Serie C: Girone B fixture research: Olbia against Lucchese

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 23.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Bruno Nespoli (8000 seats)

Creeping up on the top sides is the subject when these mid-table sides fight it out. Both will be targeting to improve their league table standing, Olbia in 11th and Lucchese in 9th spot.

Insights:
  • Lucchese have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Serie C: Girone B

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Olbia form and stats

Olbia have collected 16 points from their Serie C: Girone B home games so far after 5-1-3.

Happy days for Olbia in their previous game, a fixture away at Pistoiese (placed 18th) that ended with a 1-1 victory. Olbia drew their last game, 1-1 away at Pistoiese (placed 18th). Olbia lost their last game at Pistoiese (placed 18th) after a 1-1 scoreline.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Grosseto. Preceding that game was the away draw at Grosseto that finished 1-0. Heartbreak before that as Olbia lost 1-0 at Grosseto's place.

The Olbia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. Olbia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Lucchese form and stats

Lucchese have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone B, after 2-4-4 (10 played). Lucchese has showed their ability to avoid defeat with five draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 62 days ago, in the Siena fixture.

Lucchese delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Imolese (placed 16th) in their previous match. Home advantage was not enough for Lucchese in their previous game as they lost hosting Imolese, 3-3. Lucchese had fun at their own home (Stadio Bruno Nespoli) last time out, beating Imolese 3-3. Belloni and Semprini (2) scored.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Pistoiese at their stadium, the result 0-0. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Pistoiese that ended 0-0. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Pistoiese wasn't a success with a 0-0 loss.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lucchese as they have only managed to score 6 times from 10 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Lucchese have conceded 11 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 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 fixture list show this recent match: Lucchese - Olbia 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Olbia zero wins, six draws and Lucchese three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LuccheseM. Semprini
M. Semprini
7 goals
OlbiaD. Ragatzu
D. Ragatzu
6 goals
OlbiaP. Udoh
P. Udoh
6 goals

Olbia missing players

Lucchese missing players

Olbia Lucchese
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 9 3 Played P 2 10 20
7 5 3 Won W 1 2 6
4 1 0 Drew D 1 4 8
9 3 0 Lost L 0 4 6
26 13 7 Scored S 3 6 19
28 11 1 Conceded C 2 11 21
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 60% 70%
70% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 55%
45% 44% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 30% 40%
30% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 20%
25% 33% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 10% 10%
45% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 30% 40%
25% 33% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 50%
35% 44% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 60% 40%
 
4.5 4.7 1.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3.4 4.8
6.5 5.6 7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.2 4
1.8 1.1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 2.6
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.3 12.1 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 8.5 9.6
4 4.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.3 3.9
32% 31% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 18% 24%
 
11.1 10.2 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 8 7.1 6
4 3.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.1 2.8
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Lucchese have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Lucchese have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Olbia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lucchese 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 Reggiana 20 14 6 0 40 11 10 7 3 0 22 5 10 7 3 0 18 6 29 48
2 Modena 20 15 3 2 40 16 10 7 2 1 21 9 10 8 1 1 19 7 24 48
3 Cesena 20 11 6 3 27 14 10 6 3 1 14 4 10 5 3 2 13 10 13 39
4 Virtus Entella 20 9 6 5 32 22 9 5 3 1 15 7 11 4 3 4 17 15 10 33
5 Ancona 1905 20 9 5 6 35 25 11 7 1 3 21 14 9 2 4 3 14 11 10 32
6 Pescara 20 8 8 4 28 23 10 4 4 2 14 11 10 4 4 2 14 12 5 32
7 Gubbio 20 7 8 5 30 20 10 6 3 1 20 7 10 1 5 4 10 13 10 29
8 Vis Pesaro 20 6 9 5 20 24 10 4 4 2 9 9 10 2 5 3 11 15 -4 27
9 Lucchese 20 6 8 6 19 21 10 4 4 2 13 10 10 2 4 4 6 11 -2 26
10 Carrarese 20 6 8 6 22 27 10 5 4 1 16 8 10 1 4 5 6 19 -5 26
11 Olbia 20 7 4 9 26 28 9 5 1 3 13 11 11 2 3 6 13 17 -2 25
12 Pontedera 20 7 3 10 25 33 10 5 2 3 17 13 10 2 1 7 8 20 -8 24
13 Siena 20 6 5 9 22 22 10 4 2 4 13 11 10 2 3 5 9 11 0 23
14 Fermana 20 5 6 9 18 26 10 4 4 2 12 10 10 1 2 7 6 16 -8 21
15 Montevarchi Calcio 20 6 3 11 21 33 10 4 2 4 15 15 10 2 1 7 6 18 -12 21
16 Imolese 20 5 6 9 27 28 10 2 3 5 15 13 10 3 3 4 12 15 -1 19
17 Teramo 20 4 7 9 18 37 10 2 3 5 8 18 10 2 4 4 10 19 -19 19
18 Pistoiese 20 3 7 10 15 30 10 2 4 4 9 14 10 1 3 6 6 16 -15 16
19 Viterbese Castrense 20 2 8 10 21 33 11 2 4 5 11 17 9 0 4 5 10 16 -12 14
20 Grosseto 20 2 8 10 12 25 10 0 6 4 5 9 10 2 2 6 7 16 -13 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.