Serie C: Girone A match preview and statistics: Pro Vercelli fight Alessandria

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Mon 22.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Silvio Piola (5500 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Pro Vercelli - Alessandria!

Insights:
  • Pro Vercelli have the the best goal difference (+17) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Alessandria is in the best form (4-1-1)

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Serie C: Girone A game only four days ago.

Vercelli's stadium, Stadio Silvio Piola, has a artifical turf surface. Alessandria have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Alessandria when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses from eight matches. They have scored 9 goals in these games and conceded 9.

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Pro Vercelli form and stats

32 points is a decent return from 16 Serie C: Girone A games here at Stadio Silvio Piola for Pro Vercelli. The data says 9 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. Pro Vercelli haven’t lost a league-game in 15 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Lecco, 93 days ago.

Vercelli travelled for their previous game, a trip to Pro Sesto that ended 0-0. Before that, Vercelli drew at home versus Como.

The Vercelli fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 16 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Vercelli are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Silvio Piola in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 16 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Alessandria form and stats

The visitors are W6-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone A.

Prior to that match, the Alessandria manager M. Longo faced defeat when travelling to Piacenza and losing 0-1.

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Alessandria - Vercelli 2-1 earlier this season. Vercelli-Alessandria H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Pro Vercelli one win, Alessandria four wins, three draws. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

VercelliG. Comi
G. Comi
10 goals
AlessandriaU. Eusepi
U. Eusepi
9 goals
Pro VercelliM. Rolando
M. Rolando
8 goals

Pro Vercelli missing players

Alessandria missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Pro Vercelli Alessandria
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 16 3 Played P 3 16 31
16 9 1 Won W 0 6 15
10 5 2 Drew D 1 5 8
5 2 0 Lost L 2 5 8
41 24 4 Scored S 2 15 37
24 11 1 Conceded C 4 13 24
84% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 88% 87%
68% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 68%
45% 44% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 25% 29%
13% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
45% 31% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 44% 42%
45% 56% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 44% 45%
26% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.9 2.4 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.4 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
10 10.1 6 Shots (avg) S ( 4.7 9.1 9
4.3 4.8 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 3 3.4
33% 33% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 31% 35%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Alessandria have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Alessandria have the most matches under the total-line (21) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Alessandria is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Pro Vercelli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Pro Vercelli have the the best goal difference (+17) 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 Como 30 18 5 7 43 34 16 10 3 3 19 12 14 8 2 4 24 22 9 59
2 Pro Vercelli 31 16 10 5 41 24 16 9 5 2 24 11 15 7 5 3 17 13 17 58
3 Renate 31 16 7 8 40 30 15 9 3 3 21 12 16 7 4 5 19 18 10 55
4 Alessandria 31 15 8 8 37 24 15 9 3 3 22 11 16 6 5 5 15 13 13 53
5 Lecco 30 14 9 7 42 28 15 10 4 1 29 12 15 4 5 6 13 16 14 51
6 Pro Patria 31 13 11 7 30 21 16 6 6 4 16 13 15 7 5 3 14 8 9 50
7 Pontedera 31 13 8 10 32 27 15 7 4 4 14 10 16 6 4 6 18 17 5 47
8 Juventus U23 29 13 7 9 43 35 15 7 4 4 27 18 14 6 3 5 16 17 8 46
9 AlbinoLeffe 31 10 13 8 29 27 15 4 7 4 7 8 16 6 6 4 22 19 2 43
10 Carrarese 30 10 10 10 31 29 15 5 3 7 16 16 15 5 7 3 15 13 2 40
11 Grosseto 31 10 10 11 34 36 15 4 4 7 18 21 16 6 6 4 16 15 -2 40
12 Novara 31 9 10 12 37 37 15 5 7 3 19 12 16 4 3 9 18 25 0 37
13 Pro Sesto 30 9 10 11 25 36 16 3 8 5 14 16 14 6 2 6 11 20 -11 37
14 Pergolettese 29 10 5 14 36 39 15 6 0 9 15 20 14 4 5 5 21 19 -3 35
15 Piacenza 31 7 12 12 35 41 15 4 7 4 21 18 16 3 5 8 14 23 -6 33
16 Olbia 28 6 13 9 34 37 13 4 4 5 18 17 15 2 9 4 16 20 -3 31
17 Giana Erminio 30 7 7 16 27 42 15 5 4 6 20 19 15 2 3 10 7 23 -15 28
18 Pistoiese 29 7 6 16 23 37 15 6 4 5 15 13 14 1 2 11 8 24 -14 27
19 Lucchese 31 4 11 16 30 50 16 2 5 9 17 28 15 2 6 7 13 22 -20 23
20 Livorno 31 5 10 16 30 45 15 3 6 6 19 21 16 2 4 10 11 24 -15 20

Table
  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 30 18 5 7 43 34 16 10 3 3 19 12 14 8 2 4 24 22 9 59
2 Pro Vercelli 31 16 10 5 41 24 16 9 5 2 24 11 15 7 5 3 17 13 17 58
3 Renate 31 16 7 8 40 30 15 9 3 3 21 12 16 7 4 5 19 18 10 55
4 Alessandria 31 15 8 8 37 24 15 9 3 3 22 11 16 6 5 5 15 13 13 53
5 Lecco 30 14 9 7 42 28 15 10 4 1 29 12 15 4 5 6 13 16 14 51
6 Pro Patria 31 13 11 7 30 21 16 6 6 4 16 13 15 7 5 3 14 8 9 50
7 Pontedera 31 13 8 10 32 27 15 7 4 4 14 10 16 6 4 6 18 17 5 47
8 Juventus U23 29 13 7 9 43 35 15 7 4 4 27 18 14 6 3 5 16 17 8 46
9 AlbinoLeffe 31 10 13 8 29 27 15 4 7 4 7 8 16 6 6 4 22 19 2 43
10 Carrarese 30 10 10 10 31 29 15 5 3 7 16 16 15 5 7 3 15 13 2 40
11 Grosseto 31 10 10 11 34 36 15 4 4 7 18 21 16 6 6 4 16 15 -2 40
12 Novara 31 9 10 12 37 37 15 5 7 3 19 12 16 4 3 9 18 25 0 37
13 Pro Sesto 30 9 10 11 25 36 16 3 8 5 14 16 14 6 2 6 11 20 -11 37
14 Pergolettese 29 10 5 14 36 39 15 6 0 9 15 20 14 4 5 5 21 19 -3 35
15 Piacenza 31 7 12 12 35 41 15 4 7 4 21 18 16 3 5 8 14 23 -6 33
16 Olbia 28 6 13 9 34 37 13 4 4 5 18 17 15 2 9 4 16 20 -3 31
17 Giana Erminio 30 7 7 16 27 42 15 5 4 6 20 19 15 2 3 10 7 23 -15 28
18 Pistoiese 29 7 6 16 23 37 15 6 4 5 15 13 14 1 2 11 8 24 -14 27
19 Lucchese 31 4 11 16 30 50 16 2 5 9 17 28 15 2 6 7 13 22 -20 23
20 Livorno 31 5 10 16 30 45 15 3 6 6 19 21 16 2 4 10 11 24 -15 20

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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.