Lucchese v Siena betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Tue 14.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Porta Elisa (7386 seats)

Serie C: Girone B: The average league table positions tell a story of the journey Lucchese and Siena have been on so far. Both participants are eager to play; let's bake this cake!

Insights:
  • Lucchese have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Siena have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 Lucchese and Siena.

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Lucchese form and stats

Lucchese have collected 22 points from their Serie C: Girone B home games so far after 6-4-5.

A strong away win for Lucchese against Alessandria the last match, as Pinna were on target.

Before that, Lucchese drew at home versus Ancona.

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 Lucchese have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Low on goals? In this club's last 13 league matches, 11 have had two goals or less.

Lucchese are traveling soon after this match as the Serie C: Girone B match at Gubbio awaits in four days.

Lucchese are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 15 games.

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Siena form and stats

The visitors are W6-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone B. Visiting Siena has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

The followers enjoyed Siena's previous game versus Vis Pesaro (placed 17th), a 4-0 win played at home. Yippee; their first three points in the league after seven matches not winning. As you can tell from the results above, Siena was very dominant against Vis Pesaro, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Collodel, Paloschi, Raimo and Disanto providing the goals.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus San Donato Tavarnelle that ended 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Siena in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Siena, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Alessandria in just four days.

Siena find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Siena have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head match ended Siena - Lucchese 0-1, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Lucchese victories, one draw and five Siena wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

SienaA. Paloschi
A. Paloschi
11 goals
SienaF. Disanto
F. Disanto
9 goals
LuccheseG. Bruzzaniti
G. Bruzzaniti
5 goals

Lucchese missing players

Siena missing players

Lucchese Siena
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 3 15 31
11 6 1 Won W 1 6 11
11 4 1 Drew D 1 4 13
9 5 2 Lost L 1 5 7
30 17 4 Scored S 3 16 34
25 15 6 Conceded C 2 18 28
84% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 87% 81%
55% 60% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 65%
26% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 32%
10% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 19%
3% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
42% 47% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 35%
42% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 40% 48%
32% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 35%
 
4 5.4 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4 4.6
5.1 4.1 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.3 3.9
2.6 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.8 2.9
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.8 11.4 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 6.6 9.1
3.8 4.1 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.7 3.7
25% 28% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 37% 29%
 
10.3 10.2 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7 9.2 8.9
3.4 3.3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3 2.7
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.
  • Siena have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 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.