Football background guide: Ancona favourites when Olbia arrive

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 19.February
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio del Conero (23983 seats)

Ancona - Olbia. 4th place hosts 18th place. Nothing is certain - get a broad game guide here!

Insights:
  • Ancona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Olbia have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Serie C: Girone B

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Ancona form and stats

27 points is a decent return from 13 Serie C: Girone B games here at Stadio del Conero for Ancona. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.

Ancona faced defeat in their previous match, away at Fermana (1-2). Until that loss this club had gone eight consecutive league meetings without losing. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Melchiorri, having found the net in four consecutive games.

Ahead of that match, Ancona won a home game hosting Reggiana (2-1).

Ancona have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio del Conero with 23 goals in 13 league matches. Ancona have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Olbia form and stats

There's been little loot from Olbia's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 13 away games in the Serie C: Girone B. Olbia only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 6 draws.

Olbia played 1-1 against Virtus Entella in their previous match.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Fiorenzuola.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Olbia when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 2 and winning 1 game.

Take note! Both sides have scored goal(s) in 10 of this club's last 12 league matches.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Olbia have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Olbia - Ancona 2-4 was the output when these two contenders formerly did battle, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Ancona three wins, zero draws and Olbia one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 6 red cards from the last four duels. Ragatzu loves to meet Ancona and have scored 4 goals in these games.

Top Goalscorers

OlbiaD. Ragatzu
D. Ragatzu
10 goals
AnconaA. Spagnoli
A. Spagnoli
9 goals
AnconaA. Di Massimo
A. Di Massimo
7 goals

Ancona missing players

Olbia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ancona Olbia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 3 13 27
14 8 3 Won W 0 2 4
6 3 1 Drew D 1 6 12
7 2 1 Lost L 2 5 11
42 23 10 Scored S 1 11 26
25 9 3 Conceded C 3 16 38
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 77% 85%
74% 85% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 54% 63%
52% 54% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 31% 37%
15% 8% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 19%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 11%
52% 54% 40% BTTS BTTS 33% 46% 59%
37% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 33% 38% 26%
15% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 38% 30%
 
5.1 5.1 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 4.2 4.4
4.7 3.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.9 4.6
3 3 4.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3.2 2.8
7 3 2 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
11.6 11.8 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 3.7 8.4 8.9
4.9 5.1 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.3 3.9 3.4
32% 36% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 22% 28%
 
8.4 8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.6 9.5
3 2.9 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.3 4.3
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Ancona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ancona have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Ancona have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Olbia have scored away.
  • Ancona haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Olbia have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Serie C: Girone B

  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 27 19 4 4 46 17 13 10 2 1 27 6 14 9 2 3 19 11 29 61
2 Cesena 27 17 6 4 46 17 13 8 3 2 26 10 14 9 3 2 20 7 29 57
3 Virtus Entella 27 15 8 4 40 23 14 7 5 2 20 11 13 8 3 2 20 12 17 53
4 Ancona 27 14 6 7 42 25 13 8 3 2 23 9 14 6 3 5 19 16 17 48
5 Gubbio 27 13 4 10 34 25 13 6 1 6 16 13 14 7 3 4 18 12 9 43
6 Carrarese 27 13 3 11 34 33 14 8 2 4 19 11 13 5 1 7 15 22 1 42
7 Pontedera 27 11 9 7 31 31 14 7 4 3 17 15 13 4 5 4 14 16 0 42
8 Siena 27 10 10 7 28 26 14 4 8 2 13 9 13 6 2 5 15 17 2 40
9 Rimini 27 10 7 10 33 26 13 5 3 5 22 15 14 5 4 5 11 11 7 37
10 Lucchese 27 9 9 9 25 24 13 5 3 5 13 14 14 4 6 4 12 10 1 36
11 Fiorenzuola 27 11 3 13 26 27 14 6 1 7 14 12 13 5 2 6 12 15 -1 36
12 Fermana 27 8 11 8 33 33 14 5 6 3 14 12 13 3 5 5 19 21 0 35
13 Sassari Torres 27 6 12 9 23 24 13 2 6 5 10 13 14 4 6 4 13 11 -1 30
14 Recanatese 27 6 11 10 22 31 13 2 5 6 9 15 14 4 6 4 13 16 -9 29
15 Vis Pesaro 27 6 11 10 19 35 14 4 4 6 9 17 13 2 7 4 10 18 -16 29
16 San Donato Tavarnelle 27 5 11 11 26 37 13 1 6 6 10 18 14 4 5 5 16 19 -11 26
17 Alessandria 27 6 7 14 22 39 13 3 4 6 13 17 14 3 3 8 9 22 -17 25
18 Olbia 27 4 12 11 26 38 14 2 6 6 15 22 13 2 6 5 11 16 -12 24
19 Imolese 27 5 5 17 15 42 14 3 1 10 9 23 13 2 4 7 6 19 -27 20
20 Montevarchi 27 4 7 16 23 41 14 2 5 7 13 20 13 2 2 9 10 21 -18 19

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 27 19 4 4 46 17 13 10 2 1 27 6 14 9 2 3 19 11 29 61
2 Cesena 27 17 6 4 46 17 13 8 3 2 26 10 14 9 3 2 20 7 29 57
3 Virtus Entella 27 15 8 4 40 23 14 7 5 2 20 11 13 8 3 2 20 12 17 53
4 Ancona 27 14 6 7 42 25 13 8 3 2 23 9 14 6 3 5 19 16 17 48
5 Gubbio 27 13 4 10 34 25 13 6 1 6 16 13 14 7 3 4 18 12 9 43
6 Carrarese 27 13 3 11 34 33 14 8 2 4 19 11 13 5 1 7 15 22 1 42
7 Pontedera 27 11 9 7 31 31 14 7 4 3 17 15 13 4 5 4 14 16 0 42
8 Siena 27 10 10 7 28 26 14 4 8 2 13 9 13 6 2 5 15 17 2 40
9 Rimini 27 10 7 10 33 26 13 5 3 5 22 15 14 5 4 5 11 11 7 37
10 Lucchese 27 9 9 9 25 24 13 5 3 5 13 14 14 4 6 4 12 10 1 36
11 Fiorenzuola 27 11 3 13 26 27 14 6 1 7 14 12 13 5 2 6 12 15 -1 36
12 Fermana 27 8 11 8 33 33 14 5 6 3 14 12 13 3 5 5 19 21 0 35
13 Sassari Torres 27 6 12 9 23 24 13 2 6 5 10 13 14 4 6 4 13 11 -1 30
14 Recanatese 27 6 11 10 22 31 13 2 5 6 9 15 14 4 6 4 13 16 -9 29
15 Vis Pesaro 27 6 11 10 19 35 14 4 4 6 9 17 13 2 7 4 10 18 -16 29
16 San Donato Tavarnelle 27 5 11 11 26 37 13 1 6 6 10 18 14 4 5 5 16 19 -11 26
17 Alessandria 27 6 7 14 22 39 13 3 4 6 13 17 14 3 3 8 9 22 -17 25
18 Olbia 27 4 12 11 26 38 14 2 6 6 15 22 13 2 6 5 11 16 -12 24
19 Imolese 27 5 5 17 15 42 14 3 1 10 9 23 13 2 4 7 6 19 -27 20
20 Montevarchi 27 4 7 16 23 41 14 2 5 7 13 20 13 2 2 9 10 21 -18 19

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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.