Serie C: Girone B game prognosis and match guide for the Montevarchi vs Pistoiese scrap

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 06.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Gastone Brilli Peri (5000 seats)

This fixture involves two sides living in the lower section of the Serie C: Girone B, Montevarchi holding 15th spot and Pistoiese lying 17th. A decent chance for one of the squads to better their position.

Insights:
  • Montevarchi have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Pistoiese have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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 Montevarchi and Pistoiese.

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Montevarchi form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie C: Girone B, Montevarchi have managed 6 wins, 5 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 15 games. When Montevarchi hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Imolese, Fermana, Grosseto, Teramo, Montevarchi and Viterbese), they have won 3 of 4 matches!

Montevarchi drew their last game, also a home match. Pistoiese (placed 17th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Olbia the opponent.

This is expected to be a close game, with Montevarchi perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Montevarchi as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Montevarchi has won seven of these, drawn four and lost one.

Montevarchi are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 15 games. 18 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Pistoiese form and stats

Pistoiese have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone B, after 2-5-8 (15 played). Visiting Pistoiese has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Pistoiese has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Montevarchi for a 1-1 draw.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Imolese.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Pistoiese in our archives, and the results are: one win for Pistoiese, four draws and six defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Pistoiese as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. Pistoiese have conceded 27 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides get together this campaign, as the history books show this recent game: Montevarchi - Pistoiese 1-1. Last two meetings involving these sides: Montevarchi won zero, Pistoiese triumphed in one and we saw one draw. zero games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals. One of the profiles has been Vano with 2 goals scored against Montevarchi in these 2 games.

Top Goalscorers

MontevarchiD. Gambale
D. Gambale
12 goals
PistoieseM. Vano
M. Vano
9 goals
MontevarchiF. Barranca
F. Barranca
4 goals

Montevarchi missing players

Pistoiese missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Montevarchi Pistoiese
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
8 6 3 Won W 0 2 6
7 5 1 Drew D 2 5 10
15 4 0 Lost L 2 8 14
31 22 9 Scored S 3 13 29
49 18 2 Conceded C 9 27 44
90% 87% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 87%
83% 87% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 73%
47% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 37%
30% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 20%
10% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 20% 13%
50% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 47% 43%
17% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 30%
43% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 40% 40%
 
4.5 4.4 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.5 3.8
4.6 4.4 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6 5.5
2 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.5 2.5
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.4 10.3 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 6.9 8.5
3.7 4.9 7.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.2 3.5
28% 30% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 23% 26%
 
9.8 9.7 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 11.8 10.7
4.5 4 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.5 4.2
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Montevarchi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Montevarchi have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Montevarchi have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Pistoiese have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 Modena 30 22 5 3 52 19 15 11 2 2 28 11 15 11 3 1 24 8 33 71
2 Reggiana 30 20 9 1 55 17 16 12 4 0 33 7 14 8 5 1 22 10 38 69
3 Cesena 30 15 10 5 41 22 16 9 6 1 25 9 14 6 4 4 16 13 19 55
4 Pescara 30 13 11 6 44 33 15 7 6 2 24 16 15 6 5 4 20 17 11 50
5 Virtus Entella 29 14 7 8 49 33 14 9 3 2 28 11 15 5 4 6 21 22 16 49
6 Ancona 1905 30 13 7 10 50 39 15 8 2 5 24 21 15 5 5 5 26 18 11 46
7 Gubbio 30 9 13 8 40 33 15 8 6 1 28 11 15 1 7 7 12 22 7 40
8 Pontedera 30 11 6 13 33 43 15 7 4 4 22 19 15 4 2 9 11 24 -10 39
9 Carrarese 29 8 14 7 29 34 14 7 6 1 21 10 15 1 8 6 8 24 -5 38
10 Vis Pesaro 30 9 11 10 28 39 15 6 4 5 13 17 15 3 7 5 15 22 -11 38
11 Lucchese 30 8 12 10 28 30 15 5 7 3 19 14 15 3 5 7 9 16 -2 36
12 Siena 30 9 8 13 34 35 15 7 4 4 21 14 15 2 4 9 13 21 -1 35
13 Olbia 30 9 8 13 34 40 14 6 2 6 17 17 16 3 6 7 17 23 -6 35
14 Teramo 30 8 9 13 31 50 14 4 4 6 13 22 16 4 5 7 18 28 -19 33
15 Montevarchi 30 8 7 15 31 49 15 6 5 4 22 18 15 2 2 11 9 31 -18 31
16 Fermana 30 6 12 12 22 35 15 5 8 2 16 13 15 1 4 10 6 22 -13 30
17 Pistoiese 30 6 10 14 29 44 15 4 5 6 16 17 15 2 5 8 13 27 -15 28
18 Viterbese 30 5 11 14 30 41 16 2 5 9 14 25 14 3 6 5 16 16 -11 26
19 Imolese 30 6 10 14 31 43 15 3 5 7 17 19 15 3 5 7 14 24 -12 26
20 Grosseto 30 4 12 14 25 37 15 2 8 5 13 11 15 2 4 9 12 26 -12 24

Table
  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 30 22 5 3 52 19 15 11 2 2 28 11 15 11 3 1 24 8 33 71
2 Reggiana 30 20 9 1 55 17 16 12 4 0 33 7 14 8 5 1 22 10 38 69
3 Cesena 30 15 10 5 41 22 16 9 6 1 25 9 14 6 4 4 16 13 19 55
4 Pescara 30 13 11 6 44 33 15 7 6 2 24 16 15 6 5 4 20 17 11 50
5 Virtus Entella 29 14 7 8 49 33 14 9 3 2 28 11 15 5 4 6 21 22 16 49
6 Ancona 1905 30 13 7 10 50 39 15 8 2 5 24 21 15 5 5 5 26 18 11 46
7 Gubbio 30 9 13 8 40 33 15 8 6 1 28 11 15 1 7 7 12 22 7 40
8 Pontedera 30 11 6 13 33 43 15 7 4 4 22 19 15 4 2 9 11 24 -10 39
9 Carrarese 29 8 14 7 29 34 14 7 6 1 21 10 15 1 8 6 8 24 -5 38
10 Vis Pesaro 30 9 11 10 28 39 15 6 4 5 13 17 15 3 7 5 15 22 -11 38
11 Lucchese 30 8 12 10 28 30 15 5 7 3 19 14 15 3 5 7 9 16 -2 36
12 Siena 30 9 8 13 34 35 15 7 4 4 21 14 15 2 4 9 13 21 -1 35
13 Olbia 30 9 8 13 34 40 14 6 2 6 17 17 16 3 6 7 17 23 -6 35
14 Teramo 30 8 9 13 31 50 14 4 4 6 13 22 16 4 5 7 18 28 -19 33
15 Montevarchi 30 8 7 15 31 49 15 6 5 4 22 18 15 2 2 11 9 31 -18 31
16 Fermana 30 6 12 12 22 35 15 5 8 2 16 13 15 1 4 10 6 22 -13 30
17 Pistoiese 30 6 10 14 29 44 15 4 5 6 16 17 15 2 5 8 13 27 -15 28
18 Viterbese 30 5 11 14 30 41 16 2 5 9 14 25 14 3 6 5 16 16 -11 26
19 Imolese 30 6 10 14 31 43 15 3 5 7 17 19 15 3 5 7 14 24 -12 26
20 Grosseto 30 4 12 14 25 37 15 2 8 5 13 11 15 2 4 9 12 26 -12 24

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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.