Serie C: Girone A fixture preview and statistics: Triestina fight Pro Sesto

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sun 05.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Nereo Rocco (28565 seats)

Triestina have not won many points this league season. Can they get a victory when Pro Sesto stop by Stadio Nereo Rocco?

Insights:
  • Triestina have the fewest scored goals (18) in Serie C: Girone A

It's no vacation for neither Triestina nor Pro Sesto 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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Triestina form and stats

Triestina have played 13 Serie C: Girone A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-6 (wins-draws-losses).

Gennaro was the last player to score a league goal for Triestina and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Triestina haven't scored in 208 minutes.

The Triestina coach Gentilini and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Virtus Verona (placed 16th).

Preceding that match was the home game against Trento Calcio 1921 that was lost 0-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Triestina perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Triestina as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Triestina has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 7.

It should be added that a glance at the 10 most recent league games reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Triestina aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Nereo Rocco in the league, with only {11 goals} from 13 games. Triestina have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Pro Sesto form and stats

Playing away, Pro Sesto have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie C: Girone A this season.

Sesto have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Federico Del Frate. It's been 210 minutes since they last conceded in Serie C: Girone A.

Pro Sesto won their last game, 1-0 versus Mantova played at home.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Sangiuliano City with the score of 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Pro Sesto playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 3 Pro Sesto wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

Pro Sesto have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Sesto have conceded 19 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This was the result when the participants met earlier this season; Pro Sesto - Triestina 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Triestina one win, zero draws and Pro Sesto two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three duels.

Top Goalscorers

Pro SestoN. Bruschi
N. Bruschi
10 goals
Pro SestoA. Capelli
A. Capelli
5 goals
Pro SestoE. Gerbi
E. Gerbi
4 goals

Triestina missing players

Pro Sesto missing players

Triestina Pro Sesto
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 13 4 Played P 5 12 25
4 4 0 Won W 3 6 12
7 3 2 Drew D 2 3 7
14 6 2 Lost L 0 3 6
18 11 2 Scored S 5 16 33
36 17 5 Conceded C 2 19 34
92% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 92%
76% 77% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 75% 72%
36% 31% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 50% 52%
8% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 24%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 12%
48% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 58% 60%
16% 23% 25% Clean Sheets C S 60% 33% 32%
44% 46% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 17% 16%
 
4.1 5.1 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 3.7 3.3
4 3.9 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 5.8 5.1
3 3.2 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.4 3.1 2.9
5 0 0 Red cards R C 3 3 4
 
8.4 8.3 7.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.6 7.9 7.2
3.3 3.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.6 2.8
22% 26% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 37% 47%
 
9 8.8 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 11 10.2
3.5 3.4 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.8 4.5 4.2
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Triestina have the fewest scored goals (18) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Triestina have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Triestina have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Triestina have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pordenone 25 12 9 4 40 20 13 6 5 2 20 10 12 6 4 2 20 10 20 45
2 FeralpiSalò 25 12 7 6 22 14 13 6 2 5 13 11 12 6 5 1 9 3 8 43
3 Pro Sesto 25 12 7 6 33 34 13 6 4 3 17 15 12 6 3 3 16 19 -1 43
4 Lecco 25 12 6 7 33 31 12 9 1 2 20 7 13 3 5 5 13 24 2 42
5 Vicenza 25 12 5 8 44 28 13 7 3 3 29 11 12 5 2 5 15 17 16 41
6 Renate 25 10 9 6 33 28 12 6 3 3 15 11 13 4 6 3 18 17 5 39
7 Pro Patria 25 11 6 8 27 25 12 6 3 3 15 11 13 5 3 5 12 14 2 39
8 Novara 25 11 4 10 32 28 12 6 4 2 20 8 13 5 0 8 12 20 4 37
9 Union ArzignanoChiampo 25 8 11 6 26 25 12 3 6 3 11 10 13 5 5 3 15 15 1 35
10 Calcio Padova 25 8 10 7 28 27 13 4 7 2 17 13 12 4 3 5 11 14 1 34
11 Juventus U23 25 9 7 9 31 31 13 7 3 3 18 13 12 2 4 6 13 18 0 34
12 Pro Vercelli 25 9 6 10 31 32 13 5 3 5 16 16 12 4 3 5 15 16 -1 33
13 AlbinoLeffe 25 7 10 8 29 29 13 3 6 4 14 14 12 4 4 4 15 15 0 31
14 Trento Calcio 1921 25 8 6 11 29 32 12 3 4 5 14 16 13 5 2 6 15 16 -3 30
15 Mantova 25 8 6 11 29 38 12 6 3 3 17 12 13 2 3 8 12 26 -9 30
16 Virtus Verona 25 6 10 9 22 21 12 1 4 7 8 15 13 5 6 2 14 6 1 28
17 Sangiuliano City 25 8 3 14 27 33 12 5 2 5 14 13 13 3 1 9 13 20 -6 27
18 Pergolettese 25 7 5 13 26 34 13 7 1 5 22 18 12 0 4 8 4 16 -8 26
19 Piacenza 25 5 8 12 28 42 12 2 4 6 15 21 13 3 4 6 13 21 -14 23
20 Triestina 25 4 7 14 18 36 13 4 3 6 11 17 12 0 4 8 7 19 -18 19

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.