 Lost L 1 3 6
18 9 0 Scored S 5 11 26
23 9 1 Conceded C 3 9 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
68% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 79%
32% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 44% 47%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 11% 16%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
42% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 74%
26% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 16%
32% 30% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 11%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.9 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
6.6 7.4 8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 7.8 8.8
2.5 2.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.8 4.4
36% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 32% 31%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Juventus U23 has the most points from losing position (13) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Juventus U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Pro Sesto haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Pro Sesto is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Renate 19 13 3 3 33 17 9 7 0 2 17 8 10 6 3 1 16 9 16 42
2 Como 18 11 4 3 27 21 10 5 3 2 9 8 8 6 1 1 18 13 6 37
3 Pro Vercelli 19 9 5 5 26 21 10 6 2 2 16 10 9 3 3 3 10 11 5 32
4 Alessandria 18 9 4 5 25 16 8 5 1 2 15 8 10 4 3 3 10 8 9 31
5 Pro Patria 19 8 6 5 19 12 9 3 4 2 9 6 10 5 2 3 10 6 7 30
6 Juventus U23 19 8 5 6 26 21 10 4 3 3 15 12 9 4 2 3 11 9 5 29
7 Lecco 19 8 5 6 26 21 9 6 2 1 17 10 10 2 3 5 9 11 5 29
8 Carrarese 19 8 5 6 20 18 10 4 2 4 10 9 9 4 3 2 10 9 2 29
9 AlbinoLeffe 19 6 8 5 20 18 10 3 4 3 6 5 9 3 4 2 14 13 2 26
10 Grosseto 19 7 4 8 20 21 9 1 2 6 8 14 10 6 2 2 12 7 -1 25
11 Pontedera 19 7 4 8 18 20 9 3 2 4 7 8 10 4 2 4 11 12 -2 25
12 Pro Sesto 19 7 4 8 18 23 10 3 3 4 9 9 9 4 1 4 9 14 -5 25
13 Pergolettese 19 6 4 9 26 28 10 4 0 6 11 13 9 2 4 3 15 15 -2 22
14 Pistoiese 19 6 4 9 19 22 10 5 3 2 13 8 9 1 1 7 6 14 -3 22
15 Olbia 19 4 10 5 18 25 10 3 4 3 10 12 9 1 6 2 8 13 -7 22
16 Novara 19 4 7 8 19 25 9 2 5 2 10 8 10 2 2 6 9 17 -6 19
17 Piacenza 19 3 9 7 25 27 9 2 5 2 17 14 10 1 4 5 8 13 -2 18
18 Giana Erminio 19 5 3 11 15 27 9 3 2 4 11 10 10 2 1 7 4 17 -12 18
19 Livorno 19 4 7 8 21 23 9 2 4 3 13 13 10 2 3 5 8 10 -2 14
20 Lucchese 19 2 7 10 18 33 10 1 3 6 12 19 9 1 4 4 6 14 -15 13

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.