Virtus Entella favourites for feisty fight facing Siena

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sat 17.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Chiavari (4154 seats)

The hosting team, Virtus Entella, should be favourites in this match, but Siena have proven both know-how and determination. Read more about the fixture!

Insights:
  • Virtus Entella have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Virtus Entella form and stats

The story so far in the Serie C: Girone B for Virtus Entella at their home stadium (Stadio Comunale Chiavari) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

It's back home for Entella, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Recanatese away with the result 2-1.

Ahead of that game, a home win against Renate in the Coppa Italia Serie C. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Virtus Entella handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

Goals from both teams! That has happened in 5 league games in a row for this club. Could it happen again?

From these home matches, Virtus Entella have conceded only 7 goals.

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Siena form and stats

4-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Siena in their Serie C: Girone B matches away.

There were no winners in Siena's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Fiorenzuola (placed 6th). The draw against Fiorenzuola came from a losing position. The Siena manager Pagliuca brought on Paloschi as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Prior to that match, the Siena manager Pagliuca faced defeat when travelling to Gubbio and losing 0-2.

We have checked recent matches where Siena have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 0 victories, 0 draws and 6 defeats.

Low on goals? 12 of this team's last 15 league matches have had two goals or less.

Siena have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Siena are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Data for the previous five meetings involving these two sides are: two wins for Virtus Entella, one draw and two wins for Siena. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

SienaA. Paloschi
A. Paloschi
6 goals
Virtus EntellaL. Zamparo
L. Zamparo
5 goals
SienaF. Disanto
F. Disanto
5 goals

Virtus Entella missing players

Siena missing players

Virtus Entella Siena
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 4 Played P 2 9 18
9 4 2 Won W 1 4 7
6 4 1 Drew D 0 2 6
3 1 1 Lost L 1 3 5
21 9 5 Scored S 2 11 19
16 7 5 Conceded C 2 7 12
78% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 78%
61% 56% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 56%
44% 33% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 22%
17% 11% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 11%
6% 11% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
56% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 22%
39% 44% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 56% 61%
28% 44% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 39%
 
6.3 7.4 11 Corners for (avg) C F 1 4.2 4.8
3.6 3.1 1.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.5 3.9
3 3 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.1 3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.8 10.4 9 Shots (avg) S ( 4 5.9 8.7
3.9 3.6 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 4.2
30% 28% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 35% 24%
 
6.9 6.7 4.8 Shots against (avg) S A 7 7 7.3
2.9 3 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 2.4 2.3
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • 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 18 11 4 3 26 11 9 6 2 1 15 3 9 5 2 2 11 8 15 37
2 Gubbio 18 11 3 4 27 12 9 5 1 3 13 7 9 6 2 1 14 5 15 36
3 Cesena 18 10 4 4 25 12 9 5 2 2 17 8 9 5 2 2 8 4 13 34
4 Pontedera 18 9 6 3 22 17 9 5 3 1 10 7 9 4 3 2 12 10 5 33
5 Virtus Entella 18 9 6 3 21 16 9 4 4 1 9 7 9 5 2 2 12 9 5 33
6 Fiorenzuola 18 10 2 6 20 11 9 6 1 2 12 3 9 4 1 4 8 8 9 32
7 Carrarese 18 9 2 7 23 19 9 6 1 2 13 6 9 3 1 5 10 13 4 29
8 Lucchese 18 8 4 6 19 16 9 5 2 2 12 9 9 3 2 4 7 7 3 28
9 Ancona 18 8 4 6 27 20 9 5 2 2 13 7 9 3 2 4 14 13 7 28
10 Rimini 18 8 4 6 27 16 9 5 2 2 19 7 9 3 2 4 8 9 11 28
11 Siena 18 7 6 5 19 12 9 3 4 2 8 5 9 4 2 3 11 7 7 27
12 Sassari Torres 18 4 9 5 14 14 9 2 4 3 8 9 9 2 5 2 6 5 0 21
13 Fermana 18 3 8 7 17 23 9 2 4 3 6 8 9 1 4 4 11 15 -6 17
14 Imolese 18 4 4 10 10 28 9 3 1 5 6 13 9 1 3 5 4 15 -18 16
15 Vis Pesaro 18 3 7 8 9 26 9 2 2 5 4 13 9 1 5 3 5 13 -17 16
16 Recanatese 18 3 7 8 12 19 9 1 3 5 4 9 9 2 4 3 8 10 -7 16
17 Alessandria 18 3 6 9 11 24 9 1 3 5 8 14 9 2 3 4 3 10 -13 15
18 Montevarchi 18 3 5 10 15 28 8 1 4 3 7 11 10 2 1 7 8 17 -13 14
19 Olbia 18 2 8 8 12 22 9 1 3 5 8 14 9 1 5 3 4 8 -10 14
20 San Donato Tavarnelle 18 2 7 9 15 25 10 1 5 4 8 11 8 1 2 5 7 14 -10 13

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.