Lucchese vs Reggiana preview

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Fri 23.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Porta Elisa (7386 seats)

Both these squads are capable in this league, Reggiana having a 11 point lead on Lucchese in the league table. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • Lucchese have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reggiana have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Serie C: Girone B

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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Lucchese form and stats

All-inclusive Serie C: Girone B results playing at home this season for Lucchese are 5-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Lucchese bring valid hopes of a third.

Lucchese drew their last game, 1-1 away at Olbia (placed 18th).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Carrarese in a game that was won 3-2.

Low on goals? Looking at this team's last 14 league games, 11 have contained less than three goals (under 2.5).

Lucchese has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches.

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Reggiana form and stats

Reggiana have an excellent away record in the Serie C: Girone B so far with 6-2-2 from 10 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Reggiana as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Reggiana have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Giacomo Venturi. It's been 622 minutes since they last conceded in Serie C: Girone B.

Two away matches in a row for Reggiana, whose manager Diana could celebrate last time after the win against Imolese.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Olbia.

Low-scoring game? 9 of this team's last 11 league rounds have seen two goals or less.

Reggiana are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Reggiana are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Lucchese and Reggiana have duelled previously this season: Reggiana - Lucchese 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Lucchese one win, one draw and Reggiana three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less. The games between these sides have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 4 red cards from the last five encounters.

Top Goalscorers

ReggianaA. Montalto
A. Montalto
9 goals
ReggianaJ. Pellegrini
J. Pellegrini
5 goals
ReggianaE. Lanini
E. Lanini
5 goals

Lucchese missing players

Reggiana missing players

Lucchese Reggiana
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 4 10 19
8 5 1 Won W 2 6 12
5 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
6 2 1 Lost L 1 2 3
20 12 2 Scored S 6 12 27
17 9 3 Conceded C 2 8 11
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 89%
58% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 60% 63%
32% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 30% 32%
11% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 11%
5% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
47% 56% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 20% 21%
37% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 60% 63%
26% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 30% 26%
 
3.6 4.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.4 5.3
5.2 4.4 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 2.2 2.1 2.7
2.8 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.4 3.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
8.5 9.7 9 Shots (avg) S ( 6.2 7.9 9.9
3.1 3.4 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.9 4
34% 39% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 41% 36%
 
9.7 9.7 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 3.5 6.5 7
3.1 2.6 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.2 2.4 2.5
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Lucchese have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lucchese have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Reggiana have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Reggiana have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Reggiana have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 19 12 4 3 27 11 9 6 2 1 15 3 10 6 2 2 12 8 16 40
2 Gubbio 19 12 3 4 28 12 10 6 1 3 14 7 9 6 2 1 14 5 16 39
3 Cesena 19 11 4 4 28 13 10 6 2 2 20 9 9 5 2 2 8 4 15 37
4 Virtus Entella 19 9 6 4 22 18 10 4 4 2 10 9 9 5 2 2 12 9 4 33
5 Pontedera 19 9 6 4 22 18 9 5 3 1 10 7 10 4 3 3 12 11 4 33
6 Fiorenzuola 19 10 2 7 21 13 10 6 1 3 13 5 9 4 1 4 8 8 8 32
7 Carrarese 19 10 2 7 26 19 10 7 1 2 16 6 9 3 1 5 10 13 7 32
8 Rimini 19 9 4 6 28 16 9 5 2 2 19 7 10 4 2 4 9 9 12 31
9 Ancona 1905 19 9 4 6 31 20 10 6 2 2 17 7 9 3 2 4 14 13 11 31
10 Robur Siena 19 8 6 5 21 13 9 3 4 2 8 5 10 5 2 3 13 8 8 30
11 Lucchese 19 8 5 6 20 17 9 5 2 2 12 9 10 3 3 4 8 8 3 29
12 Sassari Torres 19 4 9 6 14 15 9 2 4 3 8 9 10 2 5 3 6 6 -1 21
13 Fermana 19 4 8 7 18 23 10 3 4 3 7 8 9 1 4 4 11 15 -5 20
14 San Donato Tavarnelle 19 3 7 9 17 26 10 1 5 4 8 11 9 2 2 5 9 15 -9 16
15 Recanatese 19 3 7 9 12 23 9 1 3 5 4 9 10 2 4 4 8 14 -11 16
16 Imolese 19 4 4 11 10 29 10 3 1 6 6 14 9 1 3 5 4 15 -19 16
17 Vis Pesaro 19 3 7 9 9 29 9 2 2 5 4 13 10 1 5 4 5 16 -20 16
18 Olbia 19 2 9 8 13 23 10 1 4 5 9 15 9 1 5 3 4 8 -10 15
19 Alessandria 19 3 6 10 12 27 9 1 3 5 8 14 10 2 3 5 4 13 -15 15
20 Montevarchi Calcio 19 3 5 11 15 29 9 1 4 4 7 12 10 2 1 7 8 17 -14 14

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.