Football news and preview: Südtirol favourites when Pro Patria visit

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sun 20.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Marco Druso (3100 seats)

Südtirol are finding life sweet in the top places while Pro Patria are more concerned with escaping relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?

Insights:
  • Südtirol have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Pro Patria have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Südtirol nor Pro Patria as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Südtirol form and stats

Südtirol have been very solid at home in the Serie C: Girone A so far, with 35 points collected from 13 matches (11-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. Südtirol has a nice streak going on as they have played 27 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Avellino defeat 265 days ago.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Giacomo Poluzzi not having conceded a league goal in 206 minutes.

It's back home for Südtirol, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Giana Erminio away with the result 2-0. Tait and Col found the net in that victory.

Before that, Südtirol had a home game versus Pro Vercelli which ended with a victory 1-0.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Südtirol as they are travelling to their away game against Trento Calcio 1921 in the Serie C: Girone A. That match is three days after this one.

The Südtirol fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 13 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Südtirol have only let in 2 goals at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Pro Patria form and stats

There's been little loot from Pro Patria's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 12 away games in the Serie C: Girone A. Pro Patria only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 6 draws.

Home advantage was not enough for Patria in their previous game as they lost hosting Pro Sesto, 0-3.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Virtus Verona.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Pro Patria manager Prina as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Juventus U23.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Pro Patria have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. Pro Patria has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Südtirol and Pro Patria have faced each other previously this season: Pro Patria - Südtirol 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Südtirol five wins, one draw and Pro Patria one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SüdtirolD. Casiraghi
D. Casiraghi
6 goals
SüdtirolR. Odogwu
R. Odogwu
5 goals
Pro PatriaN. Pierozzi
N. Pierozzi
5 goals

Südtirol missing players

Pro Patria missing players

Südtirol Pro Patria
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 3 12 26
20 11 3 Won W 0 2 5
6 2 1 Drew D 1 6 12
0 0 0 Lost L 2 4 9
36 20 7 Scored S 3 12 22
6 2 1 Conceded C 7 19 34
88% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 85%
54% 54% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 73%
12% 8% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 42% 38%
4% 8% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 17% 12%
4% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 8%
23% 15% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 54%
77% 85% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 27%
12% 8% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 35%
 
4.6 4.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.1 4.2
3.3 3.7 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5 4.6
2.3 2.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3.2 2.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.6 9.3 8 Shots (avg) S ( 5.7 7 8.1
4 3.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.8 3
35% 42% 58% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 35% 29%
 
6.1 5.9 5.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.7 8.2 8.8
1.7 1.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.2 3.3
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Pro Patria have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Südtirol have not yet lost a game.
  • Südtirol have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Südtirol have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Serie C: Girone A
  • Südtirol have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Südtirol have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Südtirol have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Südtirol have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Südtirol have the most clean sheets (11) at home in Serie C: Girone A
  • Südtirol have the most clean sheets (20) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Südtirol have the most points (35) at home in Serie C: Girone A
  • Südtirol have the the best goal difference (+18) at home in Serie C: Girone A
  • Südtirol have the the best goal difference (+30) in Serie C: Girone A

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Südtirol 26 20 6 0 36 6 13 11 2 0 20 2 13 9 4 0 16 4 30 66
2 Calcio Padova 26 17 7 2 43 17 12 10 2 0 20 6 14 7 5 2 23 11 26 58
3 FeralpiSalò 26 14 7 5 41 21 14 7 5 2 26 14 12 7 2 3 15 7 20 49
4 Renate 26 15 4 7 45 28 14 9 2 3 26 11 12 6 2 4 19 17 17 49
5 Triestina 26 10 8 8 28 27 14 5 6 3 18 16 12 5 2 5 10 11 1 38
6 Juventus U23 26 11 5 10 29 29 13 8 2 3 19 10 13 3 3 7 10 19 0 38
7 Pro Vercelli 26 9 9 8 26 26 13 5 3 5 11 13 13 4 6 3 15 13 0 36
8 Lecco 26 10 5 11 34 30 12 6 3 3 22 13 14 4 2 8 12 17 4 35
9 Piacenza 26 8 11 7 32 32 13 5 5 3 15 11 13 3 6 4 17 21 0 35
10 Mantova 26 6 13 7 25 25 13 5 6 2 15 10 13 1 7 5 10 15 0 31
11 AlbinoLeffe 26 7 10 9 28 29 12 1 5 6 13 18 14 6 5 3 15 11 -1 31
12 Trento Calcio 1921 26 7 9 10 21 25 12 5 3 4 13 9 14 2 6 6 8 16 -4 30
13 Virtus Verona 26 5 12 9 23 28 12 2 7 3 8 11 14 3 5 6 15 17 -5 27
14 Pro Patria 26 5 12 9 22 34 14 3 6 5 10 15 12 2 6 4 12 19 -12 27
15 Pergolettese 26 7 7 12 29 44 14 5 5 4 19 16 12 2 2 8 10 28 -15 27
16 Fiorenzuola 26 6 8 12 24 34 13 4 4 5 15 17 13 2 4 7 9 17 -10 26
17 Seregno 26 6 7 13 28 36 12 2 2 8 13 18 14 4 5 5 15 18 -8 25
18 Giana Erminio 26 4 11 11 16 25 14 2 6 6 8 13 12 2 5 5 8 12 -9 23
19 Pro Sesto 26 4 11 11 21 32 12 0 6 6 7 16 14 4 5 5 14 16 -11 23
20 Legnago Salus 26 5 6 15 21 44 14 2 4 8 13 22 12 3 2 7 8 22 -23 21

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.