Home advantage could prove decisive in Pescara - Siena battle

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 06.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia (23800 seats)

The bragging rights belong to Pescara at this point, with their 4th position in the Serie C: Girone B table and hosting Siena (who are sitting at 12th).

Insights:
  • Pescara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

It's no vacation for neither Pescara nor Siena as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Pescara form and stats

The Serie C: Girone B results playing at home this season for Pescara are 7-6-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Pescara's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Siena (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Heartbreak before that as Pescara lost 0-1 at Modena's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Pescara handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, three draws and three defeats.

A decent goal production from Pescara in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 15 league matches. Pescara have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Siena form and stats

There's been little loot from Siena's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 15 away games in the Serie C: Girone B. Siena only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Siena are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Siena play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Pescara (placed 4th).

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Viterbese.

We have checked recent matches where Siena have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were zero victories, zero draws and six defeats.

The attacking power of Siena when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 15 league matches away. As opposed to that, Siena have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Pescara and Siena have played each other already this season: Pescara - Siena 2-1. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's three Pescara victories, two draws and three Siena wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 4 red cards from the last eight encounters.

Top Goalscorers

PescaraF. Ferrari
F. Ferrari
15 goals
PescaraL. Clemenza
L. Clemenza
5 goals
PescaraN. Rauti
N. Rauti
5 goals

Pescara missing players

Siena missing players

Pescara Siena
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 4 15 30
13 7 2 Won W 0 2 9
11 6 3 Drew D 0 4 8
6 2 0 Lost L 4 9 13
44 24 7 Scored S 3 13 34
33 16 4 Conceded C 8 21 35
93% 87% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 87%
80% 80% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 70%
50% 53% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 47%
23% 27% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 20%
7% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 7%
70% 73% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 53% 47%
20% 27% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 33%
17% 13% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 33%
 
4.7 5.1 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.9 5.6
4.4 4.2 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.1 4.9
2.5 2.4 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 2.5
8 3 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
10.4 9.9 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 9.7 10.5
4.3 4.6 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.2 4.2
34% 34% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 21% 27%
 
7.8 7 8 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 9.5 9.6
3.3 3.6 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4 3.6
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Pescara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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

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.