Can Pistoiese outdo Cesena in Stadio Marcello Melani clash?

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Marcello Melani (13195 seats)

Pistoiese will hope that their home advantage is enough to get a good result from this hard battle, versus sparkling Cesena.

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

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Cesena 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 20-15-10 (win-draw-loss) from 45 matches.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Pistoiese and Cesena.

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Pistoiese form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie C: Girone B, Pistoiese have managed 4 wins, 5 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 16 games.

The Pistoiese fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadio Marcello Melani: A 0-1 defeat against Cesena (placed 3rd).

Before that, Pistoiese played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Montevarchi.

Pistoiese have conceded 18 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Cesena form and stats

Playing away, Cesena have won 7 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the Serie C: Girone B this season.

Cesena have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Michele Nardi. It's been 186 minutes since they last conceded in Serie C: Girone B.

It's the second away game in a row for Cesena, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Pistoiese (placed 17th) last time out.

Before that, Cesena secured a home win against Teramo with the score 2-0.

Cesena are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 15 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

Pistoiese - Cesena 0-1 was the outcome when this pair of contenders formerly met, earlier this season. Last three meetings between these sides: Pistoiese won zero, Cesena were winners in two and we saw one draw. one game with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

CesenaM. Bortolussi
M. Bortolussi
10 goals
CesenaN. Pierini
N. Pierini
10 goals
PistoieseM. Vano
M. Vano
9 goals

Pistoiese missing players

Cesena missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Pistoiese Cesena
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 16 3 Played P 4 15 31
6 4 0 Won W 3 7 16
10 5 1 Drew D 1 4 10
15 7 2 Lost L 0 4 5
29 16 0 Scored S 6 17 42
45 18 6 Conceded C 0 13 22
87% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 87% 81%
71% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 53% 58%
35% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 39%
19% 12% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 19%
13% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 6%
42% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 35%
29% 31% 33% Clean Sheets C S 100% 53% 58%
42% 44% 100% Failed to Score F T 25% 27% 26%
 
4 4.4 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4 4.4
5.4 5.1 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.7 5
2.5 2.5 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.1 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.7 9.9 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.8 9.8
3.6 3.9 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.9 4
24% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 29% 34%
 
10.6 9.7 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 11.5 10.7
4.3 3.4 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5 4
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Pistoiese 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 31 23 5 3 55 21 15 11 2 2 28 11 16 12 3 1 27 10 34 74
2 Reggiana 31 20 9 2 55 18 16 12 4 0 33 7 15 8 5 2 22 11 37 69
3 Cesena 31 16 10 5 42 22 16 9 6 1 25 9 15 7 4 4 17 13 20 58
4 Virtus Entella 31 15 8 8 53 34 15 10 3 2 31 11 16 5 5 6 22 23 19 53
5 Pescara 30 13 11 6 44 33 15 7 6 2 24 16 15 6 5 4 20 17 11 50
6 Ancona 31 13 8 10 52 41 16 8 3 5 26 23 15 5 5 5 26 18 11 47
7 Gubbio 31 10 13 8 42 34 15 8 6 1 28 11 16 2 7 7 14 23 8 43
8 Lucchese 31 9 12 10 29 30 16 6 7 3 20 14 15 3 5 7 9 16 -1 39
9 Pontedera 30 11 6 13 33 43 15 7 4 4 22 19 15 4 2 9 11 24 -10 39
10 Carrarese 31 8 14 9 31 40 15 7 6 2 23 13 16 1 8 7 8 27 -9 38
11 Vis Pesaro 30 9 11 10 28 39 15 6 4 5 13 17 15 3 7 5 15 22 -11 38
12 Siena 31 9 8 14 35 37 16 7 4 5 22 16 15 2 4 9 13 21 -2 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 31 6 10 15 29 45 16 4 5 7 16 18 15 2 5 8 13 27 -16 28
18 Viterbese 31 5 12 14 32 43 16 2 5 9 14 25 15 3 7 5 18 18 -11 27
19 Imolese 31 6 11 14 32 44 16 3 6 7 18 20 15 3 5 7 14 24 -12 27
20 Grosseto 30 4 12 14 25 37 15 2 8 5 13 11 15 2 4 9 12 26 -12 24

Table
  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 31 23 5 3 55 21 15 11 2 2 28 11 16 12 3 1 27 10 34 74
2 Reggiana 31 20 9 2 55 18 16 12 4 0 33 7 15 8 5 2 22 11 37 69
3 Cesena 31 16 10 5 42 22 16 9 6 1 25 9 15 7 4 4 17 13 20 58
4 Virtus Entella 31 15 8 8 53 34 15 10 3 2 31 11 16 5 5 6 22 23 19 53
5 Pescara 30 13 11 6 44 33 15 7 6 2 24 16 15 6 5 4 20 17 11 50
6 Ancona 31 13 8 10 52 41 16 8 3 5 26 23 15 5 5 5 26 18 11 47
7 Gubbio 31 10 13 8 42 34 15 8 6 1 28 11 16 2 7 7 14 23 8 43
8 Lucchese 31 9 12 10 29 30 16 6 7 3 20 14 15 3 5 7 9 16 -1 39
9 Pontedera 30 11 6 13 33 43 15 7 4 4 22 19 15 4 2 9 11 24 -10 39
10 Carrarese 31 8 14 9 31 40 15 7 6 2 23 13 16 1 8 7 8 27 -9 38
11 Vis Pesaro 30 9 11 10 28 39 15 6 4 5 13 17 15 3 7 5 15 22 -11 38
12 Siena 31 9 8 14 35 37 16 7 4 5 22 16 15 2 4 9 13 21 -2 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 31 6 10 15 29 45 16 4 5 7 16 18 15 2 5 8 13 27 -16 28
18 Viterbese 31 5 12 14 32 43 16 2 5 9 14 25 15 3 7 5 18 18 -11 27
19 Imolese 31 6 11 14 32 44 16 3 6 7 18 20 15 3 5 7 14 24 -12 27
20 Grosseto 30 4 12 14 25 37 15 2 8 5 13 11 15 2 4 9 12 26 -12 24

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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.