Serie C: Girone B match prediction: Little separates Olbia and Montevarchi in quality

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 08.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Bruno Nespoli (8000 seats)

Olbia are hosting Montevarchi for another highly important game after their 4-5 result versus 4th-placed Pontedera.

Insights:
  • Olbia have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Montevarchi have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Serie C: Girone B

L D D D D

Olbia form and stats

Olbia's results here at Stadio Bruno Nespoli in the Serie C: Girone B have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 5 defeats. With nine home Serie C: Girone B games in a row without a win, the Olbia fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.

Olbia are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 4-5 away versus Pontedera. The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points in four league fixtures. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Before that, Olbia drew at home versus Lucchese.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Olbia here at Stadio Bruno Nespoli in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Olbia defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. Olbia has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

W L D L L

Montevarchi form and stats

Montevarchi have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone B, after 2-1-7 (10 played).

The fans enjoyed Montevarchi's previous fixture versus Gubbio (placed 2nd), a 2-1 win played at home. That victory felt sweet as this club had gone five league matches without winning.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Rimini.

The attacking power of Montevarchi when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Montevarchi have conceded 17 goals in their away games. When Montevarchi is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Imolese, San Donato Tavarnelle, Alessandria, Montevarchi, Recanatese and Vis Pesaro.

Head 2 Head

The sides have played each other before in this season, with the result Montevarchi - Olbia 0-0 entered in the official records. Previous three meetings involving these contenders: Olbia won one, Montevarchi triumphed in zero and we saw two draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

MontevarchiG. Giordani
G. Giordani
6 goals
OlbiaD. Ragatzu
D. Ragatzu
5 goals
MontevarchiS. Jallow
S. Jallow
3 goals

Olbia missing players

Montevarchi missing players

Olbia Montevarchi
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
2 1 0 Won W 1 2 4
9 4 2 Drew D 1 1 5
9 5 1 Lost L 1 7 11
17 9 3 Scored S 5 8 17
28 15 4 Conceded C 5 17 30
80% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
55% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 70%
35% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 55%
20% 30% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 30% 20%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 60% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 40% 50%
30% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 10% 15%
40% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 45%
 
4.2 4.7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.4 5
4.9 4.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.8 4.9
3 2.5 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.7
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
8.7 9.9 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 8.4 9.1
3.2 2.7 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3 3.6
27% 33% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 22% 22%
 
10.1 8.7 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.3 9.9 8.6
4.4 4.3 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.4 3.9
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Montevarchi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Montevarchi have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Montevarchi haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Olbia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olbia have the most conceded goals (15) at home in Serie C: Girone B
  • Olbia have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Serie C: Girone B

  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 13 4 3 28 11 9 6 2 1 15 3 11 7 2 2 13 8 17 43
2 Gubbio 20 12 3 5 29 14 10 6 1 3 14 7 10 6 2 2 15 7 15 39
3 Cesena 20 11 5 4 29 14 10 6 2 2 20 9 10 5 3 2 9 5 15 38
4 Pontedera 20 10 6 4 27 22 10 6 3 1 15 11 10 4 3 3 12 11 5 36
5 Virtus Entella 20 10 6 4 23 18 10 4 4 2 10 9 10 6 2 2 13 9 5 36
6 Carrarese 20 10 3 7 27 20 11 7 2 2 17 7 9 3 1 5 10 13 7 33
7 Ancona 1905 20 9 5 6 31 20 10 6 2 2 17 7 10 3 3 4 14 13 11 32
8 Fiorenzuola 20 10 2 8 23 17 10 6 1 3 13 5 10 4 1 5 10 12 6 32
9 Rimini 20 9 4 7 29 18 10 5 2 3 20 9 10 4 2 4 9 9 11 31
10 Siena 20 8 7 5 21 13 10 3 5 2 8 5 10 5 2 3 13 8 8 31
11 Lucchese 20 8 5 7 20 18 10 5 2 3 12 10 10 3 3 4 8 8 2 29
12 Fermana 20 5 8 7 22 25 11 4 4 3 11 10 9 1 4 4 11 15 -3 23
13 Sassari Torres 20 4 9 7 14 16 10 2 4 4 8 10 10 2 5 3 6 6 -2 21
14 San Donato Tavarnelle 20 4 7 9 19 27 10 1 5 4 8 11 10 3 2 5 11 16 -8 19
15 Recanatese 20 4 7 9 13 23 9 1 3 5 4 9 11 3 4 4 9 14 -10 19
16 Alessandria 20 4 6 10 14 27 10 2 3 5 10 14 10 2 3 5 4 13 -13 18
17 Montevarchi 20 4 5 11 17 30 10 2 4 4 9 13 10 2 1 7 8 17 -13 17
18 Imolese 20 4 4 12 10 31 10 3 1 6 6 14 10 1 3 6 4 17 -21 16
19 Vis Pesaro 20 3 7 10 9 30 10 2 2 6 4 14 10 1 5 4 5 16 -21 16
20 Olbia 20 2 9 9 17 28 10 1 4 5 9 15 10 1 5 4 8 13 -11 15

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.