Home advantage could prove decisive in Carpi - Piacenza battle

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 16.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Sandro Cabassi (5500 seats)

Carpi have performed better than Piacenza so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

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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Carpi form and stats

30 points is a decent return from 13 Serie C: Girone B games here at Stadio Sandro Cabassi for Carpi, who have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in Serie C: Girone B,. The data says 9 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

Carpi's last game was hosting Reggiana (placed 2nd) and winning 5-1. 2-2 away at Rimini before that.

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Carpi played a great game against Reggiana and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. P. Cianci was absolutely essential when Carpi beat Reggiana 5-1, scoring three goals.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Carpi handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, two draws and zero defeats.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (27 in 13 games), Carpi's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Carpi have conceded only 8 goals.

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Piacenza form and stats

The visitors are W4-D7-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone B. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Vis Pesaro game have they lost an away game, meaning Piacenza has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

Two travels in a row for Piacenza, whose manager A. Franzini could celebrate last time after the Serie C: Girone B win against Ravenna. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Cesena.

Piacenza are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.

Piacenza are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 13 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Piacenza as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Piacenza - Carpi 2-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

CarpiT. Biasci
T. Biasci
13 goals
PiacenzaD. Paponi
D. Paponi
13 goals
CarpiM. Vano
M. Vano
8 goals

Carpi missing players

Piacenza missing players

Carpi Piacenza
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 13 5 Played P 3 13 25
15 9 4 Won W 1 4 10
5 3 0 Drew D 2 7 11
5 1 1 Lost L 0 2 4
41 27 10 Scored S 4 16 32
21 8 2 Conceded C 2 12 21
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 69% 76%
64% 69% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 54% 60%
44% 38% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 31% 40%
24% 31% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 20%
16% 23% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 8%
52% 54% 20% BTTS BTTS 33% 46% 52%
36% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 67% 46% 40%
16% 8% 20% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 32%
 
4.4 4.7 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.6 4.8
3.8 3.8 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4.7 4.2
2.5 2.7 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.4 2.4
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
248 124 49 Total Shots T S 35 103 238
106 51 19 Shots on Target S O 12 37 90
39% 53% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 43% 36%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Carpi has the the best goal difference (+19) at home
  • Carpi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Carpi haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Piacenza 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 Vicenza 25 17 6 2 38 11 12 9 2 1 16 5 13 8 4 1 22 6 27 57
2 Reggiana 25 14 9 2 42 24 13 9 4 0 27 13 12 5 5 2 15 11 18 51
3 Carpi 25 15 5 5 41 21 13 9 3 1 27 8 12 6 2 4 14 13 20 50
4 Südtirol 25 14 3 8 41 23 12 8 0 4 27 13 13 6 3 4 14 10 18 45
5 Padova 25 13 5 7 35 18 12 8 1 3 22 7 13 5 4 4 13 11 17 44
6 FeralpiSalò 25 12 7 6 31 28 12 6 5 1 17 11 13 6 2 5 14 17 3 43
7 Piacenza 25 10 11 4 32 21 12 6 4 2 16 9 13 4 7 2 16 12 11 41
8 Modena 25 10 7 8 28 23 13 6 5 2 17 10 12 4 2 6 11 13 5 37
9 Triestina 25 10 4 11 31 32 12 6 1 5 15 12 13 4 3 6 16 20 -1 34
10 Sambenedettese 25 9 6 10 30 29 12 5 3 4 15 12 13 4 3 6 15 17 1 33
11 Virtus Verona 25 8 6 11 33 35 12 3 2 7 14 19 13 5 4 4 19 16 -2 30
12 Fermana 25 7 8 10 20 32 13 2 6 5 12 18 12 5 2 5 8 14 -12 29
13 Cesena 25 6 9 10 28 38 12 3 4 5 12 18 13 3 5 5 16 20 -10 27
14 Vis Pesaro 25 7 6 12 21 32 13 4 4 5 11 13 12 3 2 7 10 19 -11 27
15 Gubbio 25 5 11 9 20 28 13 2 6 5 9 14 12 3 5 4 11 14 -8 26
16 Ravenna 25 6 6 13 23 39 12 3 3 6 12 17 13 3 3 7 11 22 -16 24
17 Imolese 25 4 11 10 19 29 13 2 5 6 10 17 12 2 6 4 9 12 -10 23
18 Union ArzignanoChiampo 25 4 10 11 17 29 13 0 7 6 7 13 12 4 3 5 10 16 -12 22
19 Fano 25 4 6 15 22 40 13 1 3 9 7 21 12 3 3 6 15 19 -18 18
20 Rimini 25 3 8 14 22 42 13 3 4 6 13 18 12 0 4 8 9 24 -20 17

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.