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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Date: Sun 26.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Silvio Piola (5500 seats)

The visiting Monza side should be favourites in this visit to Pro Vercelli, as the away team holds a 28 point advantage from their 22 league games this season.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Pro Vercelli and Monza.

This pitch has artificial turf, which is not Monza's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artificial turf Monza have performed like this: Played one match resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats with the goal stats 3-0 (scored/conceded).

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Pro Vercelli form and stats

Pro Vercelli have collected 12 points from their Serie C: Girone A home games so far after 2-6-2. With eight home games in a row without a win, the Pro Vercelli fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the AlbinoLeffe game long ago, can be stopped today.

S. Rosso was the last player to score a league goal for Pro Vercelli and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Pro Vercelli haven't scored in 225 minutes.

Pro Vercelli manager A. Gilardino and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Pianese (placed 16th) in the Serie C: Girone A. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting AlbinoLeffe (0-2).

Pro Vercelli aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Silvio Piola in the league, with only 9 goals from 10 games. Pro 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 8 from 10 matches.

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Monza form and stats

Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Monza so far, with 9-2-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Serie C: Girone A statistics. In general it has been a productive period now for Monza as they haven't lost any of their last 16 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the AlbinoLeffe game have they lost an away game, meaning Monza has taken points from twelve away matches in a row.

The supporters enjoyed Monza's previous game versus Pro Patria (placed 13th), a Serie C: Girone A 2-0 win played at home. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Como.

The Monza manager C. Brocchi has got the team scoring on the road, with 26 away goals in 11 league matches. The Monza defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (5 goals in 11 games).

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Monza - Pro Vercelli 1-0 played earlier this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's 1 Pro Vercelli victory, 1 draw and 4 Monza wins. 0 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Pro VercelliG. Comi
G. Comi
6 goals
MonzaC. Chiricò
C. Chiricò
6 goals
MonzaM. Finotto
M. Finotto
6 goals

Pro Vercelli missing players

Monza missing players

Pro Vercelli Monza
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 10 1 Played P 4 11 22
5 2 0 Won W 3 9 16
10 6 1 Drew D 1 2 5
7 2 0 Lost L 0 0 1
21 9 2 Scored S 9 26 43
23 8 2 Conceded C 1 5 12
86% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
68% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 77%
27% 20% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 45%
14% 10% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 23%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 5%
55% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 25% 36% 32%
27% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 64% 64%
32% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 5%
 
4.2 4.7 5 Corners For (avg) C F 6.2 6.1 7.3
4.2 3.9 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.2 3.1 3.1
2.2 2 4 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.3 2
4 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
176 71 6 Total Shots T S 68 151 316
59 23 5 Shots on Target S O 24 67 120
36% 39% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 39% 36%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Monza has the fewest conceded goals (12)
  • Monza has the fewest conceded goals (5) away
  • Monza has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7)
  • Monza has the most clean sheets (14)
  • Monza has the most clean sheets (7) away
  • Monza has the most points (29) away
  • Monza has the most scored goals (26) away
  • Monza has the most scored goals (43)
  • Monza has the most scored goals in the first half (18)
  • Monza has the most scored goals in the second half (25)
  • Monza has the the best goal difference (+21) away
  • Monza has the the best goal difference (+31)
  • Monza have not yet lost a game away.
  • Monza have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Monza have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Monza have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Monza have scored more than double the goals of Pro Vercelli.
  • Monza have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Monza have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Monza 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 Monza 22 16 5 1 43 12 11 7 3 1 17 7 11 9 2 0 26 5 31 53
2 Pontedera 22 11 7 4 36 28 11 7 4 0 23 13 11 4 3 4 13 15 8 40
3 Renate 22 10 9 3 31 16 12 6 6 0 18 6 10 4 3 3 13 10 15 39
4 Carrarese 22 10 8 4 39 28 11 7 3 1 23 13 11 3 5 3 16 15 11 38
5 Robur Siena 22 10 5 7 27 25 11 2 4 5 10 13 11 8 1 2 17 12 2 35
6 Novara 22 9 6 7 28 24 11 6 3 2 15 7 11 3 3 5 13 17 4 33
7 AlbinoLeffe 22 9 5 8 23 19 11 5 3 3 13 7 11 4 2 5 10 12 4 32
8 Alessandria 22 8 8 6 27 24 11 4 5 2 16 13 11 4 3 4 11 11 3 32
9 Como 22 6 10 6 24 21 11 4 5 2 12 9 11 2 5 4 12 12 3 28
10 Pistoiese 22 5 13 4 20 17 11 2 7 2 8 8 11 3 6 2 12 9 3 28
11 Arezzo 22 6 10 6 26 25 11 6 2 3 16 12 11 0 8 3 10 13 1 28
12 Juventus U23 22 6 10 6 24 29 11 3 3 5 13 19 11 3 7 1 11 10 -5 28
13 Pro Patria 22 6 9 7 28 26 10 2 4 4 12 13 12 4 5 3 16 13 2 27
14 Pro Vercelli 22 5 10 7 21 23 10 2 6 2 9 8 12 3 4 5 12 15 -2 25
15 Lecco 22 6 6 10 22 34 11 3 3 5 12 18 11 3 3 5 10 16 -12 24
16 Pianese 22 4 9 9 20 25 11 2 4 5 10 14 11 2 5 4 10 11 -5 21
17 Pergolettese 22 4 8 10 14 26 11 3 2 6 9 14 11 1 6 4 5 12 -12 20
18 Gozzano 22 3 10 9 20 29 12 1 6 5 10 15 10 2 4 4 10 14 -9 19
19 Olbia 22 2 8 12 21 40 11 1 5 5 9 17 11 1 3 7 12 23 -19 14
20 Giana Erminio 22 2 8 12 19 42 11 1 4 6 10 22 11 1 4 6 9 20 -23 14

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.