Serie C: Girone B news and pre-match guide: Carrarese odds-on favourite to get the better of San Donato Tavarnelle

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 15.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio dei Marmi (10630 seats)

Carrarese have won 33 points playing as the hosts. San Donato Tavarnelle have 19 points being the away side. Are we looking at a home win?

Insights:
  • Carrarese have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Serie C: Girone B
  • San Donato Tavarnelle have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Serie C: Girone B

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Carrarese form and stats

Carrarese have performed here at Stadio dei Marmi this season with 7 wins from 11 Serie C: Girone B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.

The followers are hoping that Carrarese will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the match against Recanatese (placed 14th). A goal frenzy last time out for Carrarese, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Recanatese. Fun stuff to watch!

In the match before that, Carrarese hosted Cesena and drew the game 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Carrarese have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won 10 times, drawn 1 and lost 7.

Trench warfare? In this club's last 12 league matches, 9 have contained two goals or less.

The Carrarese fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. Carrarese are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio dei Marmi in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 11 matches.

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San Donato Tavarnelle form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie C: Girone B travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. It could be a hat trick of victories away for San Donato Tavarnelle, as they have won on their previous two travels.

The manager Magrini was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Stadio Comunale. San Donato Tavarnelle suffered a 1-3 loss to Sassari Torres (placed 13th). That loss was their first after three consecutive league games winning points.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Rimini at their stadium, the result 2-1.

San Donato Tavarnelle are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Observe! Both teams have scored in 8 of this club's last 10 league matches.

The visiting Tavarnelle have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. San Donato Tavarnelle struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Carrarese and San Donato Tavarnelle have played each other earlier this season: San Donato Tavarnelle - Carrarese 1-2.

Top Goalscorers

CarrareseA. Capello
A. Capello
7 goals
San Donato TavarnelleF. Russo
F. Russo
6 goals
CarrareseN. Giannetti
N. Giannetti
4 goals

Carrarese missing players

San Donato Tavarnelle missing players

Carrarese San Donato Tavarnelle
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 5 10 21
10 7 3 Won W 3 3 4
3 2 0 Drew D 1 2 7
8 2 0 Lost L 1 5 10
29 17 7 Scored S 7 11 20
24 7 1 Conceded C 7 16 30
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
76% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 76%
48% 27% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 60% 48%
19% 18% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 19%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
52% 36% 33% BTTS BTTS 80% 60% 62%
33% 45% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
19% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 40% 38%
 
5.3 5.4 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.8 4.5
4 4.8 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 5.4 5.6
2.9 2.8 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.6 3.1 2.8
4 2 0 Red cards R C 4 5 5
 
9.6 8.8 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.4 10.3
3.7 3.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.9 4
38% 47% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 28% 24%
 
8.4 7.4 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10 11.2 11.3
3.3 2.4 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.7 4.7
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Carrarese have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Carrarese have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Carrarese haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • San Donato Tavarnelle have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • San Donato Tavarnelle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • San Donato Tavarnelle have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Serie C: Girone B
  • San Donato Tavarnelle have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Serie C: Girone B
  • San Donato Tavarnelle haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Reggiana 21 14 4 3 32 11 10 7 2 1 19 3 11 7 2 2 13 8 21 46
2 Cesena 21 12 5 4 30 14 11 7 2 2 21 9 10 5 3 2 9 5 16 41
3 Gubbio 21 12 3 6 30 17 11 6 1 4 15 10 10 6 2 2 15 7 13 39
4 Virtus Entella 21 11 6 4 27 20 11 5 4 2 14 11 10 6 2 2 13 9 7 39
5 Pontedera 21 10 6 5 27 25 10 6 3 1 15 11 11 4 3 4 12 14 2 36
6 Ancona 21 10 5 6 34 20 11 7 2 2 20 7 10 3 3 4 14 13 14 35
7 Carrarese 21 10 3 8 29 24 11 7 2 2 17 7 10 3 1 6 12 17 5 33
8 Lucchese 21 9 5 7 22 18 10 5 2 3 12 10 11 4 3 4 10 8 4 32
9 Fiorenzuola 21 10 2 9 23 20 11 6 1 4 13 8 10 4 1 5 10 12 3 32
10 Rimini 21 9 4 8 29 19 10 5 2 3 20 9 11 4 2 5 9 10 10 31
11 Siena 21 8 7 6 21 17 10 3 5 2 8 5 11 5 2 4 13 12 4 31
12 Fermana 21 6 8 7 25 26 11 4 4 3 11 10 10 2 4 4 14 16 -1 26
13 Sassari Torres 21 5 9 7 17 17 10 2 4 4 8 10 11 3 5 3 9 7 0 24
14 Recanatese 21 5 7 9 17 25 10 2 3 5 8 11 11 3 4 4 9 14 -8 22
15 San Donato Tavarnelle 21 4 7 10 20 30 11 1 5 5 9 14 10 3 2 5 11 16 -10 19
16 Vis Pesaro 21 4 7 10 12 30 10 2 2 6 4 14 11 2 5 4 8 16 -18 19
17 Olbia 21 3 9 9 19 29 11 2 4 5 11 16 10 1 5 4 8 13 -10 18
18 Alessandria 21 4 6 11 16 31 10 2 3 5 10 14 11 2 3 6 6 17 -15 18
19 Montevarchi 21 4 5 12 18 32 10 2 4 4 9 13 11 2 1 8 9 19 -14 17
20 Imolese 21 4 4 13 10 33 11 3 1 7 6 16 10 1 3 6 4 17 -23 16

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.