Serie C: Girone B match prediction: Little separates Alessandria and Lucchese in quality

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sat 11.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta (6000 seats)

Serie C: Girone B: Alessandria are 12 points behind Lucchese, but intend to go full force. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Alessandria have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Lucchese have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

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 Alessandria and Lucchese.

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Alessandria form and stats

With 3 Serie C: Girone B wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Alessandria are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The Alessandria crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Lucchese here at Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Recanatese with a 2-1 scoreline.

Alessandria has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Alessandria's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Lucchese form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie C: Girone B travels is 4 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats. Lucchese are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

Two away matches in a row for Lucchese, whose manager Maraia could celebrate last time after the win against Alessandria.

A draw for Lucchese before that, at their own venue hosting Ancona (1-1).

Few goals the story here? 11 of this team's latest 13 league rounds have had zero, one or two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lucchese as they have only managed to score 12 times from 15 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Alessandria have put together a streak of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (3-3-0) when facing Lucchese.

Lucchese - Alessandria 1-2 was the end result in these sides' last h2h game, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

AlessandriaA. Galeandro
A. Galeandro
7 goals
LuccheseG. Bruzzaniti
G. Bruzzaniti
5 goals
LuccheseA. Mastalli
A. Mastalli
4 goals

Alessandria missing players

Lucchese missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Alessandria Lucchese
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 6 16 31
7 3 0 Won W 3 5 11
8 5 0 Drew D 3 7 11
16 7 4 Lost L 0 4 9
26 15 2 Scored S 7 13 30
44 20 6 Conceded C 2 10 25
87% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 81% 84%
61% 67% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 55%
42% 40% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 12% 26%
23% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
10% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
42% 53% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 42%
23% 13% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 50% 42%
48% 40% 75% Failed to Score F T 17% 31% 32%
 
3.5 3.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 2.6 4
5.1 4.8 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.5 4.8
2.6 2.4 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2.5
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
7.8 7.3 7.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 7.9 9.6
2.9 2.5 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.5 3.8
29% 41% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 23% 26%
 
11.3 10 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11 9.8 10
4.9 4.2 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 3.2
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Alessandria have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Alessandria have the most conceded goals in the second half (26) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Lucchese have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Lucchese have won significantly less corners away then 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 Reggiana 30 21 5 4 51 18 14 10 3 1 27 6 16 11 2 3 24 12 33 68
2 Virtus Entella 30 18 8 4 49 24 16 9 5 2 26 12 14 9 3 2 23 12 25 62
3 Cesena 31 17 9 5 50 22 15 8 4 3 29 14 16 9 5 2 21 8 28 60
4 Ancona 30 14 8 8 44 30 15 8 4 3 24 13 15 6 4 5 20 17 14 50
5 Carrarese 30 15 4 11 39 35 16 10 2 4 24 13 14 5 2 7 15 22 4 49
6 Gubbio 31 13 7 11 36 28 16 6 3 7 17 15 15 7 4 4 19 13 8 46
7 Pontedera 30 12 9 9 34 36 15 7 4 4 19 19 15 5 5 5 15 17 -2 45
8 Siena 30 10 13 7 30 28 15 4 9 2 14 10 15 6 4 5 16 18 2 43
9 Rimini 30 11 8 11 36 30 14 5 4 5 22 15 16 6 4 6 14 15 6 41
10 Lucchese 30 10 11 9 29 25 15 6 4 5 17 15 15 4 7 4 12 10 4 41
11 Fiorenzuola 31 11 5 15 27 31 16 6 2 8 14 13 15 5 3 7 13 18 -4 38
12 Fermana 30 8 13 9 35 36 15 5 6 4 15 14 15 3 7 5 20 22 -1 37
13 Recanatese 31 8 12 11 26 34 15 3 5 7 11 17 16 5 7 4 15 17 -8 36
14 Sassari Torres 31 7 12 12 25 29 15 3 6 6 11 14 16 4 6 6 14 15 -4 33
15 San Donato Tavarnelle 30 6 13 11 32 41 15 1 8 6 12 20 15 5 5 5 20 21 -9 31
16 Olbia 31 6 13 12 32 42 16 3 6 7 19 25 15 3 7 5 13 17 -10 31
17 Vis Pesaro 30 6 12 12 21 43 15 4 4 7 9 20 15 2 8 5 12 23 -22 30
18 Alessandria 30 7 8 15 26 43 14 3 5 6 15 19 16 4 3 9 11 24 -17 29
19 Imolese 31 6 7 18 19 46 16 3 3 10 10 24 15 3 4 8 9 22 -27 25
20 Montevarchi 31 5 9 17 26 46 16 3 6 7 14 20 15 2 3 10 12 26 -20 24

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Reggiana 30 21 5 4 51 18 14 10 3 1 27 6 16 11 2 3 24 12 33 68
2 Virtus Entella 30 18 8 4 49 24 16 9 5 2 26 12 14 9 3 2 23 12 25 62
3 Cesena 31 17 9 5 50 22 15 8 4 3 29 14 16 9 5 2 21 8 28 60
4 Ancona 30 14 8 8 44 30 15 8 4 3 24 13 15 6 4 5 20 17 14 50
5 Carrarese 30 15 4 11 39 35 16 10 2 4 24 13 14 5 2 7 15 22 4 49
6 Gubbio 31 13 7 11 36 28 16 6 3 7 17 15 15 7 4 4 19 13 8 46
7 Pontedera 30 12 9 9 34 36 15 7 4 4 19 19 15 5 5 5 15 17 -2 45
8 Siena 30 10 13 7 30 28 15 4 9 2 14 10 15 6 4 5 16 18 2 43
9 Rimini 30 11 8 11 36 30 14 5 4 5 22 15 16 6 4 6 14 15 6 41
10 Lucchese 30 10 11 9 29 25 15 6 4 5 17 15 15 4 7 4 12 10 4 41
11 Fiorenzuola 31 11 5 15 27 31 16 6 2 8 14 13 15 5 3 7 13 18 -4 38
12 Fermana 30 8 13 9 35 36 15 5 6 4 15 14 15 3 7 5 20 22 -1 37
13 Recanatese 31 8 12 11 26 34 15 3 5 7 11 17 16 5 7 4 15 17 -8 36
14 Sassari Torres 31 7 12 12 25 29 15 3 6 6 11 14 16 4 6 6 14 15 -4 33
15 San Donato Tavarnelle 30 6 13 11 32 41 15 1 8 6 12 20 15 5 5 5 20 21 -9 31
16 Olbia 31 6 13 12 32 42 16 3 6 7 19 25 15 3 7 5 13 17 -10 31
17 Vis Pesaro 30 6 12 12 21 43 15 4 4 7 9 20 15 2 8 5 12 23 -22 30
18 Alessandria 30 7 8 15 26 43 14 3 5 6 15 19 16 4 3 9 11 24 -17 29
19 Imolese 31 6 7 18 19 46 16 3 3 10 10 24 15 3 4 8 9 22 -27 25
20 Montevarchi 31 5 9 17 26 46 16 3 6 7 14 20 15 2 3 10 12 26 -20 24

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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.