Delightful dogfight as daring Siena duel with determined Fermana

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Wed 16.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi - Montepaschi Arena (15373 seats)

Siena have won 31 points running out as the host team. Fermana have gained 25 points playing away. Will this be a home win?

Insights:
  • Siena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fermana have the fewest scored goals (20) in Serie C: Girone B

It's no vacation for neither Siena nor Fermana as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Siena form and stats

The story so far in the Serie C: Girone B for Siena at their home stadium (Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi - Montepaschi Arena) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi - Montepaschi Arena.

An away draw last time out for Siena, facing Pistoiese in a game that ended 1-1.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Montevarchi.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Siena handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, three draws and five defeats.

Siena has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Fermana form and stats

There's been little loot from Fermana's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 12 away games in the Serie C: Girone B. Fermana only have 1 win to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws. Fermana has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 25 days ago, in the Modena fixture.

Fermana delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Vis Pesaro (placed 8th) in their previous game.

Before that, Fermana travelled to Grosseto and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Fermana are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, seven draws and seven defeats. From a total of 17 matches.

A new game in only four days for Fermana, the Serie C: Girone B home match versus Pescara. Busy days.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Fermana's away games in the league this season with only 6 goals from 12 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Fermana have conceded 18 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the participants faced each other earlier this campaign; Fermana - Siena 1-1. Statistics for the preceeding two meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Siena, two draws and zero wins for Fermana. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

FermanaO. Pannitteri
O. Pannitteri
5 goals
SienaA. Paloschi
A. Paloschi
4 goals

Siena missing players

Fermana missing players

Siena Fermana
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 13 5 Played P 4 12 25
8 6 2 Won W 0 1 5
7 3 2 Drew D 1 3 10
10 4 1 Lost L 3 8 10
29 19 7 Scored S 0 6 20
27 14 6 Conceded C 4 18 30
88% 92% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 75% 80%
68% 77% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 58% 60%
44% 54% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 42% 32%
16% 23% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 16%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
44% 46% 60% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 36%
32% 38% 40% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 36%
36% 23% 20% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 48%
 
5.9 6.6 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.3 3.5
4.8 4.5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.8 6
2.7 3.2 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.6
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.2 12 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.7 6.9
4.5 4.6 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.9 3.1
26% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 25%
 
9.3 9.9 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 11.5 10.8
3.5 3.5 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 5 4.7
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Fermana have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Fermana have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fermana have the fewest points (6) away in Serie C: Girone B
  • Fermana have the fewest scored goals (20) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Fermana have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Serie C: Girone B
  • Fermana have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Siena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Siena have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fermana have scored away.

  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 25 17 8 0 47 13 14 10 4 0 28 6 11 7 4 0 19 7 34 59
2 Modena 25 18 5 2 45 16 12 9 2 1 24 9 13 9 3 1 21 7 29 59
3 Virtus Entella 25 13 6 6 45 27 13 8 3 2 25 10 12 5 3 4 20 17 18 45
4 Cesena 25 12 9 4 34 19 14 7 6 1 21 8 11 5 3 3 13 11 15 45
5 Ancona 25 12 6 7 46 31 12 7 1 4 21 17 13 5 5 3 25 14 15 42
6 Pescara 25 11 9 5 39 30 13 6 5 2 22 15 12 5 4 3 17 15 9 42
7 Gubbio 25 7 11 7 33 29 12 6 5 1 21 8 13 1 6 6 12 21 4 32
8 Vis Pesaro 25 7 11 7 23 30 12 4 4 4 9 13 13 3 7 3 14 17 -7 32
9 Siena 25 8 7 10 29 27 13 6 3 4 19 14 12 2 4 6 10 13 2 31
10 Carrarese 25 6 13 6 25 30 11 5 5 1 17 9 14 1 8 5 8 21 -5 31
11 Lucchese 25 6 11 8 22 26 12 4 6 2 15 12 13 2 5 6 7 14 -4 29
12 Olbia 25 8 5 12 31 37 12 6 1 5 17 16 13 2 4 7 14 21 -6 29
13 Pontedera 25 8 5 12 28 40 13 6 3 4 20 19 12 2 2 8 8 21 -12 29
14 Teramo 25 7 7 11 25 42 11 3 3 5 9 18 14 4 4 6 16 24 -17 28
15 Fermana 25 5 10 10 20 30 13 4 7 2 14 12 12 1 3 8 6 18 -10 25
16 Imolese 25 6 7 12 30 37 13 3 3 7 16 18 12 3 4 5 14 19 -7 23
17 Montevarchi 25 6 5 14 25 45 12 4 4 4 16 16 13 2 1 10 9 29 -20 23
18 Grosseto 25 3 12 10 21 29 13 1 8 4 11 10 12 2 4 6 10 19 -8 21
19 Viterbese 25 4 9 12 29 39 13 2 4 7 14 23 12 2 5 5 15 16 -10 21
20 Pistoiese 25 4 8 13 21 41 12 2 5 5 10 16 13 2 3 8 11 25 -20 20

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.