Montevarchi vs Ancona preview

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 20.February
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Gastone Brilli Peri (5000 seats)

Stumbling Montevarchi cross their fingers to pull off a surprise victory when they welcome top team Ancona in the next league match. It’s 18th vs 6th and the home regulars will have low confidence.

Insights:
  • Montevarchi have the most conceded goals (47) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Ancona have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Serie C: Girone B

It's no vacation for neither Montevarchi nor Ancona as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Montevarchi form and stats

The story so far in the Serie C: Girone B for Montevarchi at their home stadium (Stadio Gastone Brilli Peri) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. When Montevarchi hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Modena, Virtus Entella, Reggiana, Cesena and Pescara), they have won 2 of 4 matches! All in all it has been a very rough period for Montevarchi who hasn’t won a league-game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against Grosseto, 91 days ago.

No payout for Montevarchi in their previous match, an away game at Modena that ended in defeat 0-2.

Before that, Montevarchi drew at home versus Carrarese.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Serie C: Girone B game versus Fermana in only three days. This game is also played here at Stadio Gastone Brilli Peri.

The Montevarchi fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 12 matches. 16 goals have been conceded. When Montevarchi hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Imolese, Fermana, Grosseto, Teramo, Viterbese and Pistoiese), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.

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Ancona form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (25) away in Serie C: Girone B, on their Serie C: Girone B travels is 5 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Reggiana game have they lost an away game, meaning Ancona has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

Ancona failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Cesena (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-3.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Imolese at their stadium, the result 2-0.

A quick return to home after this game, as Ancona are hosting Grosseto in the Serie C: Girone B only three days away.

The travelling fans enjoy Ancona's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 13 league matches away. Ancona have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest head-to-head meeting ended Ancona - Montevarchi 2-0, earlier this season. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Rolfini with 2 goals scored against Montevarchi in these 1 matches.

Top Goalscorers

AnconaA. Rolfini
A. Rolfini
13 goals
AnconaA. Faggioli
A. Faggioli
11 goals
MontevarchiD. Gambale
D. Gambale
9 goals

Montevarchi missing players

Ancona missing players

Montevarchi Ancona
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 5 13 26
6 4 2 Won W 3 5 12
5 4 0 Drew D 2 5 6
15 4 2 Lost L 0 3 8
25 16 7 Scored S 12 25 46
47 16 7 Conceded C 2 14 34
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 96%
85% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 92% 92%
50% 58% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 62% 65%
31% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 46% 42%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
50% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 20% 54% 58%
12% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 80% 38% 27%
46% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 15% 19%
 
4.5 4.3 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.8 4.5
4.6 4.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 6.4 6
2 2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.4 2.2
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.2 9.9 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 9.5 9.9
3.5 4.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.4 4
28% 29% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 59% 46%
 
10 10.2 12 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 12.5 13.2
4.7 4.2 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 4.6 4.9
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Ancona have the most scored goals (25) away in Serie C: Girone B
  • Ancona have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Montevarchi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Montevarchi have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Montevarchi have the most conceded goals (47) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Montevarchi have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Montevarchi have the the worst goal difference (-22) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Montevarchi is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 26 18 8 0 48 13 14 10 4 0 28 6 12 8 4 0 20 7 35 62
2 Modena 26 19 5 2 47 16 13 10 2 1 26 9 13 9 3 1 21 7 31 62
3 Cesena 26 13 9 4 37 19 14 7 6 1 21 8 12 6 3 3 16 11 18 48
4 Virtus Entella 26 13 7 6 45 27 13 8 3 2 25 10 13 5 4 4 20 17 18 46
5 Pescara 26 11 10 5 39 30 14 6 6 2 22 15 12 5 4 3 17 15 9 43
6 Ancona 26 12 6 8 46 34 13 7 1 5 21 20 13 5 5 3 25 14 12 42
7 Vis Pesaro 26 8 11 7 25 31 13 5 4 4 11 14 13 3 7 3 14 17 -6 35
8 Robur Siena 26 9 7 10 31 27 14 7 3 4 21 14 12 2 4 6 10 13 4 34
9 Gubbio 26 7 12 7 33 29 12 6 5 1 21 8 14 1 7 6 12 21 4 33
10 Carrarese 26 6 14 6 25 30 12 5 6 1 17 9 14 1 8 5 8 21 -5 32
11 Pontedera 26 8 6 12 28 40 14 6 4 4 20 19 12 2 2 8 8 21 -12 30
12 Lucchese 26 6 11 9 23 28 12 4 6 2 15 12 14 2 5 7 8 16 -5 29
13 Olbia 26 8 5 13 31 38 13 6 1 6 17 17 13 2 4 7 14 21 -7 29
14 Teramo 26 7 8 11 26 43 12 3 4 5 10 19 14 4 4 6 16 24 -17 29
15 Fermana 26 5 10 11 20 32 13 4 7 2 14 12 13 1 3 9 6 20 -12 25
16 Imolese 26 6 8 12 30 37 13 3 3 7 16 18 13 3 5 5 14 19 -7 24
17 Viterbese 26 5 9 12 30 39 13 2 4 7 14 23 13 3 5 5 16 16 -9 24
18 Montevarchi 26 6 5 15 25 47 12 4 4 4 16 16 14 2 1 11 9 31 -22 23
19 Grosseto 26 3 12 11 21 30 14 1 8 5 11 11 12 2 4 6 10 19 -9 21
20 Pistoiese 26 4 9 13 22 42 12 2 5 5 10 16 14 2 4 8 12 26 -20 21

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.