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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Fri 25.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Chiavari (4154 seats)

Virtus Entella are pursuing the top places while Pistoiese are more involved in escaping relegation. May the best team win!

Insights:
  • Virtus Entella have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Virtus Entella have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Pistoiese have scored away.

Entella's stadium, Stadio Comunale Chiavari, has a artifical turf surface. Pistoiese have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Pistoiese when playing on artifical turf; 0 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses from six matches. They have scored 3 goals in these games and conceded 7.

Virtus Entella and Pistoiese should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Virtus Entella form and stats

36 points is a decent return from 16 Serie C: Girone B games here at Stadio Comunale Chiavari for Virtus Entella. The data says 11 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. Virtus Entella has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadio Comunale Chiavari. We remember; it was Modena.

In their previous game, the manager Volpe led his Virtus Entella to a defeat away at Grosseto. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Comunale Chiavari.

Ahead of that match, Entella won a home game hosting Ancona 1905 (2-0).

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (33 in 16 games), Virtus Entella's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Entella have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Pistoiese form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Pistoiese so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-8 (win-draw-lose). One point away has become something of a habit for Pistoiese who have played out draws in their last three away games.

Pistoiese won their last game, 2-1 versus Fermana played at home.

Before that, Pistoiese travelled to Viterbese Castrense and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Pistoiese struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 29 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved met each other before this campaign: Pistoiese - Virtus Entella 0-0. Previous three meetings featuring these squads: Entella won two, Pistoiese triumphed in zero and we saw one draw. one game with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Virtus EntellaA. Magrassi
A. Magrassi
10 goals
PistoieseM. Vano
M. Vano
10 goals
Virtus EntellaF. Lescano
F. Lescano
9 goals

Virtus Entella missing players

Pistoiese missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Virtus Entella Pistoiese
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 5 16 33
16 11 4 Won W 1 2 7
8 3 0 Drew D 1 6 11
9 2 0 Lost L 3 8 15
55 33 10 Scored S 5 15 33
35 11 1 Conceded C 11 29 48
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 88%
76% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 73%
48% 44% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 38% 39%
33% 38% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 31% 21%
12% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 19% 12%
48% 31% 25% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 45%
36% 56% 75% Clean Sheets C S 40% 25% 27%
24% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 39%
 
4.9 5.8 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.5 4.1
4.2 3.7 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 6.2 5.5
2.2 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.8 2.6
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.5 11.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 4.3 6.8 8.8
4.6 5.4 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.1 3.7
36% 38% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 27% 26%
 
8.8 9.2 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 11.8 10.4
3.8 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.6 4.3
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Virtus Entella have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Virtus Entella have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Pistoiese have scored away.
  • Virtus Entella have the most scored goals in the first half (29) 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 Modena 33 24 6 3 59 22 16 11 3 2 29 12 17 13 3 1 30 10 37 78
2 Reggiana 33 21 10 2 60 21 17 13 4 0 36 8 16 8 6 2 24 13 39 73
3 Cesena 33 16 11 6 44 25 17 9 7 1 27 11 16 7 4 5 17 14 19 59
4 Pescara 33 15 12 6 47 34 16 8 6 2 25 16 17 7 6 4 22 18 13 57
5 Virtus Entella 33 16 8 9 55 35 16 11 3 2 33 11 17 5 5 7 22 24 20 56
6 Ancona 1905 33 14 8 11 54 43 17 9 3 5 28 23 16 5 5 6 26 20 11 50
7 Gubbio 33 11 14 8 46 37 16 9 6 1 30 12 17 2 8 7 16 25 9 47
8 Vis Pesaro 33 10 11 12 31 46 17 7 4 6 15 21 16 3 7 6 16 25 -15 41
9 Lucchese 33 9 13 11 31 34 17 6 8 3 22 16 16 3 5 8 9 18 -3 40
10 Pontedera 33 11 7 15 34 47 17 7 4 6 23 23 16 4 3 9 11 24 -13 40
11 Carrarese 33 8 15 10 32 43 16 7 7 2 24 14 17 1 8 8 8 29 -11 39
12 Robur Siena 33 9 10 14 36 38 16 7 4 5 22 16 17 2 6 9 14 22 -2 37
13 Olbia 33 9 10 14 36 43 16 6 3 7 18 19 17 3 7 7 18 24 -7 37
14 Montevarchi Calcio 33 10 7 16 34 51 16 7 5 4 24 18 17 3 2 12 10 33 -17 37
15 Teramo 33 9 10 14 32 51 16 4 5 7 13 23 17 5 5 7 19 28 -19 37
16 Fermana 33 7 12 14 25 39 16 5 8 3 16 14 17 2 4 11 9 25 -14 33
17 Pistoiese 33 7 11 15 33 48 17 5 5 7 18 19 16 2 6 8 15 29 -15 32
18 Viterbese Castrense 33 6 13 14 36 45 17 2 6 9 16 27 16 4 7 5 20 18 -9 31
19 Imolese 33 7 11 15 35 46 17 4 6 7 20 20 16 3 5 8 15 26 -11 30
20 Grosseto 33 5 13 15 27 39 17 3 9 5 14 11 16 2 4 10 13 28 -12 28

Table
  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 33 24 6 3 59 22 16 11 3 2 29 12 17 13 3 1 30 10 37 78
2 Reggiana 33 21 10 2 60 21 17 13 4 0 36 8 16 8 6 2 24 13 39 73
3 Cesena 33 16 11 6 44 25 17 9 7 1 27 11 16 7 4 5 17 14 19 59
4 Pescara 33 15 12 6 47 34 16 8 6 2 25 16 17 7 6 4 22 18 13 57
5 Virtus Entella 33 16 8 9 55 35 16 11 3 2 33 11 17 5 5 7 22 24 20 56
6 Ancona 1905 33 14 8 11 54 43 17 9 3 5 28 23 16 5 5 6 26 20 11 50
7 Gubbio 33 11 14 8 46 37 16 9 6 1 30 12 17 2 8 7 16 25 9 47
8 Vis Pesaro 33 10 11 12 31 46 17 7 4 6 15 21 16 3 7 6 16 25 -15 41
9 Lucchese 33 9 13 11 31 34 17 6 8 3 22 16 16 3 5 8 9 18 -3 40
10 Pontedera 33 11 7 15 34 47 17 7 4 6 23 23 16 4 3 9 11 24 -13 40
11 Carrarese 33 8 15 10 32 43 16 7 7 2 24 14 17 1 8 8 8 29 -11 39
12 Robur Siena 33 9 10 14 36 38 16 7 4 5 22 16 17 2 6 9 14 22 -2 37
13 Olbia 33 9 10 14 36 43 16 6 3 7 18 19 17 3 7 7 18 24 -7 37
14 Montevarchi Calcio 33 10 7 16 34 51 16 7 5 4 24 18 17 3 2 12 10 33 -17 37
15 Teramo 33 9 10 14 32 51 16 4 5 7 13 23 17 5 5 7 19 28 -19 37
16 Fermana 33 7 12 14 25 39 16 5 8 3 16 14 17 2 4 11 9 25 -14 33
17 Pistoiese 33 7 11 15 33 48 17 5 5 7 18 19 16 2 6 8 15 29 -15 32
18 Viterbese Castrense 33 6 13 14 36 45 17 2 6 9 16 27 16 4 7 5 20 18 -9 31
19 Imolese 33 7 11 15 35 46 17 4 6 7 20 20 16 3 5 8 15 26 -11 30
20 Grosseto 33 5 13 15 27 39 17 3 9 5 14 11 16 2 4 10 13 28 -12 28

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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.