Soccer match news: Home fans with high hopes before Siena - Olbia

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi - Montepaschi Arena (15373 seats)

Siena - Olbia. 6th spot against 18th spot. Nothing is certain - get a comprehensive preview here!

Insights:
  • Siena have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Serie C: Girone B
  • Olbia have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Serie C: Girone B

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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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 4 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

Happy days for Siena in their previous game, a fixture away at Montevarchi (placed 19th) that ended with a 2-1 victory.

Before that, Siena had a home game versus Imolese which ended with a victory 1-0.

It should be considered that a peek at the 22 latest league matches reveals that 17 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Siena, as the Serie C: Girone B home game vs Pontedera is only three days away.

Siena aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi - Montepaschi Arena in the league, with only {9 goals} from 11 games. Defensively Siena have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (5 in 11 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Olbia form and stats

There's been little loot from Olbia's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games in the Serie C: Girone B. Olbia only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 5 draws. Olbia has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Olbia's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Rimini that finished 1-1. Which player has bagged at least one goal three games in a row for the away team? The correct answer is Ragatzu and that is impressive stuff!

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Vis Pesaro's place.

Betting fact: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 13 of this club's latest 17 league fixtures.

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

The attacking power of Olbia when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 15 goals have been conceded by Olbia in these games.

Head 2 Head

Siena have avoided defeat in the last 4 matches (2-2-0) facing Olbia.

It's not the first time these two sides meet this season, as the results database show this recent game: Olbia - Siena 0-0.

Top Goalscorers

SienaA. Paloschi
A. Paloschi
8 goals
OlbiaD. Ragatzu
D. Ragatzu
8 goals
SienaF. Disanto
F. Disanto
5 goals

Siena missing players

Olbia missing players

Siena Olbia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 2 11 23
10 4 3 Won W 0 1 3
7 5 0 Drew D 1 5 10
6 2 0 Lost L 1 5 10
24 9 5 Scored S 1 9 21
18 5 0 Conceded C 2 15 32
78% 64% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 73% 83%
57% 27% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 55% 61%
30% 18% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 39%
13% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 17%
4% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
26% 18% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 57%
57% 73% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 36% 26%
39% 45% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 45% 35%
 
4.6 5.3 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4 4.3
3.8 3.4 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.5 4.7
2.9 3 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.4 2.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
9.2 12 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 4 8.2 8.9
4.1 5.1 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 4.1 3.5
24% 16% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 20% 26%
 
8.4 8 9 Shots against (avg) S A 14 10.8 9.5
2.5 2.1 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.5 4.3
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Olbia have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Siena have the most clean sheets (8) at home 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 Reggiana 23 16 4 3 37 14 11 8 2 1 22 5 12 8 2 2 15 9 23 52
2 Cesena 23 13 6 4 32 15 12 7 3 2 22 10 11 6 3 2 10 5 17 45
3 Virtus Entella 23 13 6 4 35 21 12 6 4 2 18 11 11 7 2 2 17 10 14 45
4 Ancona 23 12 5 6 36 20 11 7 2 2 20 7 12 5 3 4 16 13 16 41
5 Gubbio 23 12 3 8 31 20 12 6 1 5 15 11 11 6 2 3 16 9 11 39
6 Siena 23 10 7 6 24 18 11 4 5 2 9 5 12 6 2 4 15 13 6 37
7 Pontedera 22 10 7 5 27 25 11 6 4 1 15 11 11 4 3 4 12 14 2 37
8 Fiorenzuola 23 11 2 10 24 21 12 6 1 5 13 9 11 5 1 5 11 12 3 35
9 Lucchese 23 9 6 8 22 19 11 5 2 4 12 11 12 4 4 4 10 8 3 33
10 Carrarese 23 10 3 10 30 31 12 7 2 3 18 10 11 3 1 7 12 21 -1 33
11 Rimini 23 9 5 9 31 24 11 5 2 4 21 13 12 4 3 5 10 11 7 32
12 Fermana 23 6 10 7 26 27 12 4 5 3 11 10 11 2 5 4 15 17 -1 28
13 Sassari Torres 23 6 9 8 18 18 11 2 4 5 8 11 12 4 5 3 10 7 0 27
14 Recanatese 23 5 9 9 18 26 11 2 4 5 9 12 12 3 5 4 9 14 -8 24
15 San Donato Tavarnelle 23 5 8 10 24 32 11 1 5 5 9 14 12 4 3 5 15 18 -8 23
16 Vis Pesaro 22 5 7 10 14 31 11 3 2 6 6 15 11 2 5 4 8 16 -17 22
17 Alessandria 23 5 6 12 20 35 11 3 3 5 12 15 12 2 3 7 8 20 -15 21
18 Olbia 23 3 10 10 21 32 12 2 5 5 12 17 11 1 5 5 9 15 -11 19
19 Montevarchi 23 4 5 14 20 36 12 2 4 6 11 17 11 2 1 8 9 19 -16 17
20 Imolese 23 4 4 15 10 35 12 3 1 8 6 17 11 1 3 7 4 18 -25 16

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.