Delightful dogfight as daring Siena duel with determined Pontedera

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 12.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi - Montepaschi Arena (15373 seats)

The season has been a rollercoaster for these participants so far, good and bad resulting in mid-table spots so far. Get set for Siena - Pontedera!

Insights:
  • Siena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pontedera have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Serie C: Girone B

This has all the signs of an appealing game with lots of action and bustle as both teams are well rested since they last played a game. Game on!

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Siena form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Siena have to build on here at Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi - Montepaschi Arena in the Serie C: Girone B. Siena has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Maddaloni and the players.

The fans are hoping that Siena will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Serie C: Girone B game against Ancona (placed 5th). A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Ancona) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3. Heartbreak for Siena in their last match as Ancona's Delcarro scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Grosseto (1-3).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Siena handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, three draws and four defeats.

Siena has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. 10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Pontedera form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Pontedera so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-6 (win-draw-lose).

Pontedera are looking to quickly end their 202 minutes long goal drought in the Serie C: Girone B.

Pontedera's previous game was their home loss versus Teramo (0-3).

A 0-2 defeat away at Olbia before that.

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

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Pontedera as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. For Pontedera, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings with these sides: Siena won three, Pontedera were winners in three and we saw four draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PontederaS. Magnaghi
S. Magnaghi
12 goals
SienaI. Lores Varela
I. Lores Varela
4 goals
SienaF. Disanto
F. Disanto
3 goals

Siena missing players

Pontedera missing players

Siena Pontedera
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 3 8 17
6 4 3 Won W 0 1 6
5 2 0 Drew D 1 1 3
6 3 0 Lost L 2 6 8
21 13 9 Scored S 2 7 23
18 10 2 Conceded C 7 18 29
82% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 94%
47% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 65%
18% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 38% 29%
12% 11% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 18%
41% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 53%
41% 44% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 18%
35% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 29%
 
6.4 6.7 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.1 5.5
5.1 4.4 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.9 4.4
2.5 2.7 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.5 2.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.7 13.8 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.5 9.9
4.9 5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.6 3.9
25% 29% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 24% 33%
 
9.2 9.3 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 13.4 13.2
3.6 3.6 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5.6 5.1
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Pontedera have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Pontedera have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Pontedera have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Pontedera haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Siena have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Modena 17 12 3 2 33 12 8 5 2 1 16 6 9 7 1 1 17 6 21 39
2 Reggiana 17 11 6 0 31 10 9 6 3 0 17 5 8 5 3 0 14 5 21 39
3 Cesena 17 10 5 2 24 9 9 5 3 1 13 4 8 5 2 1 11 5 15 35
4 Virtus Entella 17 8 5 4 29 20 8 5 3 0 15 6 9 3 2 4 14 14 9 29
5 Ancona 17 7 4 6 27 23 9 6 0 3 17 12 8 1 4 3 10 11 4 25
6 Pescara 17 6 7 4 24 22 9 3 4 2 12 11 8 3 3 2 12 11 2 25
7 Gubbio 17 5 8 4 23 16 8 4 3 1 15 6 9 1 5 3 8 10 7 23
8 Siena 17 6 5 6 21 18 9 4 2 3 13 10 8 2 3 3 8 8 3 23
9 Vis Pesaro 17 5 8 4 17 20 8 3 3 2 7 8 9 2 5 2 10 12 -3 23
10 Lucchese 16 6 4 6 16 18 7 4 1 2 10 7 9 2 3 4 6 11 -2 22
11 Pontedera 17 6 3 8 23 29 9 5 2 2 16 11 8 1 1 6 7 18 -6 21
12 Olbia 17 6 2 9 24 27 8 5 0 3 13 11 9 1 2 6 11 16 -3 20
13 Carrarese 16 5 5 6 19 26 8 4 3 1 13 7 8 1 2 5 6 19 -7 20
14 Montevarchi 17 6 2 9 20 29 8 4 1 3 14 12 9 2 1 6 6 17 -9 20
15 Teramo 17 4 7 6 18 26 8 2 3 3 8 12 9 2 4 3 10 14 -8 19
16 Fermana 17 5 3 9 17 25 9 4 3 2 11 9 8 1 0 7 6 16 -8 18
17 Imolese 17 5 4 8 24 24 9 2 3 4 15 12 8 3 1 4 9 12 0 17
18 Pistoiese 17 3 5 9 14 27 8 2 2 4 8 13 9 1 3 5 6 14 -13 14
19 Grosseto 17 2 7 8 11 22 9 0 6 3 5 8 8 2 1 5 6 14 -11 13
20 Viterbese 17 2 5 10 21 33 9 2 2 5 11 17 8 0 3 5 10 16 -12 11

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.