Serie C: Girone B prediction and pre-match guide: Siena odds-on favoured to overcome San Donato Tavarnelle

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sat 29.October
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Artemio Franchi - Montepaschi Arena (15373 seats)

Serie C: Girone B: Top-notch against not good enough, at least according to the league table. Siena - San Donato Tavarnelle. Home win or a shock?

Insights:
  • Siena have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Serie C: Girone B
  • San Donato Tavarnelle is in the worst form (0-1-5)

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 San Donato Tavarnelle.

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Siena form and stats

3-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie C: Girone B numbers at home for Siena so far this season.

A nice win for Siena last time playing, versus San Donato Tavarnelle. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Belloni and Disanto (2) scoring for the victors. Finally, a league victory after four fixtures without one.

Prior to that, an away loss at Recanatese.

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 6 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

It should be taken into account that a look at the 10 most recent league games shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Early season league goal statistics from Siena's 5 home games: {5 goals}, 0 conceded.

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San Donato Tavarnelle form and stats

Playing away, San Donato Tavarnelle have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie C: Girone B this season.

San Donato Tavarnelle play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Siena (placed 5th).

A loss against Pontedera was the result prior to that, in a home game.

We have checked recent matches where Tavarnelle have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. San Donato Tavarnelle's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Siena - San Donato Tavarnelle 3-0 was the story when these sides formerly met, also in this season. Head to head data (for the last five meetings): Siena won three games, one match ended in a draw and San Donato Tavarnelle have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / one.

Top Goalscorers

SienaF. Disanto
F. Disanto
5 goals
SienaA. Paloschi
A. Paloschi
3 goals
SienaD. Buglio
D. Buglio
2 goals

Siena missing players

San Donato Tavarnelle missing players

Siena San Donato Tavarnelle
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 5 11
5 3 1 Won W 0 1 1
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
2 0 0 Lost L 1 3 7
13 5 1 Scored S 0 3 6
5 0 0 Conceded C 2 8 16
73% 60% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
55% 20% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 73%
27% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 36%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
18% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 45%
73% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
36% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 55%
 
4 3.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5 5
3.8 3.4 1 Corners against (avg) C A 10 7.2 6.4
2.7 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.8 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 4 4
 
8.5 10.6 9 Shots (avg) S ( 21 9 9.5
4.1 4.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 10 3.6 3.5
27% 24% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 16%
 
7.5 7.4 9 Shots against (avg) S A 15 9.4 10.2
2.2 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.4 4.4
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • San Donato Tavarnelle have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • San Donato Tavarnelle have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • San Donato Tavarnelle have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • San Donato Tavarnelle have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Serie C: Girone B
  • San Donato Tavarnelle haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • San Donato Tavarnelle is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Siena have not yet conceded a single goal in all their home games.
  • Siena have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Siena have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Siena have scored more than double the goals of San Donato Tavarnelle.
  • Siena have the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Serie C: Girone B
  • Siena have the fewest conceded goals (5) 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 (5) at home in Serie C: Girone B
  • Siena have the most clean sheets (8) 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 Gubbio 11 7 2 2 17 6 6 3 1 2 9 4 5 4 1 0 8 2 11 23
2 Virtus Entella 11 7 2 2 14 10 5 3 1 1 6 5 6 4 1 1 8 5 4 23
3 Reggiana 11 7 1 3 17 10 6 5 0 1 12 2 5 2 1 2 5 8 7 22
4 Cesena 11 6 3 2 16 7 6 3 2 1 11 5 5 3 1 1 5 2 9 21
5 Siena 11 5 4 2 13 5 5 3 2 0 5 0 6 2 2 2 8 5 8 19
6 Carrarese 11 6 1 4 16 13 5 3 1 1 8 5 6 3 0 3 8 8 3 19
7 Rimini 11 5 3 3 19 8 6 3 1 2 13 4 5 2 2 1 6 4 11 18
8 Fiorenzuola 11 6 0 5 13 8 6 4 0 2 8 2 5 2 0 3 5 6 5 18
9 Lucchese 11 5 3 3 12 8 5 3 2 0 7 3 6 2 1 3 5 5 4 18
10 Ancona 11 5 2 4 19 14 6 3 1 2 8 6 5 2 1 2 11 8 5 17
11 Pontedera 11 3 5 3 11 12 5 1 3 1 4 5 6 2 2 2 7 7 -1 14
12 Imolese 11 4 2 5 8 19 5 3 0 2 5 8 6 1 2 3 3 11 -11 14
13 Vis Pesaro 11 3 4 4 6 15 5 2 1 2 2 4 6 1 3 2 4 11 -9 13
14 Sassari Torres 11 2 6 3 9 8 5 1 3 1 6 5 6 1 3 2 3 3 1 12
15 Recanatese 11 2 5 4 6 11 5 1 3 1 3 4 6 1 2 3 3 7 -5 11
16 Fermana 11 1 6 4 11 13 6 1 3 2 5 5 5 0 3 2 6 8 -2 9
17 Alessandria 11 2 2 7 6 16 6 1 1 4 5 10 5 1 1 3 1 6 -10 8
18 Montevarchi Calcio 11 2 2 7 7 18 5 1 2 2 5 8 6 1 0 5 2 10 -11 8
19 Olbia 11 1 4 6 7 16 6 1 1 4 5 10 5 0 3 2 2 6 -9 7
20 San Donato Tavarnelle 11 1 3 7 6 16 6 0 2 4 3 8 5 1 1 3 3 8 -10 6

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.