Struggling Pro Vercelli will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Pontedera in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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!
This pitch has artifical turf, which is not Pontedera's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on artifical turf Pontedera have performed like this: Played six matches resulting in 1 win, 3 draws and 2 defeats with the goal stats 4-7 (scored/conceded).
Pro Vercelli form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie C: Girone A, Pro Vercelli have managed 2 wins, 6 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games. With nine 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.
Happy days for Pro Vercelli in their previous game, a Serie C: Girone A match away at Gozzano (placed 19th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Pro Vercelli lost 1-2 at home to Monza.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Pro Vercelli have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won two Drawn six Lost three.
Pro Vercelli have scored 10 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. Pro Vercelli have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Pontedera form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie C: Girone A travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Pontedera delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Juventus U23 (placed 13th) in their previous match; a Serie C: Girone A game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Novara that ended 1-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Pontedera in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Pontedera, five draws and three defeats.
Pontedera are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 12 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Pontedera have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Pontedera - Pro Vercelli 1-1. Last three meetings between the teams: Pro Vercelli won one, Pontedera won zero and two draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. de Cenco 9 goals |   S. Rosso 6 goals |  G. Comi 6 goals |
Pro Vercelli missing players
Pontedera missing players
| Pro Vercelli | Pontedera | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 23 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 14 | 37 |
| 25 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 29 |
| 88% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 67% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 29% | 27% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 42% | 58% |
| 12% | 9% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 54% | 55% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 58% | 71% |
| 29% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 17% |
| 29% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5 | 5.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 188 | 76 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 58 | 119 |
| 68 | 25 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 23 | 58 |
| 34% | 40% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 38% |
- Pontedera haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Pro Vercelli has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4)
| 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 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 49 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 36 | 59 |
| 2 | Pontedera | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 42 |
| 3 | Renate | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | Carrarese | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 41 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 39 |
| 5 | Robur Siena | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 37 |
| 6 | Novara | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 35 |
| 7 | AlbinoLeffe | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 34 |
| 8 | Alessandria | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 34 |
| 9 | Arezzo | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | Pistoiese | 24 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 32 |
| 11 | Como | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 31 |
| 12 | Pro Patria | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 31 |
| 13 | Juventus U23 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 13 | -6 | 29 |
| 14 | Pro Vercelli | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 28 |
| 15 | Lecco | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -16 | 25 |
| 16 | Pianese | 24 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 23 |
| 17 | Pergolettese | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -15 | 21 |
| 18 | Giana Erminio | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -19 | 20 |
| 19 | Gozzano | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -11 | 19 |
| 20 | Olbia | 24 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | -19 | 16 |