Alessandria vs Sassari Torres match preview: Even contest expected at Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Wed 19.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta (6000 seats)

Faithful supporters at Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta haven’t enjoyed many home wins this season, with Alessandria languishing in the 18th spot. The opposing Sassari Torres will believe to protect their higher league place in this fixture.

Insights:
  • Alessandria have the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Sassari Torres have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Alessandria form and stats

The story so far in the Serie C: Girone B for Alessandria, who have the most conceded goals (9) at home in Serie C: Girone B, at their home stadium (Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta) is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

A good away victory last time out for Alessandria, who won 1-0 against San Donato Tavarnelle (placed 19th).

Before that game, the home loss against Pontedera with the scoreline 2-3.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Alessandria have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 3 and lost 5.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Alessandria as they are travelling to their away game against Vis Pesaro in the Serie C: Girone B. That match is four days after this one.

The Alessandria fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Alessandria have conceded 9 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Sassari Torres form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Sassari Torres playing as the away team in the Serie C: Girone B this season.

Sassari Torres have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Alessio Salvato. It's been 211 minutes since they last conceded in Serie C: Girone B.

Sassari Torres had fun at their own home (Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta) last time out, beating Siena 2-0. Ruocco and Liviero scored.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Lucchese.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sassari playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 2 Sassari Torres wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

After this away game Sassari Torres return home for a Serie C: Girone B game against Olbia. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Sassari Torres when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Sassari as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Alessandria one win, two draws and Sassari Torres one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sassari TorresF. Ruocco
F. Ruocco
5 goals
AlessandriaY. Sylla
Y. Sylla
1 goals
AlessandriaA. Nepi
A. Nepi
1 goals

Alessandria missing players

Sassari Torres missing players

Alessandria Sassari Torres
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 1 4 8
2 1 0 Won W 1 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 2 4
6 3 1 Lost L 0 1 2
6 5 1 Scored S 2 3 8
15 9 3 Conceded C 0 2 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 75%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 62%
50% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
12% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 38%
12% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 50%
50% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 38%
 
3.2 2.8 2 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.2 4
4.2 4.8 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5 4.5
3.2 3.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.5 3.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
7.6 6.5 2 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.8 7.6
2.5 2 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 2.5
30% 62% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 38% 40%
 
11.9 13.5 13 Shots against (avg) S A 11 8.8 7.2
4.6 5.8 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 2.5 2.8
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Alessandria have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Alessandria have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Alessandria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Alessandria have the most conceded goals (9) at home in Serie C: Girone B
  • Alessandria have the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Alessandria haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • All of Alessandria's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sassari Torres 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 Fiorenzuola 8 6 0 2 12 4 4 4 0 0 8 0 4 2 0 2 4 4 8 18
2 Reggiana 8 6 0 2 13 8 4 4 0 0 9 1 4 2 0 2 4 7 5 18
3 Rimini 8 5 1 2 17 5 4 3 0 1 11 1 4 2 1 1 6 4 12 16
4 Siena 8 4 3 1 9 3 3 2 1 0 2 0 5 2 2 1 7 3 6 15
5 Carrarese 9 5 0 4 14 12 4 3 0 1 7 4 5 2 0 3 7 8 2 15
6 Gubbio 8 4 2 2 10 5 5 2 1 2 6 4 3 2 1 0 4 1 5 14
7 Virtus Entella 8 4 2 2 8 7 4 2 1 1 3 3 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 14
8 Cesena 8 3 3 2 10 6 5 2 2 1 9 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 4 12
9 Lucchese 8 3 3 2 9 6 4 2 2 0 6 3 4 1 1 2 3 3 3 12
10 Vis Pesaro 8 3 3 2 6 11 3 2 0 1 2 3 5 1 3 1 4 8 -5 12
11 Ancona 8 3 2 3 11 8 5 2 1 2 6 5 3 1 1 1 5 3 3 11
12 Imolese 9 3 2 4 6 15 5 3 0 2 5 8 4 0 2 2 1 7 -9 11
13 Sassari Torres 8 2 4 2 8 6 4 1 2 1 5 4 4 1 2 1 3 2 2 10
14 Montevarchi 8 2 2 4 6 12 3 1 2 0 4 3 5 1 0 4 2 9 -6 8
15 Fermana 8 1 4 3 7 8 4 1 2 1 3 2 4 0 2 2 4 6 -1 7
16 Pontedera 8 1 4 3 8 11 3 0 2 1 3 5 5 1 2 2 5 6 -3 7
17 Olbia 8 1 3 4 3 8 4 1 1 2 2 3 4 0 2 2 1 5 -5 6
18 Alessandria 8 2 0 6 6 15 4 1 0 3 5 9 4 1 0 3 1 6 -9 6
19 San Donato Tavarnelle 8 1 2 5 4 10 5 0 2 3 2 6 3 1 0 2 2 4 -6 5
20 Recanatese 8 0 4 4 3 10 4 0 3 1 1 3 4 0 1 3 2 7 -7 4

Read more about Serie C: Girone B

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.