Soccer betting preview: Pro Vercelli welcomes Juventus U23 in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sun 23.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Silvio Piola (5500 seats)

Here's everything you should know about the Serie C: Girone A game Pro Vercelli - Juventus U23!

Insights:
  • Pro Vercelli haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Juventus U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Pro Vercelli's stadium, Stadio Silvio Piola, has a artifical turf surface. Juventus U23 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 Juventus U23 when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses from six matches. They have scored 4 goals in these games and conceded 6.

The hosts Pro Vercelli saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Serie C: Girone A. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Lecco.

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Pro Vercelli form and stats

The complete Serie C: Girone A stats at home this season for Pro Vercelli are 3-2-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Vercelli in their previous game, a fixture away at Lecco (placed 8th) that ended with a 0-0 victory. Pro Vercelli drew their last game, 0-0 away at Lecco (placed 8th). Pro Vercelli faced defeat in their previous match, away at Lecco (0-0).

Before that, Pro Vercelli had a home game versus Mantova which ended with a victory 1-1. Before that, Pro Vercelli drew at home versus Mantova. Ahead of that match, Vercelli lost 1-1 at home to Mantova.

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

Pro Vercelli have scored 8 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. Vercelli have conceded 13 in these home matches.

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Juventus U23 form and stats

The visitors are W3-D2-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone A.

Juventus U23 delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Pergolettese (placed 14th) in their previous game. Juventus U23 might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Pergolettese proved too strong as Juventus U23 slumped to a 1-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta. Juventus U23 go into this game after a win, the home game against Pergolettese that ended 1-1.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Legnago Salus. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Legnago Salus that ended 2-1. Prior to that match, the Juventus U23 manager Zauli faced defeat when travelling to Legnago Salus and losing 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Juventus U23 in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Juventus U23, four draws and six defeats.

Juventus U23 have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 10 goals have been scored. Juventus have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties get together this campaign, as the history books show this recent game: Juventus U23 - Pro Vercelli 0-2. Last eight meetings with these teams: Pro Vercelli won five, Juventus U23 were winners in three and we saw zero draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Pro VercelliG. Comi
G. Comi
5 goals
Juventus U23N. Sekulov
N. Sekulov
4 goals

Pro Vercelli missing players

Juventus U23 missing players

Pro Vercelli Juventus U23
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 2 10 20
6 3 0 Won W 0 3 8
7 2 0 Drew D 2 2 4
7 5 3 Lost L 0 5 8
20 8 1 Scored S 3 10 21
25 13 6 Conceded C 3 15 25
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 75%
35% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 40%
20% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 10%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
50% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 55%
25% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 10%
30% 30% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 35%
 
5.5 5.6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 4.7
3.5 3.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 10 6 5.4
3 2.6 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.2
7 3 2 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.7 11 7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 8.8 9
3.9 3.5 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.9 3.5
26% 23% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 26% 30%
 
8.1 6.6 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 9.9 8.4
3.6 3.2 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.3 3.5
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Juventus U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Pro Vercelli haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Südtirol 18 13 5 0 25 5 9 7 2 0 15 2 9 6 3 0 10 3 20 44
2 Calcio Padova 20 12 6 2 34 14 10 8 2 0 16 4 10 4 4 2 18 10 20 42
3 FeralpiSalò 20 11 6 3 35 15 10 5 4 1 21 9 10 6 2 2 14 6 20 39
4 Renate 20 12 3 5 38 24 10 8 1 1 25 8 10 4 2 4 13 16 14 39
5 Triestina 19 9 6 4 23 17 10 4 5 1 14 10 9 5 1 3 9 7 6 33
6 Juventus U23 20 8 4 8 21 25 10 5 2 3 11 10 10 3 2 5 10 15 -4 28
7 Virtus Verona 19 5 10 4 20 18 9 2 6 1 7 6 10 3 4 3 13 12 2 25
8 Lecco 20 7 4 9 25 24 10 4 3 3 17 12 10 3 1 6 8 12 1 25
9 AlbinoLeffe 20 6 7 7 22 23 10 1 4 5 11 15 10 5 3 2 11 8 -1 25
10 Pro Vercelli 20 6 7 7 20 25 10 3 2 5 8 13 10 3 5 2 12 12 -5 25
11 Trento Calcio 1921 20 6 6 8 19 21 10 5 2 3 13 7 10 1 4 5 6 14 -2 24
12 Seregno 20 6 5 9 22 24 10 2 1 7 12 16 10 4 4 2 10 8 -2 23
13 Piacenza 20 4 10 6 24 26 10 2 5 3 10 11 10 2 5 3 14 15 -2 22
14 Pergolettese 20 6 5 9 23 34 10 5 3 2 15 9 10 1 2 7 8 25 -11 22
15 Mantova 20 3 12 5 18 19 10 3 5 2 10 8 10 0 7 3 8 11 -1 21
16 Pro Patria 20 4 9 7 16 26 10 3 3 4 7 9 10 1 6 3 9 17 -10 21
17 Fiorenzuola 20 5 5 10 19 28 10 3 3 4 11 14 10 2 2 6 8 14 -9 20
18 Legnago Salus 20 5 3 12 18 37 10 2 2 6 11 18 10 3 1 6 7 19 -19 18
19 Pro Sesto 20 2 10 8 13 22 10 0 6 4 6 11 10 2 4 4 7 11 -9 16
20 Giana Erminio 20 2 9 9 12 20 10 1 5 4 6 9 10 1 4 5 6 11 -8 15

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.