Soccer match preview: Ancona confident before travelling to Imolese

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Tue 14.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Romeo Galli (3809 seats)

Battling Imolese will hope to pull off a surprise win when they greet high-flying Ancona in the upcoming league round. It’s 19th vs 4th and the home supporters will have low expectations.

Insights:
  • Imolese have the fewest scored goals (19) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Ancona have scored more than double the goals of Imolese.

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 Imolese and Ancona.

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Imolese form and stats

Imolese's results here at Stadio Romeo Galli in the Serie C: Girone B have been very modest with 3 victories, 3 draws and 10 defeats. Imolese are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadio Romeo Galli with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eleven attempts.

Happy days for Imolese in their previous game, a fixture away at Olbia (placed 15th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. What a relief, as that was the first league victory after failing to win six consecutive fixtures. The victory against Olbia came after D'Auria's winning goal. The Imolese manager Antonioli was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute.

Before that, Imolese drew at home versus Fermana.

There will be little rest for Imolese after this match as they are travelling to Montevarchi for a Serie C: Girone B game in only four days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Imolese here at Stadio Romeo Galli in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 16 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Imolese defense is not exactly impregnable. 24 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Ancona form and stats

Playing away, Ancona have won 6 games, drawn 4 and suffered 5 defeats in the Serie C: Girone B this season.

Ancona are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the game against San Donato Tavarnelle (placed 16th). That win felt sweet as this side had gone four league matches without victory.

Before that, Ancona travelled to Lucchese and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Ancona have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 20 goals have been scored. 17 goals have been conceded by Ancona in these games.

Head 2 Head

The participants have met each other already this season, with the match result Ancona - Imolese 1-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Imolese zero wins, zero draws and Ancona three victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been ill-tempered, having seen 2 red cards from the last three duels.

Top Goalscorers

AnconaA. Spagnoli
A. Spagnoli
9 goals
AnconaA. Di Massimo
A. Di Massimo
8 goals
AnconaF. Melchiorri
F. Melchiorri
6 goals

Imolese missing players

Ancona missing players

Imolese Ancona
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 16 5 Played P 4 15 31
6 3 1 Won W 3 6 15
7 3 1 Drew D 1 4 8
18 10 3 Lost L 0 5 8
19 10 6 Scored S 10 20 47
46 24 9 Conceded C 4 17 30
81% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
61% 62% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 77%
45% 38% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 47% 52%
16% 12% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 13%
3% 6% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 13% 6%
39% 38% 80% BTTS BTTS 75% 53% 52%
23% 19% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 35%
58% 56% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 16%
 
3.2 3.2 2.6 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.1 5.1
5 4.5 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.5 4.6
3.3 3.4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.9 2.8
9 4 1 Red cards R C 2 5 8
 
7.6 6.9 6.2 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 11.1 11.6
2.3 1.9 2.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.6 5
26% 32% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 29% 31%
 
11.9 10.6 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.1 8.6
5 4.6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3 3.1
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Ancona have scored more than double the goals of Imolese.
  • Imolese have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Imolese have the fewest scored goals (19) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Imolese have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Imolese have the the worst goal difference (-14) at home in Serie C: Girone B
  • Imolese have the the worst goal difference (-27) 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 31 21 5 5 51 19 15 10 3 2 27 7 16 11 2 3 24 12 32 68
2 Virtus Entella 31 19 8 4 50 24 16 9 5 2 26 12 15 10 3 2 24 12 26 65
3 Cesena 31 17 9 5 50 22 15 8 4 3 29 14 16 9 5 2 21 8 28 60
4 Ancona 31 15 8 8 47 30 16 9 4 3 27 13 15 6 4 5 20 17 17 53
5 Carrarese 31 15 5 11 39 35 16 10 2 4 24 13 15 5 3 7 15 22 4 50
6 Gubbio 31 13 7 11 36 28 16 6 3 7 17 15 15 7 4 4 19 13 8 46
7 Siena 31 11 13 7 34 28 16 5 9 2 18 10 15 6 4 5 16 18 6 46
8 Pontedera 31 12 10 9 35 37 15 7 4 4 19 19 16 5 6 5 16 18 -2 46
9 Lucchese 31 11 11 9 30 25 15 6 4 5 17 15 16 5 7 4 13 10 5 44
10 Rimini 31 11 9 11 37 31 15 5 5 5 23 16 16 6 4 6 14 15 6 42
11 Fermana 31 8 14 9 35 36 16 5 7 4 15 14 15 3 7 5 20 22 -1 38
12 Fiorenzuola 31 11 5 15 27 31 16 6 2 8 14 13 15 5 3 7 13 18 -4 38
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 Olbia 31 6 13 12 32 42 16 3 6 7 19 25 15 3 7 5 13 17 -10 31
16 San Donato Tavarnelle 31 6 13 12 32 44 15 1 8 6 12 20 16 5 5 6 20 24 -12 31
17 Vis Pesaro 31 6 12 13 21 47 15 4 4 7 9 20 16 2 8 6 12 27 -26 30
18 Alessandria 31 7 8 16 26 44 15 3 5 7 15 20 16 4 3 9 11 24 -18 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

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.