Home advantage could prove decisive in Lucchese - Grosseto battle

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 12.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Porta Elisa (7386 seats)

Serie C: Girone B: What this fixture might not have in style it should compensate in guts and commitment. Get set for Lucchese - Grosseto!

Insights:
  • Lucchese have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Grosseto have the fewest scored goals (11) in Serie C: Girone B

Lucchese and Grosseto should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Lucchese form and stats

Lucchese have played 7 Serie C: Girone B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). It’s been three wins in a row for Lucchese here at Stadio Porta Elisa, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The Lucchese goalkeeper Jacopo Coletta is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 386 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie C: Girone B.

Lucchese manager Pagliuca and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Pescara (placed 6th) in the Serie C: Girone B.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Siena.

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

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Lucchese, as the Serie C: Girone B home game vs Carrarese is only three days away.

The Lucchese fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. Lucchese'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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Grosseto form and stats

Grosseto have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone B, after 2-1-5 (8 played).

Grosseto's previous game was their home loss versus Pescara (1-2).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Siena with the score of 3-1.

Grosseto 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, one draw and six defeats. From a total of ten matches.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Grosseto have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the last four meetings featuring these two teams are: one win for Lucchese, one draw and two wins for Grosseto. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

LuccheseM. Semprini
M. Semprini
5 goals
LuccheseF. Fedato
F. Fedato
4 goals
LuccheseS. Mawuli
S. Mawuli
2 goals

Lucchese missing players

Grosseto missing players

Lucchese Grosseto
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 7 3 Played P 3 8 17
6 4 2 Won W 1 2 2
4 1 1 Drew D 0 1 7
6 2 0 Lost L 2 5 8
16 10 5 Scored S 4 6 11
18 7 2 Conceded C 5 14 22
81% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 82%
62% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 65%
44% 57% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 38% 29%
19% 14% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 12%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
44% 57% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 38% 47%
44% 43% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 24%
31% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 47%
 
4.8 6.7 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.1 3.9
4.1 3.6 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.3 5
2.9 3.6 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.2 10.1 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10 7.6 8.4
4.2 5.1 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 2.6 3.1
24% 28% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 33% 22%
 
6.5 5.3 3.7 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 9.4 9.1
3.1 2.7 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.1 4.3
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Grosseto have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Grosseto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Grosseto have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Grosseto have the fewest scored goals (11) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Grosseto have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Grosseto have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Grosseto haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Lucchese have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lucchese have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Lucchese have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Lucchese have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Lucchese haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Modena 17 12 3 2 33 12 8 5 2 1 16 6 9 7 1 1 17 6 21 39
2 Reggiana 17 11 6 0 31 10 9 6 3 0 17 5 8 5 3 0 14 5 21 39
3 Cesena 17 10 5 2 24 9 9 5 3 1 13 4 8 5 2 1 11 5 15 35
4 Virtus Entella 17 8 5 4 29 20 8 5 3 0 15 6 9 3 2 4 14 14 9 29
5 Ancona 17 7 4 6 27 23 9 6 0 3 17 12 8 1 4 3 10 11 4 25
6 Pescara 17 6 7 4 24 22 9 3 4 2 12 11 8 3 3 2 12 11 2 25
7 Gubbio 17 5 8 4 23 16 8 4 3 1 15 6 9 1 5 3 8 10 7 23
8 Siena 17 6 5 6 21 18 9 4 2 3 13 10 8 2 3 3 8 8 3 23
9 Vis Pesaro 17 5 8 4 17 20 8 3 3 2 7 8 9 2 5 2 10 12 -3 23
10 Lucchese 16 6 4 6 16 18 7 4 1 2 10 7 9 2 3 4 6 11 -2 22
11 Pontedera 17 6 3 8 23 29 9 5 2 2 16 11 8 1 1 6 7 18 -6 21
12 Olbia 17 6 2 9 24 27 8 5 0 3 13 11 9 1 2 6 11 16 -3 20
13 Carrarese 16 5 5 6 19 26 8 4 3 1 13 7 8 1 2 5 6 19 -7 20
14 Montevarchi 17 6 2 9 20 29 8 4 1 3 14 12 9 2 1 6 6 17 -9 20
15 Teramo 17 4 7 6 18 26 8 2 3 3 8 12 9 2 4 3 10 14 -8 19
16 Fermana 17 5 3 9 17 25 9 4 3 2 11 9 8 1 0 7 6 16 -8 18
17 Imolese 17 5 4 8 24 24 9 2 3 4 15 12 8 3 1 4 9 12 0 17
18 Pistoiese 17 3 5 9 14 27 8 2 2 4 8 13 9 1 3 5 6 14 -13 14
19 Grosseto 17 2 7 8 11 22 9 0 6 3 5 8 8 2 1 5 6 14 -11 13
20 Viterbese 17 2 5 10 21 33 9 2 2 5 11 17 8 0 3 5 10 16 -12 11

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.