Soccer game preview: Home ticketholders with big expectations before Pescara - Pistoiese

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 12.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia (23800 seats)

A win is the only result that will do for the Pescara supporters in this Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia duel with Pistoiese, as they enjoy a robust lead on their opponents in the Serie C: Girone B table.

Insights:
  • Pistoiese have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Serie C: Girone B

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Pescara form and stats

Pescara have collected 13 points from their Serie C: Girone B home games so far after 3-4-2. Pescara have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Happy days for Pescara in their previous game, a Serie C: Girone B match away at Grosseto (placed 19th) that ended with a 2-1 victory.

In the match before that, Pescara hosted Lucchese and drew the game 0-0.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Pescara's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn one and lost zero.

The Pescara fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. On the other hand, Pescara have conceded 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Pistoiese form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Pistoiese so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-5 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Pistoiese have lost on their last two travels.

Pistoiese failed to get anything from their last game, a Serie C: Girone B home match vs Gubbio (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 2-3. Late heartbreak for Pistoiese in the Gubbio match, as the deciding 2-3 goal came deep into overtime.

Prior to that match, the Pistoiese manager Sassarini faced defeat when travelling to Modena and losing 1-6.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Pistoiese when being an outsider away as they are today, we find eleven matches with the visitors losing seven times, drawing two and winning two games.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Pistoiese struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

PescaraF. Ferrari
F. Ferrari
9 goals
PescaraM. De Marchi
M. De Marchi
4 goals
PescaraL. Clemenza
L. Clemenza
4 goals

Pescara missing players

Pistoiese missing players

Pescara Pistoiese
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 2 9 17
6 3 1 Won W 0 1 3
7 4 2 Drew D 1 3 5
4 2 0 Lost L 1 5 9
24 12 4 Scored S 1 6 14
22 11 3 Conceded C 6 14 27
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 78% 82%
82% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 71%
65% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 22% 35%
24% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 22% 24%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 22% 18%
82% 78% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 41%
12% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 29%
12% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 56% 47%
 
4.9 5.4 7.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.2 3.5
3.8 3.6 1.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.8 5.6
2.8 3.2 4.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.8
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.2 9.5 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 5 7.5 8.1
4 4 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.1 3.3
34% 31% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 24% 26%
 
8 7.4 8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 12.4 11.4
3.6 3.9 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5.1 4.5
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Pistoiese have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Pistoiese have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Pistoiese have the the worst goal difference (-13) 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 Modena 17 12 3 2 33 12 8 5 2 1 16 6 9 7 1 1 17 6 21 39
2 Reggiana 17 11 6 0 31 10 9 6 3 0 17 5 8 5 3 0 14 5 21 39
3 Cesena 17 10 5 2 24 9 9 5 3 1 13 4 8 5 2 1 11 5 15 35
4 Virtus Entella 17 8 5 4 29 20 8 5 3 0 15 6 9 3 2 4 14 14 9 29
5 Ancona 17 7 4 6 27 23 9 6 0 3 17 12 8 1 4 3 10 11 4 25
6 Pescara 17 6 7 4 24 22 9 3 4 2 12 11 8 3 3 2 12 11 2 25
7 Gubbio 17 5 8 4 23 16 8 4 3 1 15 6 9 1 5 3 8 10 7 23
8 Siena 17 6 5 6 21 18 9 4 2 3 13 10 8 2 3 3 8 8 3 23
9 Vis Pesaro 17 5 8 4 17 20 8 3 3 2 7 8 9 2 5 2 10 12 -3 23
10 Lucchese 16 6 4 6 16 18 7 4 1 2 10 7 9 2 3 4 6 11 -2 22
11 Pontedera 17 6 3 8 23 29 9 5 2 2 16 11 8 1 1 6 7 18 -6 21
12 Olbia 17 6 2 9 24 27 8 5 0 3 13 11 9 1 2 6 11 16 -3 20
13 Carrarese 16 5 5 6 19 26 8 4 3 1 13 7 8 1 2 5 6 19 -7 20
14 Montevarchi 17 6 2 9 20 29 8 4 1 3 14 12 9 2 1 6 6 17 -9 20
15 Teramo 17 4 7 6 18 26 8 2 3 3 8 12 9 2 4 3 10 14 -8 19
16 Fermana 17 5 3 9 17 25 9 4 3 2 11 9 8 1 0 7 6 16 -8 18
17 Imolese 17 5 4 8 24 24 9 2 3 4 15 12 8 3 1 4 9 12 0 17
18 Pistoiese 17 3 5 9 14 27 8 2 2 4 8 13 9 1 3 5 6 14 -13 14
19 Grosseto 17 2 7 8 11 22 9 0 6 3 5 8 8 2 1 5 6 14 -11 13
20 Viterbese 17 2 5 10 21 33 9 2 2 5 11 17 8 0 3 5 10 16 -12 11

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.