Football match preview: Rimini vs Ancona

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sat 10.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Romeo Neri (9768 seats)

Data, trends, recent fixtures, form details, H2H stats, selected XIs and a lot else: Tipsway offers all you should know about Rimini - Ancona!

Insights:
  • Rimini have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Ancona have the most points from losing position (8) in Serie C: Girone B

Rimini and Ancona should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Rimini form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Rimini have to build on here at Stadio Romeo Neri in the Serie C: Girone B.

The club members are hoping that Rimini will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Fiorenzuola (placed 4th).

Ahead of that match, Rimini won a home game hosting Imolese (3-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Rimini perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rimini as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Rimini has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.

Rimini can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 17 times. Rimini have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Ancona form and stats

The visitors are W3-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone B.

Ancona go into this game after a win, the home game against Alessandria that ended 3-0.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Carrarese wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Ancona in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Ancona, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Ancona's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. As opposed to that, Ancona have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Rimini two wins, one draw and Ancona zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RiminiC. Santini
C. Santini
11 goals
AnconaA. Spagnoli
A. Spagnoli
9 goals
RiminiA. Delcarro
A. Delcarro
5 goals

Rimini missing players

Ancona missing players

Rimini Ancona
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 1 8 17
7 4 0 Won W 0 3 8
4 2 2 Drew D 0 2 4
6 2 1 Lost L 1 3 5
25 17 3 Scored S 0 13 26
15 6 4 Conceded C 2 11 18
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 76%
47% 62% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 47%
18% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 18%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
41% 38% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 53%
35% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 29%
29% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 18%
 
4.6 4.9 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 10 5.6 5.5
6.5 6 7.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.9 4.9
2.6 2.6 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.2 3.1
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
8.8 11.6 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5 11.2 11
3.2 4.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.6 5.2
46% 46% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 30%
 
12.8 13 13.7 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.6 8.1
4.9 4.6 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.2 2.9
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Ancona have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ancona have the most points from losing position (8) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Ancona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rimini have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rimini have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Rimini haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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.