Soccer match preview: Home fans with high hopes before Reggiana - Pontedera

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 06.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore (21584 seats)

Serie C: Girone B: Reggiana are ready for the visit of Pontedera in what is nearly guaranteed to be an appealing football match. Tipsway gives you all you should know!

Insights:
  • Reggiana have the most scored goals (55) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Pontedera have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Serie C: Girone B

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 Reggiana and Pontedera.

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Reggiana form and stats

Home games in the Serie C: Girone B have been a walk in the park for Reggiana so far, with 40 points won from 16 matches; 12 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. The Reggiana fans aren't used to losing league-games here at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore and will expect new points from this game. Reggiana has played 16 games in a row here without a defeat.

A nice win for Reggiana last time playing, versus Pontedera. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Cremonesi and Arrighini scoring for the victors.

Before that, Reggiana played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Ancona 1905.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (33 in 16 games), Reggiana's attacking play is working. Reggiana have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 7 goals.

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Pontedera form and stats

There's been little loot from Pontedera's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 15 away games in the Serie C: Girone B. Pontedera only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 2 draws.

There might be some fixture complaints from Pontedera as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-2 against Reggiana.

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

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Pontedera as they have only managed to score 11 times from 15 away games in the league. As for defending, Pontedera rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Reggiana and Pontedera have duelled before this season: Reggiana - Pontedera 2-0. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Reggiana victories, two draws and zero Pontedera wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PontederaS. Magnaghi
S. Magnaghi
16 goals
ReggianaL. Zamparo
L. Zamparo
14 goals
ReggianaE. Lanini
E. Lanini
14 goals

Reggiana missing players

Pontedera missing players

Reggiana Pontedera
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 16 5 Played P 3 15 30
20 12 4 Won W 0 4 11
9 4 1 Drew D 0 2 6
1 0 0 Lost L 3 9 13
55 33 8 Scored S 1 11 33
17 7 0 Conceded C 5 24 43
87% 81% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
73% 75% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 80%
40% 44% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 47%
27% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 20%
10% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 13%
40% 31% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 40%
60% 69% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 30%
13% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 67% 53% 37%
 
7.2 8.1 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.8 4.9
2.9 3.4 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.1 4.7
2.3 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.4 2.4
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.1 12.5 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 14.7 8.7 10
5.4 5.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.1 4
35% 37% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 7% 24% 26%
 
7.6 7.2 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 11.6 11.9
2.1 2.1 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5 4.9
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Pontedera have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Pontedera have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Reggiana have not yet lost a game at home.
  • 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 Pontedera have scored away.
  • Reggiana have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Reggiana have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Serie C: Girone B
  • Reggiana have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Reggiana have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Reggiana have the most clean sheets (11) at home in Serie C: Girone B
  • Reggiana have the most clean sheets (18) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Reggiana have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Reggiana have the most points (40) at home in Serie C: Girone B
  • Reggiana have the most scored goals (33) at home in Serie C: Girone B
  • Reggiana have the most scored goals (55) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Reggiana have the the best goal difference (+26) at home in Serie C: Girone B
  • Reggiana have the the best goal difference (+38) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Reggiana have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

  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 30 22 5 3 52 19 15 11 2 2 28 11 15 11 3 1 24 8 33 71
2 Reggiana 30 20 9 1 55 17 16 12 4 0 33 7 14 8 5 1 22 10 38 69
3 Cesena 30 15 10 5 41 22 16 9 6 1 25 9 14 6 4 4 16 13 19 55
4 Pescara 30 13 11 6 44 33 15 7 6 2 24 16 15 6 5 4 20 17 11 50
5 Virtus Entella 29 14 7 8 49 33 14 9 3 2 28 11 15 5 4 6 21 22 16 49
6 Ancona 1905 30 13 7 10 50 39 15 8 2 5 24 21 15 5 5 5 26 18 11 46
7 Gubbio 30 9 13 8 40 33 15 8 6 1 28 11 15 1 7 7 12 22 7 40
8 Pontedera 30 11 6 13 33 43 15 7 4 4 22 19 15 4 2 9 11 24 -10 39
9 Carrarese 29 8 14 7 29 34 14 7 6 1 21 10 15 1 8 6 8 24 -5 38
10 Vis Pesaro 30 9 11 10 28 39 15 6 4 5 13 17 15 3 7 5 15 22 -11 38
11 Lucchese 30 8 12 10 28 30 15 5 7 3 19 14 15 3 5 7 9 16 -2 36
12 Siena 30 9 8 13 34 35 15 7 4 4 21 14 15 2 4 9 13 21 -1 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 30 6 10 14 29 44 15 4 5 6 16 17 15 2 5 8 13 27 -15 28
18 Viterbese 30 5 11 14 30 41 16 2 5 9 14 25 14 3 6 5 16 16 -11 26
19 Imolese 30 6 10 14 31 43 15 3 5 7 17 19 15 3 5 7 14 24 -12 26
20 Grosseto 30 4 12 14 25 37 15 2 8 5 13 11 15 2 4 9 12 26 -12 24

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.