Home advantage could prove decisive in Pontedera - Fermana battle

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sat 10.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ettore Mannucci (5014 seats)

A glance at the Serie C: Girone B standings shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but that's not all you need to know. Check out our Pontedera - Fermana guide!

Insights:
  • Pontedera is in the best form (5-1-0) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Fermana have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both sides have had plentiful rest since their last game. Let's trust this will be an energetic match!

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Pontedera form and stats

The story so far in the Serie C: Girone B for Pontedera at their home stadium (Stadio Ettore Mannucci) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Pontedera has won four games in a row. The Reggiana match was the last time out without a victory.

Pontedera enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Montevarchi's place. The match ended 2-1 with Cioffi and Nicastro scoring. It's almost unrealistic, but the exact score 2-1 has occurred three league matches in a row.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Virtus Entella in a game that was won 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Pontedera handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

From these home matches, Pontedera have conceded only 6 goals.

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Fermana form and stats

Fermana have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone B, after 1-4-3 (8 played).

Home advantage was not enough for Fermana in their previous game as they lost hosting Reggiana, 0-3. That defeat was their first after four consecutive league matches winning points.

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

Fermana are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 7 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 19 matches.

Fermana have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Fermana have conceded 13 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Pontedera-Fermana H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Pontedera zero wins, Fermana two wins, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PontederaF. Nicastro
F. Nicastro
5 goals
PontederaG. Aurelio
G. Aurelio
4 goals
PontederaG. Catanese
G. Catanese
3 goals

Pontedera missing players

Fermana missing players

Pontedera Fermana
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 4 Played P 1 8 17
8 4 2 Won W 0 1 3
6 3 1 Drew D 0 4 8
3 1 1 Lost L 1 3 6
20 8 4 Scored S 0 10 16
16 6 4 Conceded C 1 13 21
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
65% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 88% 71%
35% 25% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 35%
12% 12% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 18%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
59% 38% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 53%
24% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 24%
24% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 35%
 
4.4 5.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.8 4.8
4.2 2.8 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.6 5
3.1 3.3 4.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 2.6
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.5 12.5 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5 9.8 8
3.9 5.5 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 4.1 3.1
34% 24% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 30% 31%
 
8.4 8.7 10 Shots against (avg) S A 8 10.8 8.6
3.1 3.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.2 3.9
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Fermana have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Fermana have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fermana haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Pontedera have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Pontedera is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 17 11 3 3 26 11 8 6 1 1 15 3 9 5 2 2 11 8 15 36
2 Gubbio 17 11 2 4 27 12 9 5 1 3 13 7 8 6 1 1 14 5 15 35
3 Cesena 17 9 4 4 23 11 9 5 2 2 17 8 8 4 2 2 6 3 12 31
4 Fiorenzuola 17 10 1 6 19 10 9 6 1 2 12 3 8 4 0 4 7 7 9 31
5 Pontedera 17 8 6 3 20 16 8 4 3 1 8 6 9 4 3 2 12 10 4 30
6 Virtus Entella 17 8 6 3 19 15 9 4 4 1 9 7 8 4 2 2 10 8 4 30
7 Carrarese 17 9 2 6 21 16 9 6 1 2 13 6 8 3 1 4 8 10 5 29
8 Ancona 17 8 4 5 26 18 9 5 2 2 13 7 8 3 2 3 13 11 8 28
9 Siena 17 7 5 5 18 11 8 3 3 2 7 4 9 4 2 3 11 7 7 26
10 Rimini 17 7 4 6 25 15 8 4 2 2 17 6 9 3 2 4 8 9 10 25
11 Lucchese 17 7 4 6 16 14 8 4 2 2 9 7 9 3 2 4 7 7 2 25
12 Sassari Torres 17 4 8 5 14 14 8 2 3 3 8 9 9 2 5 2 6 5 0 20
13 Fermana 17 3 8 6 16 21 9 2 4 3 6 8 8 1 4 3 10 13 -5 17
14 Recanatese 17 3 7 7 11 17 8 1 3 4 3 7 9 2 4 3 8 10 -6 16
15 Vis Pesaro 17 3 7 7 8 24 8 2 2 4 3 11 9 1 5 3 5 13 -16 16
16 Imolese 17 4 3 10 10 28 9 3 1 5 6 13 8 1 2 5 4 15 -18 15
17 Alessandria 17 3 5 9 9 22 8 1 2 5 6 12 9 2 3 4 3 10 -13 14
18 Olbia 17 2 7 8 12 22 9 1 3 5 8 14 8 1 4 3 4 8 -10 13
19 Montevarchi 17 3 4 10 13 26 8 1 4 3 7 11 9 2 0 7 6 15 -13 13
20 San Donato Tavarnelle 17 2 6 9 15 25 9 1 4 4 8 11 8 1 2 5 7 14 -10 12

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.