Olbia vs Rimini match preview: Even contest expected at Stadio Bruno Nespoli

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 22.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Bruno Nespoli (8000 seats)

Stadium regulars at Stadio Bruno Nespoli haven’t watched many victories this season, with Olbia struggling in the 18th position. The guesting Rimini will attempt to shield their higher league position in this fixture.

Insights:
  • Olbia have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Serie C: Girone B

Olbia and Rimini should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Olbia form and stats

With 2 Serie C: Girone B wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Olbia are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Olbia faced defeat in their previous match, away at Vis Pesaro (1-2).

Ahead of that match, Olbia won a home game hosting Montevarchi (2-1).

An interesting fact: 12 of the most recent 16 league matches from these players have seen goals scored by both teams.

On the other hand, Olbia have conceded 16 goals.

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Rimini form and stats

Playing away, Rimini have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Serie C: Girone B this season. It's a growing despair in Rimini as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

The manager Gaburro was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Stadio Romeo Neri. Rimini suffered a 1-4 loss to Virtus Entella (placed 3rd).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cesena wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Rimini are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also played each other previously this campaign: Rimini - Olbia 3-0. Santini likes to play against Olbia and have scored 2 goals in these games.

Top Goalscorers

RiminiC. Santini
C. Santini
12 goals
OlbiaD. Ragatzu
D. Ragatzu
7 goals
RiminiA. Delcarro
A. Delcarro
6 goals

Olbia missing players

Rimini missing players

Olbia Rimini
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
3 2 0 Won W 2 4 9
9 4 2 Drew D 1 2 4
10 5 1 Lost L 0 5 9
20 11 2 Scored S 3 9 30
31 16 3 Conceded C 1 10 23
82% 91% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
59% 64% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 55% 68%
41% 45% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 27% 50%
18% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 18%
9% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
55% 64% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 45%
27% 18% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 36% 32%
36% 27% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 27%
 
4.4 4.7 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.7 4.7
4.7 4 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.6 6
2.9 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.6
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
9.1 10.1 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 6.6 9.4
3.6 3.1 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2 3.4
25% 32% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 41% 40%
 
9.8 8.7 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13.5 13.5
4.5 4.5 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.6 5.2
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Olbia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olbia have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) 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 22 15 4 3 34 12 10 7 2 1 19 3 12 8 2 2 15 9 22 49
2 Cesena 22 13 5 4 31 14 11 7 2 2 21 9 11 6 3 2 10 5 17 44
3 Virtus Entella 22 12 6 4 31 21 11 5 4 2 14 11 11 7 2 2 17 10 10 42
4 Gubbio 22 12 3 7 31 19 11 6 1 4 15 10 11 6 2 3 16 9 12 39
5 Ancona 22 11 5 6 35 20 11 7 2 2 20 7 11 4 3 4 15 13 15 38
6 Pontedera 22 10 7 5 27 25 11 6 4 1 15 11 11 4 3 4 12 14 2 37
7 Siena 22 9 7 6 22 17 11 4 5 2 9 5 11 5 2 4 13 12 5 34
8 Lucchese 22 9 6 7 22 18 10 5 2 3 12 10 12 4 4 4 10 8 4 33
9 Carrarese 22 10 3 9 30 27 12 7 2 3 18 10 10 3 1 6 12 17 3 33
10 Fiorenzuola 22 10 2 10 23 21 12 6 1 5 13 9 10 4 1 5 10 12 2 32
11 Rimini 22 9 4 9 30 23 11 5 2 4 21 13 11 4 2 5 9 10 7 31
12 Fermana 22 6 9 7 25 26 12 4 5 3 11 10 10 2 4 4 14 16 -1 27
13 Sassari Torres 22 5 9 8 17 18 11 2 4 5 8 11 11 3 5 3 9 7 -1 24
14 Recanatese 22 5 8 9 17 25 10 2 3 5 8 11 12 3 5 4 9 14 -8 23
15 San Donato Tavarnelle 22 5 7 10 23 31 11 1 5 5 9 14 11 4 2 5 14 17 -8 22
16 Vis Pesaro 22 5 7 10 14 31 11 3 2 6 6 15 11 2 5 4 8 16 -17 22
17 Alessandria 22 5 6 11 18 32 11 3 3 5 12 15 11 2 3 6 6 17 -14 21
18 Olbia 22 3 9 10 20 31 11 2 4 5 11 16 11 1 5 5 9 15 -11 18
19 Montevarchi 22 4 5 13 19 34 11 2 4 5 10 15 11 2 1 8 9 19 -15 17
20 Imolese 22 4 4 14 10 34 11 3 1 7 6 16 11 1 3 7 4 18 -24 16

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.