Legnago Salus vs Mantova betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 20.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Mario Sandrini (2152 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Legnago Salus in 13th and Mantova in 7th place.

Insights:
  • Legnago Salus has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Mantova has the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Serie C: Girone B

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Serie C: Girone B. This match was also played here at Stadio Mario Sandrini. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Mantova have had more rest.

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Legnago Salus form and stats

Legnago Salus have played 7 Serie C: Girone B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Legnago's last game was hosting Imolese (placed 17th) and winning 2-1. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Sudtirol.

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 Legnago have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost two.

The manager M. Bagatti will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Arezzo in only three days.

The Legnago fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 7 matches. Legnago's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Mantova form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie C: Girone B travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Mantova failed to get anything from their last game, a Serie C: Girone B home match vs Cesena (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-4. Prior to that result Mantova won their away game at FeralpiSalo. The scoreline was 3-1.

Mantova lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Mantova playing away and similar expectations, we found two relevant matches. Results were one Mantova win, zero draws and one defeat.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Gubbio in just three days.

Mantova have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 9 goals have been scored. 10 goals have been conceded by Mantova in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Legnago Salus victory, one draw and two Mantova wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

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Legnago Salus Mantova
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 2 7 15
3 3 1 Won W 0 3 7
7 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
5 3 1 Lost L 1 3 5
12 8 4 Scored S 1 9 24
13 7 2 Conceded C 3 10 20
80% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 87%
53% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 80%
27% 43% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 57% 60%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 13%
40% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 71% 60%
33% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 27%
47% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 14% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.1 2.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.5 9.7 14 Shots (avg) S ( 8 5.4 8.3
3.3 4 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.3 3.5
24% 29% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 56% 45%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Legnago Salus has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Legnago Salus has the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Legnago Salus have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Legnago Salus haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Mantova has the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Mantova 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 Sudtirol 15 9 5 1 26 8 7 4 3 0 11 3 8 5 2 1 15 5 18 32
2 Calcio Padova 15 9 3 3 29 14 8 5 2 1 16 6 7 4 1 2 13 8 15 30
3 Modena 15 8 3 4 17 8 7 4 1 2 10 5 8 4 2 2 7 3 9 27
4 Perugia 15 7 6 2 21 14 8 4 3 1 14 7 7 3 3 1 7 7 7 27
5 Cesena 15 7 4 4 24 16 7 2 2 3 10 9 8 5 2 1 14 7 8 25
6 FeralpiSalo 15 7 4 4 22 19 8 6 0 2 14 8 7 1 4 2 8 11 3 25
7 Mantova 15 7 3 5 24 20 8 4 2 2 15 10 7 3 1 3 9 10 4 24
8 Sambenedettese 15 6 6 3 19 15 8 3 3 2 11 9 7 3 3 1 8 6 4 24
9 Triestina 15 6 4 5 16 15 7 4 1 2 8 5 8 2 3 3 8 10 1 22
10 Matelica Calcio 15 6 4 5 24 27 7 3 3 1 14 12 8 3 1 4 10 15 -3 22
11 Virtus Verona 15 4 9 2 16 12 7 2 5 0 6 2 8 2 4 2 10 10 4 21
12 Carpi 15 5 6 4 19 16 8 3 5 0 12 5 7 2 1 4 7 11 3 21
13 Legnago Salus 15 3 7 5 12 13 7 3 1 3 8 7 8 0 6 2 4 6 -1 16
14 Gubbio 15 3 7 5 15 17 7 1 4 2 5 7 8 2 3 3 10 10 -2 16
15 Vis Pesaro 15 4 3 8 16 24 7 3 2 2 8 8 8 1 1 6 8 16 -8 15
16 Fermana 15 3 5 7 9 17 8 2 3 3 5 6 7 1 2 4 4 11 -8 14
17 Imolese 15 3 3 9 10 20 8 1 2 5 5 12 7 2 1 4 5 8 -10 12
18 Fano 15 1 8 6 10 18 8 1 3 4 7 11 7 0 5 2 3 7 -8 11
19 Ravenna 15 3 1 11 13 30 7 3 1 3 8 10 8 0 0 8 5 20 -17 10
20 Arezzo 15 1 5 9 12 31 8 0 2 6 5 20 7 1 3 3 7 11 -19 8

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.