16th- against 8th position might not seem all that juicy. But look: Here's the facts and figures that makes Virtus Verona - Novara (even) more engrossing!
- Virtus Verona have the fewest points (6) at home in Serie C: Girone A
- Novara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
12 - 10 - 13 with 42-43. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Novara when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Novara play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
This could be an interesting game with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Virtus Verona form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie C: Girone A this season. Virtus Verona have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Stadio Comunale Gavagnin-Nocini.
An away draw last time out for Virtus Verona, facing Pordenone in a game that ended 0-0.
Preceding that match was the home game against Piacenza that was lost 1-2.It should be added that a glance at the 15 most recent league games shows that 12 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Virtus here at Stadio Comunale Gavagnin-Nocini in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 10 games). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Virtus Verona have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Novara form and stats
Novara have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone A, after 3-0-8 (11 played). Bitter travels for Novara as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Calcio Padova match.
Novara play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Triestina (placed 20th).
Prior to that match, a home win 5-0 against Mantova.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Novara as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Novara struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 19 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent game: Novara - Virtus 0-0.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Danti 5 goals |  J. Gómez Taleb 5 goals |  M. Bortolussi 5 goals |
Virtus Verona missing players
Novara missing players
| Virtus Verona | Novara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| 20 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 29 |
| 20 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 19 | 26 |
| 77% | 90% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 59% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 73% |
| 32% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 64% | 55% |
| 9% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 32% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 55% | 55% |
| 45% | 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 45% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 45% | 27% |
| 3.6 | 4.8 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6 |
| 5.2 | 4.6 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7.7 | 8.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.3 | 13.1 | 13.1 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 24% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 19% | 28% |
| 9.2 | 9.9 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.3 | 9.8 | 8.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.9 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 3.4 |
- Novara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Novara have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Novara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Novara haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Virtus Verona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Virtus Verona have the fewest points (6) 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 the the worst goal difference (-6) 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 | Pordenone | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 19 | 40 |
| 2 | FeralpiSalò | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 39 |
| 3 | Vicenza | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 38 |
| 4 | Lecco | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 38 |
| 5 | Renate | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 37 |
| 6 | Pro Sesto | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 19 | -3 | 36 |
| 7 | Pro Patria | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 33 |
| 8 | Novara | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 31 |
| 9 | AlbinoLeffe | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 30 |
| 10 | Union ArzignanoChiampo | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | Calcio Padova | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 29 |
| 12 | Pro Vercelli | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -1 | 27 |
| 13 | Juventus U23 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -2 | 27 |
| 14 | Mantova | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -9 | 27 |
| 15 | Pergolettese | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 16 | -6 | 25 |
| 16 | Virtus Verona | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 24 |
| 17 | Sangiuliano City | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -6 | 24 |
| 18 | Trento Calcio 1921 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -6 | 23 |
| 19 | Piacenza | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -11 | 22 |
| 20 | Triestina | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -15 | 18 |
