Delightful dogfight as daring Pro Vercelli duel with determined Mantova

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Silvio Piola (5500 seats)

Get ready for Serie C: Girone A and Pro Vercelli - Mantova. In this preview and prediction you'll find statistics, previous results, analysis, tendencies and news!

Insights:
  • Pro Vercelli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Mantova have yet to win a game away.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Mantova have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 0-1-1 (win-draw-loss) from two matches.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Pro Vercelli form and stats

The Serie C: Girone A stats at home this season for Pro Vercelli are 3-1-5 (wins-draws-losses). Three consecutive losses here at Stadio Silvio Piola is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

Vercelli enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Fiorenzuola's place. The match ended 2-0 with Bunino and Rolando scoring.

Ahead of that match, Pro Vercelli lost 1-2 at home to Triestina.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Pro Vercelli handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, five draws and five defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Vercelli as they are travelling to their away game against Lecco in the Serie C: Girone A. That match is four days after this one.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Vercelli here at Stadio Silvio Piola in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). 12 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Mantova form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Mantova so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 0-6-3 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 13 away games in a row.

Mantova's last game was the home draw against Pro Patria (0-0).

Before that, Mantova travelled to Pergolettese and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Mantova have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were three victories, four draws and five defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Legnago Salus in just three days.

The attacking power of Mantova when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Mantova have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Pro VercelliG. Comi
G. Comi
5 goals
Pro VercelliM. Rolando
M. Rolando
3 goals
VercelliC. Bunino
C. Bunino
3 goals

Pro Vercelli missing players

Mantova missing players

Pro Vercelli Mantova
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 9 18
6 3 1 Won W 0 0 2
5 1 0 Drew D 2 6 11
7 5 1 Lost L 1 3 5
19 7 2 Scored S 3 7 15
24 12 2 Conceded C 4 10 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
78% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 61%
39% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 22% 22%
22% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 11% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 61%
22% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 17%
28% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 33%
 
5.7 5.9 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 4 3.7
3.4 3.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.1 4.1
3.1 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.9 2.9
7 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.9 11.6 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 6.6 5.9
4.1 3.7 9.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.2 1.9
26% 21% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 35% 44%
 
8.3 6.9 9 Shots against (avg) S A 8 5.9 6.3
3.6 3.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 2.2 2.3
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Mantova have yet to win a game away.
  • Pro Vercelli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sudtirol 18 13 5 0 25 5 9 7 2 0 15 2 9 6 3 0 10 3 20 44
2 Calcio Padova 18 11 5 2 32 14 9 7 2 0 14 4 9 4 3 2 18 10 18 38
3 FeralpiSalò 18 10 6 2 33 14 10 5 4 1 21 9 8 5 2 1 12 5 19 36
4 Renate 18 11 3 4 37 22 9 7 1 1 24 8 9 4 2 3 13 14 15 36
5 Triestina 18 8 6 4 22 17 10 4 5 1 14 10 8 4 1 3 8 7 5 30
6 Virtus Verona 18 5 9 4 20 18 8 2 5 1 7 6 10 3 4 3 13 12 2 24
7 Juventus U23 18 7 3 8 18 23 9 5 1 3 10 9 9 2 2 5 8 14 -5 24
8 Lecco 18 7 2 9 25 24 8 4 1 3 17 12 10 3 1 6 8 12 1 23
9 AlbinoLeffe 18 6 5 7 21 22 9 1 3 5 10 14 9 5 2 2 11 8 -1 23
10 Pro Vercelli 18 6 5 7 19 24 9 3 1 5 7 12 9 3 4 2 12 12 -5 23
11 Seregno 18 6 4 8 21 22 9 2 1 6 12 15 9 4 3 2 9 7 -1 22
12 Piacenza 18 4 9 5 23 24 9 2 4 3 9 10 9 2 5 2 14 14 -1 21
13 Trento Calcio 1921 18 5 5 8 18 21 8 4 1 3 12 7 10 1 4 5 6 14 -3 20
14 Pergolettese 18 6 4 8 21 31 10 5 3 2 15 9 8 1 1 6 6 22 -10 20
15 Fiorenzuola 18 5 4 9 18 25 9 3 3 3 11 12 9 2 1 6 7 13 -7 19
16 Legnago Salus 18 5 3 10 17 33 9 2 2 5 10 16 9 3 1 5 7 17 -16 18
17 Mantova 18 2 11 5 15 18 9 2 5 2 8 8 9 0 6 3 7 10 -3 17
18 Pro Patria 18 3 8 7 13 24 9 2 3 4 5 8 9 1 5 3 8 16 -11 17
19 Pro Sesto 18 2 8 8 12 21 9 0 5 4 5 10 9 2 3 4 7 11 -9 14
20 Giana Erminio 18 2 7 9 10 18 9 1 4 4 5 8 9 1 3 5 5 10 -8 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.