Serie C: Girone B match sneak peek: Pontedera versus Lucchese

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 15.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ettore Mannucci (5014 seats)

Serie C: Girone B: Pontedera host Lucchese in what promises to be an action-packed football match. Tipsway gives you a thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Pontedera have the most points from losing position (10) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Lucchese have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Pontedera form and stats

Pontedera have performed here at Stadio Ettore Mannucci this season with 6 wins from 10 Serie C: Girone B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1. After failing to beat Recanatese here at Stadio Ettore Mannucci, Pontedera has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.

Pontedera faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ancona (0-3). Pontedera lost the game against Ancona in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that.

Ahead of that match, Pontedera won a home game hosting Olbia (5-4).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Pontedera handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Pontedera have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Ettore Mannucci with 15 goals in 10 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Pontedera's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Lucchese form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Lucchese playing as the away team in the Serie C: Girone B this season.

Two away games in a row for Lucchese, whose manager Maraia could celebrate last time after the win against Imolese.

A loss against Reggiana was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Lucchese are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 6 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

Low-scoring game? 13 of this team's last 16 league matches have contained two or less goals.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Lucchese are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Lucchese - Pontedera 1-1 was the story when this pair of participants last played each other, some time ago this season. Pontedera-Lucchese H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Pontedera three wins, Lucchese five wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PontederaF. Nicastro
F. Nicastro
7 goals
PontederaG. Aurelio
G. Aurelio
4 goals
LuccheseA. Bianchimano
A. Bianchimano
4 goals

Pontedera missing players

Lucchese missing players

Pontedera Lucchese
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 5 Played P 3 11 21
10 6 4 Won W 0 4 9
6 3 0 Drew D 1 3 5
5 1 1 Lost L 2 4 7
27 15 5 Scored S 3 10 22
25 11 3 Conceded C 5 8 18
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 90%
67% 60% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 55% 57%
43% 40% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 18% 29%
14% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
57% 50% 20% BTTS BTTS 100% 36% 43%
19% 40% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 45% 38%
29% 20% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 29%
 
4.1 4.6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 1.3 2.6 3.4
4.6 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.8 5.2
3.2 3.5 4.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.6 2.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.7 12.5 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.3 7.9 8.5
4.3 6 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.2 3.3
35% 31% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 29% 31%
 
9.4 9.5 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 9.7 10
3.7 4.1 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.4 3.2
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Lucchese have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Lucchese have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Pontedera have the most points from losing position (10) 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 21 14 4 3 32 11 10 7 2 1 19 3 11 7 2 2 13 8 21 46
2 Cesena 21 12 5 4 30 14 11 7 2 2 21 9 10 5 3 2 9 5 16 41
3 Gubbio 21 12 3 6 30 17 11 6 1 4 15 10 10 6 2 2 15 7 13 39
4 Virtus Entella 21 11 6 4 27 20 11 5 4 2 14 11 10 6 2 2 13 9 7 39
5 Pontedera 21 10 6 5 27 25 10 6 3 1 15 11 11 4 3 4 12 14 2 36
6 Ancona 21 10 5 6 34 20 11 7 2 2 20 7 10 3 3 4 14 13 14 35
7 Carrarese 21 10 3 8 29 24 11 7 2 2 17 7 10 3 1 6 12 17 5 33
8 Lucchese 21 9 5 7 22 18 10 5 2 3 12 10 11 4 3 4 10 8 4 32
9 Fiorenzuola 21 10 2 9 23 20 11 6 1 4 13 8 10 4 1 5 10 12 3 32
10 Rimini 21 9 4 8 29 19 10 5 2 3 20 9 11 4 2 5 9 10 10 31
11 Siena 21 8 7 6 21 17 10 3 5 2 8 5 11 5 2 4 13 12 4 31
12 Fermana 21 6 8 7 25 26 11 4 4 3 11 10 10 2 4 4 14 16 -1 26
13 Sassari Torres 21 5 9 7 17 17 10 2 4 4 8 10 11 3 5 3 9 7 0 24
14 Recanatese 21 5 7 9 17 25 10 2 3 5 8 11 11 3 4 4 9 14 -8 22
15 San Donato Tavarnelle 21 4 7 10 20 30 11 1 5 5 9 14 10 3 2 5 11 16 -10 19
16 Vis Pesaro 21 4 7 10 12 30 10 2 2 6 4 14 11 2 5 4 8 16 -18 19
17 Olbia 21 3 9 9 19 29 11 2 4 5 11 16 10 1 5 4 8 13 -10 18
18 Alessandria 21 4 6 11 16 31 10 2 3 5 10 14 11 2 3 6 6 17 -15 18
19 Montevarchi 21 4 5 12 18 32 10 2 4 4 9 13 11 2 1 8 9 19 -14 17
20 Imolese 21 4 4 13 10 33 11 3 1 7 6 16 10 1 3 6 4 17 -23 16

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.