Serie C: Girone B preview: Can Sambenedettese edge out victory against Vis Pesaro?

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Date: Sat 18.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Riviera delle Palme (22000 seats)

Sambenedettese and Vis Pesaro have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Serie C: Girone B.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Sambenedettese form and stats

The story so far in the Serie C: Girone B for Sambenedettese at their home stadium (Stadio Riviera delle Palme) is 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for Sambenedettese here at Stadio Riviera delle Palme, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Sambenedettese are returning here after visiting Triestina in a Serie C: Girone B game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Sambenedettese lost 0-1 at Carpi's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sambenedettese handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D4-L1.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Sambenedettese as they have a new game in only four days, a Serie C: Girone B match thankfully also at home. Fano are visiting.

A decent goal production from Sambenedettese in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

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Vis Pesaro form and stats

Vis Pesaro have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone B, after 2-2-5 (9 played).

The supporters enjoyed Vis Pesaro's previous game versus Cesena (placed 12th), a Serie C: Girone B 1-0 win played at home. Before that, Vis Pesaro travelled to FeralpiSalo and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Vis Pesaro have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were W3-D1-L7.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Vis Pesaro manager S. Pavan as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sudtirol.

Vis Pesaro are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games (in the league). 13 goals have been conceded by Vis Pesaro in these games.

Head 2 Head

Sambenedettese and Vis Pesaro have met before this season: Vis Pesaro - Sambenedettese 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Sambenedettese victories, 2 draws and 3 Vis Pesaro wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SambenedetteseI. Cernigoi
I. Cernigoi
10 goals
SambenedetteseM. Frediani
M. Frediani
5 goals
Vis PesaroD. Voltan
D. Voltan
5 goals

Sambenedettese missing players

Vis Pesaro missing players

Sambenedettese Vis Pesaro
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 9 4 Played P 4 9 20
9 5 1 Won W 1 2 6
4 2 2 Drew D 1 2 4
7 2 1 Lost L 2 5 10
28 14 4 Scored S 5 9 19
24 9 3 Conceded C 8 13 25
95% 89% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
90% 89% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 70%
50% 44% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 56% 45%
15% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 22% 10%
5% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
55% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 60%
25% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 20%
25% 22% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 25%
 
4.7 5.4 7 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4.8 3.6
4.1 4.3 3.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.5 5.3 4.2
2.6 2.7 2.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.4
7 2 1 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
 
235 124 56 Total Shots T S 42 91 197
90 39 14 Shots on Target S O 19 40 74
31% 36% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 22% 26%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Vis Pesaro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Vis Pesaro have won significantly more corners away than 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 Vicenza 20 14 4 2 32 9 9 7 1 1 14 5 11 7 3 1 18 4 23 46
2 Carpi 20 13 3 4 32 16 11 8 2 1 21 6 9 5 1 3 11 10 16 42
3 Reggiana 20 11 8 1 35 16 11 7 4 0 24 12 9 4 4 1 11 4 19 41
4 Padova 20 11 3 6 26 13 9 6 1 2 15 4 11 5 2 4 11 9 13 36
5 Sudtirol 20 11 3 6 29 19 9 5 0 4 16 12 11 6 3 2 13 7 10 36
6 Piacenza 20 9 8 3 28 17 9 6 2 1 14 6 11 3 6 2 14 11 11 35
7 Sambenedettese 20 9 4 7 28 24 9 5 2 2 14 9 11 4 2 5 14 15 4 31
8 Modena 20 8 6 6 23 18 11 5 4 2 14 8 9 3 2 4 9 10 5 30
9 FeralpiSalo 20 8 6 6 23 24 9 4 4 1 13 9 11 4 2 5 10 15 -1 30
10 Virtus Verona 19 8 3 8 27 26 9 3 1 5 13 16 10 5 2 3 14 10 1 27
11 Triestina 20 8 2 10 23 26 10 5 0 5 11 11 10 3 2 5 12 15 -3 26
12 Cesena 20 6 6 8 22 28 9 3 2 4 8 13 11 3 4 4 14 15 -6 24
13 Vis Pesaro 20 6 4 10 19 25 11 4 2 5 10 12 9 2 2 5 9 13 -6 22
14 Fermana 20 5 7 8 16 28 11 1 5 5 9 16 9 4 2 3 7 12 -12 22
15 Ravenna 20 5 3 12 20 36 9 2 2 5 10 15 11 3 1 7 10 21 -16 18
16 Imolese 20 3 8 9 14 24 10 1 4 5 7 14 10 2 4 4 7 10 -10 17
17 Union ArzignanoChiampo 20 3 7 10 13 21 11 0 5 6 4 10 9 3 2 4 9 11 -8 16
18 Fano 20 4 4 12 18 32 11 1 3 7 6 17 9 3 1 5 12 15 -14 16
19 Gubbio 19 2 9 8 14 26 10 1 5 4 6 12 9 1 4 4 8 14 -12 15
20 Rimini 20 3 6 11 17 31 11 3 3 5 10 13 9 0 3 6 7 18 -14 15

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.