Serie C: Girone A match prediction: Little separates Pro Sesto and Renate in quality

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sun 19.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ernesto Breda (4475 seats)

Pro Sesto have outperformed Renate so far, but every game opens at 0-0. Here's all the data you need before kickoff:

Insights:
  • Pro Sesto have the most points from losing position (16) in Serie C: Girone A

It's no vacation for neither Sesto nor Renate 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 Sesto form and stats

Pro Sesto have collected 26 points from their Serie C: Girone A home games so far after 6-8-3. days ago.

Vaglica was the last player to score a league goal for Pro Sesto and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Pro Sesto haven't scored in 261 minutes. The Sesto goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 184 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie C: Girone A.

Pro Sesto drew their last game, also a home match. Renate (placed 10th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.

Before that, Pro Sesto played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Calcio Padova (after extra-time).

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 Sesto have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 17 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 10 and lost 5.

Trench warfare? In this club's last 12 league games, 10 have seen zero, one or two goals.

Pro Sesto are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 17 games. Sesto have conceded 19 in these home matches.

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Renate form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie C: Girone A travels is 5 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats.

Renate are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Pro Sesto (placed 2nd).

Preceding that, the 1-4 home loss versus Triestina (after extra-time).

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Renate playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were 6 Renate wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

The visiting Renate have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 22 goals from 17 games. As opposed to that, Renate have seen the ball go into their own net 24 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This was the score when the contenders faced each other previously this season; Pro Sesto - Renate 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Sesto one win, two draws and Renate four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Pro SestoN. Bruschi
N. Bruschi
11 goals
Pro SestoE. Gerbi
E. Gerbi
6 goals
RenateL. Baldassin
L. Baldassin
6 goals

Pro Sesto missing players

Renate missing players

Pro Sesto Renate
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 17 5 Played P 5 17 33
15 6 3 Won W 1 5 12
12 8 1 Drew D 1 7 10
6 3 1 Lost L 3 5 11
43 21 7 Scored S 6 22 42
39 19 4 Conceded C 8 24 47
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 88%
70% 71% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 82% 70%
45% 47% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 47% 48%
24% 24% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 29% 33%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 18% 24%
58% 65% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 65% 55%
36% 29% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 30%
18% 18% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 24% 27%
 
3.7 3.9 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.2 4.3
4.7 4.1 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 5 4.5
2.9 2.9 3.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.5 2.5
5 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
7.8 7 5.4 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 8.1 8.2
3 2.2 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 3.4 3.4
43% 57% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 39% 38%
 
9.6 9.1 9 Shots against (avg) S A 13.4 10.6 10.6
3.8 3.7 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.4 4.5 4.5
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Pro Sesto have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pro Sesto have the most points from losing position (16) in Serie C: Girone A

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FeralpiSalò 33 17 10 6 35 18 17 9 3 5 20 13 16 8 7 1 15 5 17 61
2 Pro Sesto 33 15 12 6 43 39 17 6 8 3 21 19 16 9 4 3 22 20 4 57
3 Pordenone 33 14 13 6 50 32 16 7 7 2 25 14 17 7 6 4 25 18 18 55
4 Lecco 33 15 9 9 40 36 16 11 3 2 25 9 17 4 6 7 15 27 4 54
5 Vicenza 33 15 6 12 58 42 16 8 3 5 32 17 17 7 3 7 26 25 16 51
6 Virtus Verona 33 12 12 9 37 25 16 4 5 7 15 17 17 8 7 2 22 8 12 48
7 Novara 33 14 5 14 43 39 17 8 4 5 28 15 16 6 1 9 15 24 4 47
8 Calcio Padova 33 11 14 8 38 36 17 4 10 3 19 18 16 7 4 5 19 18 2 47
9 Union ArzignanoChiampo 33 11 13 9 36 31 17 5 8 4 19 13 16 6 5 5 17 18 5 46
10 Renate 33 12 10 11 42 47 16 7 3 6 20 23 17 5 7 5 22 24 -5 46
11 Juventus U23 33 12 9 12 38 39 17 9 4 4 23 17 16 3 5 8 15 22 -1 45
12 Pro Patria 33 12 9 12 33 36 16 7 4 5 20 17 17 5 5 7 13 19 -3 45
13 Pergolettese 33 12 8 13 39 38 17 9 3 5 28 20 16 3 5 8 11 18 1 44
14 Trento Calcio 1921 33 11 8 14 37 37 16 4 5 7 16 19 17 7 3 7 21 18 0 41
15 Pro Vercelli 33 10 9 14 36 44 17 5 4 8 17 24 16 5 5 6 19 20 -8 39
16 Sangiuliano City 33 11 5 17 37 42 16 7 2 7 18 16 17 4 3 10 19 26 -5 38
17 Mantova 33 9 8 16 39 57 16 7 3 6 22 22 17 2 5 10 17 35 -18 35
18 AlbinoLeffe 33 8 10 15 37 47 17 3 6 8 18 22 16 5 4 7 19 25 -10 34
19 Triestina 33 8 9 16 28 42 17 6 4 7 15 20 16 2 5 9 13 22 -14 33
20 Piacenza 33 6 11 16 37 56 16 3 6 7 20 27 17 3 5 9 17 29 -19 29

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.