Siena vs Lucchese preview

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 13.November
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi - Montepaschi Arena (15373 seats)

More points have been won by Siena at this point, with the 6th position in the Serie C: Girone B table and looking forward to facing Lucchese (who are in 9th).

Insights:
  • Siena have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Lucchese have won significantly less corners away then at home.

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 Siena and Lucchese.

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Siena form and stats

3-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie C: Girone B numbers at home for Siena so far this season.

The Siena fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi - Montepaschi Arena: A 0-1 defeat against Lucchese (placed 9th).

Before that match, a win away at Vis Pesaro.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Siena have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 5 and lost 2.

It should be taken into account that a peek at the 12 most recent league matches reveals that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

Siena have scored {5 league goals} here from 6 matches, not a lot. Siena have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.

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Lucchese form and stats

The visitors are W3-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone B.

It's the second away game in a row for Lucchese, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Siena (placed 6th) last time out.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Alessandria.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lucchese playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 5 Lucchese wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

Siena - Lucchese 0-1 was the story when this pair of sides last did battle, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Siena five wins, one draw and Lucchese four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less. The matches between these sides have sometimes been hostile, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

SienaF. Disanto
F. Disanto
5 goals
SienaA. Paloschi
A. Paloschi
4 goals
LuccheseA. Bianchimano
A. Bianchimano
4 goals

Siena missing players

Lucchese missing players

Siena Lucchese
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 2 7 13
6 3 0 Won W 0 3 6
4 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
3 1 0 Lost L 2 3 4
15 5 0 Scored S 1 6 14
6 1 0 Conceded C 3 5 10
77% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 85%
54% 17% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 43% 54%
23% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 38%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
15% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 29% 46%
69% 83% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 57% 46%
38% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 23%
 
4.2 3.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.1 4.1
4.2 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.9 5.1
3.1 3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.9 2.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.4 10.3 23 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.7 9.1
4 4.2 10 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.7 3.2
27% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 33%
 
8.2 8.3 5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 9.6 9.5
2.3 2.2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.9 3.3
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Lucchese have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Siena have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Siena have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Serie C: Girone B
  • Siena have the fewest conceded goals (6) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Siena have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Siena have the most clean sheets (9) 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 Cesena 12 7 3 2 19 7 7 4 2 1 14 5 5 3 1 1 5 2 12 24
2 Fiorenzuola 13 8 0 5 16 8 7 5 0 2 10 2 6 3 0 3 6 6 8 24
3 Reggiana 13 7 3 3 18 11 7 5 1 1 13 3 6 2 2 2 5 8 7 24
4 Virtus Entella 12 7 3 2 14 10 6 3 2 1 6 5 6 4 1 1 8 5 4 24
5 Gubbio 13 7 2 4 18 12 7 3 1 3 10 7 6 4 1 1 8 5 6 23
6 Siena 13 6 4 3 15 6 6 3 2 1 5 1 7 3 2 2 10 5 9 22
7 Carrarese 13 7 1 5 18 15 6 4 1 1 10 5 7 3 0 4 8 10 3 22
8 Ancona 13 6 3 4 21 15 7 4 1 2 9 6 6 2 2 2 12 9 6 21
9 Lucchese 13 6 3 4 14 10 6 3 2 1 8 5 7 3 1 3 6 5 4 21
10 Rimini 13 5 4 4 20 10 7 3 2 2 14 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 10 19
11 Pontedera 13 4 6 3 13 13 6 2 3 1 5 5 7 2 3 2 8 8 0 18
12 Sassari Torres 13 3 7 3 12 10 6 2 3 1 8 6 7 1 4 2 4 4 2 16
13 Recanatese 13 3 5 5 9 13 6 1 3 2 3 5 7 2 2 3 6 8 -4 14
14 Vis Pesaro 13 3 5 5 6 17 6 2 1 3 2 6 7 1 4 2 4 11 -11 14
15 Imolese 13 4 2 7 8 21 6 3 0 3 5 9 7 1 2 4 3 12 -13 14
16 Alessandria 13 3 3 7 8 17 6 1 1 4 5 10 7 2 2 3 3 7 -9 12
17 Olbia 13 2 5 6 10 18 7 1 2 4 7 12 6 1 3 2 3 6 -8 11
18 Fermana 13 1 7 5 11 15 7 1 4 2 5 5 6 0 3 3 6 10 -4 10
19 Montevarchi 13 2 3 8 8 20 6 1 3 2 5 8 7 1 0 6 3 12 -12 9
20 San Donato Tavarnelle 13 1 5 7 9 19 7 0 3 4 4 9 6 1 2 3 5 10 -10 8

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.