Pro Vercelli look to Stadio Silvio Piola supporters for inspiration before Pontedera match

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Wed 23.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Silvio Piola (5500 seats)

Pro Vercelli have performed better than Pontedera so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • Pro Vercelli haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Pontedera have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 Vercelli and Pontedera.

This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Pontedera's home stadium. The visitors last eight games on artifical turf have ended in 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.

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Pro Vercelli form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Silvio Piola as Pro Vercelli have scored 11 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Serie C: Girone A are 5-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 182 minutes without scoring a league goal. S. Emmanuello was the last player to find the net.

Pro Vercelli faced defeat in their previous match, away at Lecco (0-2). Preceding that match was a defeat to Livorno (0-2).

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

The Vercelli fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. From these home matches, Vercelli have conceded only 7 goals. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Pontedera form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone A.

Impressive finishing from L. Piana and G. Catanese secured the home win 2-1 against Juventus U23 in their previous game. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Pro Sesto.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager I. Maraia when L. Piana scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 86th minute.

We have checked recent matches where Pontedera have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were five victories, one draw and six defeats.

Pontedera find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Pontedera in these games.

Head 2 Head

Pro Vercelli-Pontedera H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Pro Vercelli two wins, Pontedera zero wins, two draws. one of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

VercelliM. Rolando
M. Rolando
6 goals
Pro VercelliG. Comi
G. Comi
5 goals
Pro VercelliA. Zerbin
A. Zerbin
4 goals

Pro Vercelli missing players

Pontedera missing players

Pro Vercelli Pontedera
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 2 8 16
8 5 1 Won W 0 4 7
3 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
5 2 1 Lost L 2 3 6
20 11 3 Scored S 1 9 15
17 7 4 Conceded C 4 8 14
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
75% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 44%
50% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 31%
12% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 12%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
50% 25% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 31%
31% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 38%
25% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 44%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 1.3 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.3 11.1 6 Shots (avg) S ( 5 7.6 9.8
3.9 4.6 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.5 3.8
36% 34% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 45% 25%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Pontedera have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 16 11 2 3 28 15 8 6 0 2 15 8 8 5 2 1 13 7 13 35
2 Como 16 9 4 3 25 21 8 3 3 2 7 8 8 6 1 1 18 13 4 31
3 Carrarese 16 8 4 4 18 13 9 4 2 3 10 8 7 4 2 1 8 5 5 28
4 Alessandria 16 8 3 5 24 16 8 5 1 2 15 8 8 3 2 3 9 8 8 27
5 Lecco 16 8 3 5 24 18 8 6 1 1 15 8 8 2 2 4 9 10 6 27
6 Pro Vercelli 16 8 3 5 20 17 8 5 1 2 11 7 8 3 2 3 9 10 3 27
7 Juventus U23 16 7 4 5 23 18 8 4 2 2 13 9 8 3 2 3 10 9 5 25
8 Pontedera 16 7 3 6 15 14 8 3 2 3 6 6 8 4 1 3 9 8 1 24
9 Pro Sesto 16 7 3 6 16 18 8 3 2 3 7 6 8 4 1 3 9 12 -2 24
10 Pro Patria 16 6 5 5 16 12 7 2 3 2 8 6 9 4 2 3 8 6 4 23
11 Grosseto 16 6 4 6 16 15 8 1 2 5 8 12 8 5 2 1 8 3 1 22
12 AlbinoLeffe 16 5 6 5 17 16 8 3 2 3 5 4 8 2 4 2 12 12 1 21
13 Pergolettese 16 5 4 7 24 25 8 3 0 5 9 12 8 2 4 2 15 13 -1 19
14 Livorno 16 4 6 6 20 19 8 2 4 2 13 11 8 2 2 4 7 8 1 18
15 Novara 16 4 6 6 18 21 8 2 4 2 9 7 8 2 2 4 9 14 -3 18
16 Piacenza 16 3 6 7 22 24 8 2 4 2 16 13 8 1 2 5 6 11 -2 15
17 Pistoiese 16 4 3 9 14 21 8 4 2 2 10 7 8 0 1 7 4 14 -7 15
18 Olbia 16 2 9 5 13 22 8 1 4 3 6 10 8 1 5 2 7 12 -9 15
19 Giana Erminio 16 4 2 10 12 25 8 2 2 4 9 10 8 2 0 6 3 15 -13 14
20 Lucchese 16 2 4 10 14 29 8 1 1 6 10 17 8 1 3 4 4 12 -15 10

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.