Virtus Entella favourites for feisty fight facing Lucchese

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sat 03.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Chiavari (4154 seats)

Virtus Entella reset their brains and bodies for this game after their 1-2 result versus Pontedera, a match they learned a lot from. How will this affect the battle against Lucchese?

Insights:
  • Virtus Entella have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Lucchese have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It's no vacation for neither Virtus Entella nor Lucchese 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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Virtus Entella form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Virtus Entella have to build on here at Stadio Comunale Chiavari in the Serie C: Girone B.

Virtus Entella lost their last game at Pontedera (placed 7th) after a 1-2 scoreline. This club managed a eleven league matches long run without a defeat until that game! The home team have an in-form goalscorer in Zamparo, having scored in three games in a row.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Vis Pesaro in a game that was won 2-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Entella's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 4 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Renate are coming to town in four days.

From these home matches, Virtus Entella have conceded only 6 goals.

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Lucchese form and stats

The visitors are W3-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone B.

The followers enjoyed Lucchese's previous match versus Cesena (placed 5th), a 1-0 win played at home.

A 0-1 defeat away at Fermana before that.

Low on goals? 9 of this team's most recent 11 league fixtures have had two or less goals.

The attacking power of Lucchese when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's one Entella victory, four draws and one Lucchese win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Virtus EntellaA. Faggioli
A. Faggioli
4 goals
Virtus EntellaL. Zamparo
L. Zamparo
4 goals
LuccheseA. Bianchimano
A. Bianchimano
4 goals

Virtus Entella missing players

Lucchese missing players

Virtus Entella Lucchese
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 2 8 16
8 4 2 Won W 0 3 7
5 3 0 Drew D 0 1 3
3 1 1 Lost L 2 4 6
18 8 4 Scored S 1 6 15
14 6 4 Conceded C 3 6 13
75% 62% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
56% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 38% 50%
44% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 25% 31%
19% 12% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
6% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 25% 38%
44% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 44%
31% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 31%
 
6.4 7.6 12.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 2.9 3.9
3.7 3.5 1.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.6 4.9
2.9 3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.9 10.4 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.1 8.4
3.9 3.8 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.4 2.8
29% 27% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 33%
 
7 7 5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 9 9.6
2.9 3.1 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.6 3.1
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Lucchese have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Virtus Entella have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

  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 16 10 3 3 23 11 8 6 1 1 15 3 8 4 2 2 8 8 12 33
2 Gubbio 16 10 2 4 25 12 8 4 1 3 11 7 8 6 1 1 14 5 13 32
3 Carrarese 16 9 2 5 21 15 8 6 1 1 13 5 8 3 1 4 8 10 6 29
4 Virtus Entella 16 8 5 3 18 14 8 4 3 1 8 6 8 4 2 2 10 8 4 29
5 Cesena 16 8 4 4 20 9 8 4 2 2 14 6 8 4 2 2 6 3 11 28
6 Fiorenzuola 16 9 1 6 17 9 8 5 1 2 10 2 8 4 0 4 7 7 8 28
7 Pontedera 16 7 6 3 18 15 8 4 3 1 8 6 8 3 3 2 10 9 3 27
8 Siena 16 7 5 4 18 9 8 3 3 2 7 4 8 4 2 2 11 5 9 26
9 Rimini 16 7 4 5 24 13 8 4 2 2 17 6 8 3 2 3 7 7 11 25
10 Ancona 16 7 4 5 23 18 8 4 2 2 10 7 8 3 2 3 13 11 5 25
11 Lucchese 16 7 3 6 15 13 8 4 2 2 9 7 8 3 1 4 6 6 2 24
12 Sassari Torres 16 3 8 5 13 14 8 2 3 3 8 9 8 1 5 2 5 5 -1 17
13 Fermana 16 3 8 5 16 18 8 2 4 2 6 5 8 1 4 3 10 13 -2 17
14 Recanatese 16 3 6 7 10 16 8 1 3 4 3 7 8 2 3 3 7 9 -6 15
15 Vis Pesaro 16 3 6 7 8 24 8 2 2 4 3 11 8 1 4 3 5 13 -16 15
16 Alessandria 16 3 5 8 9 19 8 1 2 5 6 12 8 2 3 3 3 7 -10 14
17 Imolese 16 4 2 10 10 28 8 3 0 5 6 13 8 1 2 5 4 15 -18 14
18 Montevarchi 16 3 4 9 12 24 7 1 4 2 6 9 9 2 0 7 6 15 -12 13
19 San Donato Tavarnelle 16 2 6 8 13 22 9 1 4 4 8 11 7 1 2 4 5 11 -9 12
20 Olbia 16 2 6 8 11 21 8 1 2 5 7 13 8 1 4 3 4 8 -10 12

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.