Reggiana vs Alessandria preview: Visitors will have a difficult job at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 22.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore (21584 seats)

Only three points will suffice for the Reggiana supporters in this MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore battle with Alessandria, as they enjoy a solid lead on the opposition in the Serie C: Girone B table.

Insights:
  • Reggiana have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Alessandria have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Serie C: Girone B

This promises to be an absorbing game with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!

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Reggiana form and stats

Reggiana have performed here at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore this season with 7 wins from 10 Serie C: Girone B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1. days ago.

Reggiana are returning here after visiting Montevarchi and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Kabashi (2) scored the goal(s).

Ahead of that match, Reggiana won a home game hosting Siena (4-0).

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Reggiana home games with this odds we find 7 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.

It should be noted that a look at the 12 most recent league games reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

A decent goal production from Reggiana in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches. Reggiana have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {3 goals}. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Alessandria form and stats

Alessandria have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone B, after 2-3-6 (11 played). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Alessandria's last three away games as they have all been lost.

The supporters enjoyed Alessandria's previous match versus Gubbio (placed 4th), a 2-1 win played at home. Martignago came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Gubbio last time out, making the manager Longo feel like a tactical genius.

A 2-4 defeat away at Virtus Entella before that.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Alessandria rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. Alessandria has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The teams involved met each other previously this match year: Alessandria - Reggiana 0-2. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - one - zero (Reggiana wins - draws - Alessandria wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ReggianaA. Montalto
A. Montalto
9 goals
ReggianaJ. Pellegrini
J. Pellegrini
6 goals
ReggianaE. Lanini
E. Lanini
6 goals

Reggiana missing players

Alessandria missing players

Reggiana Alessandria
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 10 4 Played P 4 11 22
15 7 3 Won W 0 2 5
4 2 1 Drew D 0 3 6
3 1 0 Lost L 4 6 11
34 19 9 Scored S 3 6 18
12 3 0 Conceded C 12 17 32
91% 90% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 73% 82%
64% 70% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 55% 64%
36% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 45% 45%
14% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 18% 23%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 9% 9%
23% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 27% 41%
64% 70% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 27%
23% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 64% 50%
 
5.2 6.1 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.1 3.7
2.7 3.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.4 4.7
3 2.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.2 3
5 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
10.7 12.9 16 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.7 8
4.4 5.4 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3 2.7
35% 35% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 18% 31%
 
6.7 7.2 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 12.5 11.7
2.5 2.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 5.3 4.7
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Alessandria have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Alessandria have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Reggiana have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Reggiana have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Reggiana have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Alessandria have scored away.
  • Reggiana have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Reggiana have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Serie C: Girone B
  • Reggiana have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Reggiana have the most clean sheets (14) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Reggiana have the the best goal difference (+16) at home in Serie C: Girone B
  • Reggiana have the the best goal difference (+22) 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 22 15 4 3 34 12 10 7 2 1 19 3 12 8 2 2 15 9 22 49
2 Cesena 22 13 5 4 31 14 11 7 2 2 21 9 11 6 3 2 10 5 17 44
3 Virtus Entella 22 12 6 4 31 21 11 5 4 2 14 11 11 7 2 2 17 10 10 42
4 Gubbio 22 12 3 7 31 19 11 6 1 4 15 10 11 6 2 3 16 9 12 39
5 Ancona 22 11 5 6 35 20 11 7 2 2 20 7 11 4 3 4 15 13 15 38
6 Pontedera 22 10 7 5 27 25 11 6 4 1 15 11 11 4 3 4 12 14 2 37
7 Siena 22 9 7 6 22 17 11 4 5 2 9 5 11 5 2 4 13 12 5 34
8 Lucchese 22 9 6 7 22 18 10 5 2 3 12 10 12 4 4 4 10 8 4 33
9 Carrarese 22 10 3 9 30 27 12 7 2 3 18 10 10 3 1 6 12 17 3 33
10 Fiorenzuola 22 10 2 10 23 21 12 6 1 5 13 9 10 4 1 5 10 12 2 32
11 Rimini 22 9 4 9 30 23 11 5 2 4 21 13 11 4 2 5 9 10 7 31
12 Fermana 22 6 9 7 25 26 12 4 5 3 11 10 10 2 4 4 14 16 -1 27
13 Sassari Torres 22 5 9 8 17 18 11 2 4 5 8 11 11 3 5 3 9 7 -1 24
14 Recanatese 22 5 8 9 17 25 10 2 3 5 8 11 12 3 5 4 9 14 -8 23
15 San Donato Tavarnelle 22 5 7 10 23 31 11 1 5 5 9 14 11 4 2 5 14 17 -8 22
16 Vis Pesaro 22 5 7 10 14 31 11 3 2 6 6 15 11 2 5 4 8 16 -17 22
17 Alessandria 22 5 6 11 18 32 11 3 3 5 12 15 11 2 3 6 6 17 -14 21
18 Olbia 22 3 9 10 20 31 11 2 4 5 11 16 11 1 5 5 9 15 -11 18
19 Montevarchi 22 4 5 13 19 34 11 2 4 5 10 15 11 2 1 8 9 19 -15 17
20 Imolese 22 4 4 14 10 34 11 3 1 7 6 16 11 1 3 7 4 18 -24 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.