Serie C: Girone B match prediction: Little separates Pescara and Virtus Entella in quality

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Thu 17.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia (23800 seats)

A fast pace is likely at Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia when Pescara face Virtus Entella in what looks to be a wonderful match. Check our preview!

Insights:
  • Virtus Entella is in the best form (5-0-1) in Serie C: Girone B

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Virtus Entella have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 9-12-22 (win-draw-loss) from 43 matches.

It's no vacation for neither Pescara nor Virtus Entella 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

Pescara have collected 23 points from their Serie C: Girone B home games so far after 6-5-2.

The supporters are hoping that Pescara will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against Reggiana (placed 2nd).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Gubbio in a game that was won 3-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Pescara have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won two, drawn five and lost four.

Pescara are traveling soon after this match as the Serie C: Girone B match at Fermana awaits in three days.

A decent goal production from Pescara in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 13 league matches. Pescara's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Virtus Entella form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie C: Girone B travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Robur Siena game have they lost an away game, meaning Virtus Entella has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Magrassi scored in Entella's previous match, the home game against Pontedera that ended 1-0.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Olbia with the score of 3-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Virtus Entella playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were three Virtus Entella wins, three draws and four defeats.

A new game in only four days for Entella, the Serie C: Girone B home match versus Robur Siena. Busy days.

Virtus Entella has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 12 games. As opposed to that, Entella have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams played each other before this match year: Virtus Entella - Pescara 2-2. Pescara-Virtus Entella H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Pescara two wins, Virtus Entella two wins, six draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PescaraF. Ferrari
F. Ferrari
14 goals
Virtus EntellaF. Lescano
F. Lescano
9 goals
Virtus EntellaA. Magrassi
A. Magrassi
9 goals

Pescara missing players

Virtus Entella missing players

Pescara Virtus Entella
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 13 3 Played P 2 12 25
11 6 1 Won W 2 5 13
9 5 0 Drew D 0 3 6
5 2 2 Lost L 0 4 6
39 22 5 Scored S 5 20 45
30 15 6 Conceded C 2 17 27
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
84% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 76%
56% 54% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 58% 48%
28% 31% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 42% 40%
8% 15% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 16%
76% 77% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 52%
16% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 36%
12% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 20%
 
4.7 5.1 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.2 5.2
4.2 4 8.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5 4.4
2.7 2.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.1
6 3 2 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.5 9.6 7 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.2 11.3
4.4 4.3 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.5 4.9
35% 38% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 37% 37%
 
8.3 7.2 8 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 8.2 8.7
3.5 3.7 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.6 3.5
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Virtus Entella have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Virtus Entella have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Virtus Entella is in the best form (5-0-1) 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 26 19 5 2 47 16 13 10 2 1 26 9 13 9 3 1 21 7 31 62
2 Reggiana 25 17 8 0 47 13 14 10 4 0 28 6 11 7 4 0 19 7 34 59
3 Cesena 26 13 9 4 37 19 14 7 6 1 21 8 12 6 3 3 16 11 18 48
4 Virtus Entella 25 13 6 6 45 27 13 8 3 2 25 10 12 5 3 4 20 17 18 45
5 Ancona 1905 26 12 6 8 46 34 13 7 1 5 21 20 13 5 5 3 25 14 12 42
6 Pescara 25 11 9 5 39 30 13 6 5 2 22 15 12 5 4 3 17 15 9 42
7 Vis Pesaro 26 8 11 7 25 31 13 5 4 4 11 14 13 3 7 3 14 17 -6 35
8 Robur Siena 26 9 7 10 31 27 14 7 3 4 21 14 12 2 4 6 10 13 4 34
9 Gubbio 26 7 12 7 33 29 12 6 5 1 21 8 14 1 7 6 12 21 4 33
10 Carrarese 26 6 14 6 25 30 12 5 6 1 17 9 14 1 8 5 8 21 -5 32
11 Pontedera 26 8 6 12 28 40 14 6 4 4 20 19 12 2 2 8 8 21 -12 30
12 Lucchese 26 6 11 9 23 28 12 4 6 2 15 12 14 2 5 7 8 16 -5 29
13 Olbia 25 8 5 12 31 37 12 6 1 5 17 16 13 2 4 7 14 21 -6 29
14 Teramo 26 7 8 11 26 43 12 3 4 5 10 19 14 4 4 6 16 24 -17 29
15 Fermana 26 5 10 11 20 32 13 4 7 2 14 12 13 1 3 9 6 20 -12 25
16 Imolese 26 6 8 12 30 37 13 3 3 7 16 18 13 3 5 5 14 19 -7 24
17 Viterbese Castrense 26 5 9 12 30 39 13 2 4 7 14 23 13 3 5 5 16 16 -9 24
18 Montevarchi Calcio 26 6 5 15 25 47 12 4 4 4 16 16 14 2 1 11 9 31 -22 23
19 Grosseto 26 3 12 11 21 30 14 1 8 5 11 11 12 2 4 6 10 19 -9 21
20 Pistoiese 26 4 9 13 22 42 12 2 5 5 10 16 14 2 4 8 12 26 -20 21

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.