Evenly matched teams: Virtus Verona vs Calcio Padova match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sat 11.February
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Gavagnin-Nocini (1200 seats)

Here's every piece of info you must know, and even more, before watching the Virtus Verona - Calcio Padova match!

Insights:
  • Virtus Verona have the fewest points (7) at home in Serie C: Girone A

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Virtus Verona form and stats

Virtus Verona's struggle is real here at Stadio Comunale Gavagnin-Nocini with only 7 points collected from 12 Serie C: Girone A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-7.

A strong away win for Virtus Verona against Mantova the last match, as Kristoffersen were on target. Things did not look good last match, when Nalini got a red card in the 56th minute. They were already behind at this time, but a tremendous finish from Virtus resulted in a win!

In the match before that, Virtus Verona hosted Triestina and drew the game 0-0.

It should be considered that a look at the 13 latest league matches shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Virtus Verona have scored {8 league goals} here from 12 matches, not a lot. Virtus have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Calcio Padova form and stats

4-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Calcio Padova in their Serie C: Girone A matches away.

Calcio Padova aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 232 league minutes without a goal. Vasic was the last player to find the net.

Calcio Padova have a lot to remedy after their unexpected loss (0-3) to Pergolettese in their previous match, played at home. Before that defeat this side had taken at least a draw from seven league rounds in a row.

Before that, Calcio travelled to FeralpiSalò and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Calcio Padova as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games in the league. Calcio Padova have conceded 14 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Calcio Padova - Virtus 0-0 was the story when these two teams previously met, some time ago this season. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's one Virtus Verona victory, two draws and four Calcio Padova wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Calcio PadovaM. Liguori
M. Liguori
8 goals
Virtus VeronaD. Danti
D. Danti
6 goals
Virtus VeronaJ. Gómez Taleb
J. Gómez Taleb
6 goals

Virtus Verona missing players

Calcio Padova missing players

Virtus Verona Calcio Padova
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 4 12 26
7 1 1 Won W 1 4 8
10 4 1 Drew D 1 3 10
9 7 2 Lost L 2 5 8
25 8 3 Scored S 3 11 28
23 15 4 Conceded C 7 14 30
77% 83% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
58% 58% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 73%
31% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 42%
12% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 8% 12%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 4%
31% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 33% 50%
46% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 27%
46% 58% 75% Failed to Score F T 50% 42% 31%
 
3.7 4.5 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 5.2 5.7
5 4.5 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 4.5 4.2
3 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.5 2.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
7.9 9.1 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 9.9 10.8
3.7 4.3 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.4 3.8
25% 15% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 30% 27%
 
9.3 10 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.7 10.6 9
3.8 3.6 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.4 3.6
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Virtus Verona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Virtus Verona have the fewest points (7) at home in Serie C: Girone A
  • Virtus Verona have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Serie C: Girone A
  • Virtus Verona 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 Pro Sesto 26 13 7 6 35 34 13 6 4 3 17 15 13 7 3 3 18 19 1 46
2 Pordenone 26 12 9 5 41 23 13 6 5 2 20 10 13 6 4 3 21 13 18 45
3 FeralpiSalò 26 12 8 6 22 14 13 6 2 5 13 11 13 6 6 1 9 3 8 44
4 Pro Patria 26 12 6 8 29 25 13 7 3 3 17 11 13 5 3 5 12 14 4 42
5 Lecco 26 12 6 8 33 32 12 9 1 2 20 7 14 3 5 6 13 25 1 42
6 Vicenza 26 12 5 9 44 30 13 7 3 3 29 11 13 5 2 6 15 19 14 41
7 Renate 26 10 9 7 33 30 13 6 3 4 15 13 13 4 6 3 18 17 3 39
8 Union ArzignanoChiampo 26 9 11 6 29 26 13 4 6 3 14 11 13 5 5 3 15 15 3 38
9 Novara 26 11 4 11 33 30 13 6 4 3 21 10 13 5 0 8 12 20 3 37
10 Juventus U23 26 10 7 9 33 31 14 8 3 3 20 13 12 2 4 6 13 18 2 37
11 AlbinoLeffe 26 8 10 8 31 30 13 3 6 4 14 14 13 5 4 4 17 16 1 34
12 Pro Vercelli 26 9 7 10 31 32 14 5 4 5 16 16 12 4 3 5 15 16 -1 34
13 Calcio Padova 26 8 10 8 28 30 14 4 7 3 17 16 12 4 3 5 11 14 -2 34
14 Trento Calcio 1921 26 9 6 11 31 32 12 3 4 5 14 16 14 6 2 6 17 16 -1 33
15 Virtus Verona 26 7 10 9 25 23 12 1 4 7 8 15 14 6 6 2 17 8 2 31
16 Sangiuliano City 26 9 3 14 28 33 13 6 2 5 15 13 13 3 1 9 13 20 -5 30
17 Mantova 26 8 6 12 31 41 13 6 3 4 19 15 13 2 3 8 12 26 -10 30
18 Pergolettese 26 8 5 13 29 34 13 7 1 5 22 18 13 1 4 8 7 16 -5 29
19 Piacenza 26 5 8 13 28 44 12 2 4 6 15 21 14 3 4 7 13 23 -16 23
20 Triestina 26 4 7 15 18 38 14 4 3 7 11 19 12 0 4 8 7 19 -20 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.