The league table in Serie C: Girone A tells a story about these teams so far, with Pro Vercelli leading Livorno by 12 points. Match preview to follow:
- Pro Vercelli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Livorno has the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Serie C: Girone A
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
1 - 0 - 3 with 3-8. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Livorno when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Livorno play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
Pro Vercelli form and stats
Pro Vercelli have been very solid at home in the Serie C: Girone A so far, with 15 points collected from 6 matches (5-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table.
In their previous game, the manager A. Gilardino led his Pro Vercelli to a defeat in the Serie C: Girone A match away at Alessandria. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Silvio Piola. Before that match, a win away at Pergolettese.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Vercelli have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won four times, drawn six and lost two.
Vercelli have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Silvio Piola with 9 goals in 6 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Vercelli have only let in 3 goals at home.
Livorno form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Livorno so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Livorno are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Livorno are looking to quickly end their 235 minutes long goal drought in the Serie C: Girone A.
Livorno's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Pontedera that finished 0-0. A 0-1 defeat away at Grosseto before that.
Livorno are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, five draws and ten defeats. From a total of 17 matches.
The attacking power of Livorno when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. 7 goals have been conceded by Livorno in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last seven meetings between the teams: Pro Vercelli won three, Livorno won three and one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Rolando 6 goals |  G. Comi 5 goals | A. Zerbin 4 goals |
Pro Vercelli missing players
Livorno missing players
| Pro Vercelli | Livorno | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | 9 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 69% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 77% |
| 54% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 46% |
| 8% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 54% | 17% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 54% |
| 38% | 67% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 31% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.4 | 10.4 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5.2 | 8.3 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 3.3 |
| 43% | 45% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 56% | 40% |
- Livorno has the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Serie C: Girone A
- Pro Vercelli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- 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 | Renate | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 28 |
| 2 | Pro Vercelli | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Carrarese | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | Pro Sesto | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Lecco | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Como | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | Alessandria | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Pro Patria | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 9 | Juventus U23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 | AlbinoLeffe | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 19 |
| 11 | Grosseto | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Pontedera | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 17 |
| 13 | Novara | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Livorno | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 15 | Giana Erminio | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 16 | Pergolettese | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| 17 | Pistoiese | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 18 | Olbia | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 12 |
| 19 | Piacenza | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 10 |
| 20 | Lucchese | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -15 | 3 |