Serie C: Girone B prediction and preview: Virtus Verona modest favorites to beat Gubbio

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Date: Wed 29.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Gavagnin-Nocini (1200 seats)

With their 7 point advantage in the league table, Virtus Verona fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Gubbio.

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 Virtus Verona and Gubbio.

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Virtus Verona form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie C: Girone B this season. Virtus Verona have only managed 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from their games here at Stadio Comunale Gavagnin-Nocini. With Virtus Verona having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager L. Fresco.

Virtus Verona's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus FeralpiSalo (placed 7th). Prior to that, an away loss at Padova.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Virtus Verona handle that role? We have found three games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D0-L0.

Virtus Verona are traveling soon after this match as the Serie C: Girone B match at Triestina awaits in four days.

The Virtus Verona fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.

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Gubbio form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gubbio so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose).

224 minutes! That's how long the Gubbio goalkeeper Federico Ravaglia and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

It's the second away game in a row for Gubbio, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Fano (placed 19th) in the Serie C: Girone B last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Triestina.

Gubbio are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of six matches.

The schedule is very tough for Gubbio now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Serie C: Girone B game at Vicenza is waiting in only four days.

Gubbio have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. 14 goals have been conceded by Gubbio in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Gubbio - Virtus Verona 2-2 entered in the official records. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 1 Virtus Verona victory, 1 draw and 1 Gubbio win. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Virtus VeronaR. Odogwu
R. Odogwu
8 goals
Virtus VeronaA. Magrassi
A. Magrassi
6 goals
Virtus VeronaR. Cazzola
R. Cazzola
4 goals

Virtus Verona missing players

Gubbio missing players

Virtus Verona Gubbio
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 10 1 Played P 3 10 22
8 3 1 Won W 1 2 4
4 1 0 Drew D 0 4 9
10 6 0 Lost L 2 4 9
33 14 3 Scored S 2 10 18
34 18 0 Conceded C 4 14 27
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
82% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 68%
68% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 30% 27%
36% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 9%
18% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
68% 70% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 41%
18% 20% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 27%
18% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 41%
 
3.4 3.5 4 Corners For (avg) C F 6.3 4.4 4.1
4.9 6.2 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 7.3 6 5.2
2.2 2.5 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.3 2.9
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 5
 
133 53 11 Total Shots T S 22 71 198
56 24 7 Shots on Target S O 5 27 67
48% 46% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 37% 27%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Gubbio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gubbio haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Virtus Verona has the fewest matches under the total-line (6)
  • Virtus Verona has the most matches over the total-line (15)
  • Virtus Verona has the most scored goals in the first half (19)
  • Virtus Verona 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 Vicenza 23 17 4 2 37 10 11 9 1 1 16 5 12 8 3 1 21 5 27 55
2 Carpi 23 14 4 5 34 18 12 8 3 1 22 7 11 6 1 4 12 11 16 46
3 Reggiana 22 12 9 1 38 18 11 7 4 0 24 12 11 5 5 1 14 6 20 45
4 Sudtirol 22 13 3 6 35 20 11 7 0 4 22 13 11 6 3 2 13 7 15 42
5 Padova 23 12 4 7 30 17 11 7 1 3 18 7 12 5 3 4 12 10 13 40
6 Piacenza 23 9 10 4 30 20 11 6 3 2 15 8 12 3 7 2 15 12 10 37
7 FeralpiSalo 23 10 7 6 27 26 11 5 5 1 15 10 12 5 2 5 12 16 1 37
8 Modena 23 9 7 7 26 21 12 5 5 2 16 10 11 4 2 5 10 11 5 34
9 Sambenedettese 23 9 6 8 30 27 11 5 3 3 15 11 12 4 3 5 15 16 3 33
10 Triestina 23 10 2 11 29 30 11 6 0 5 15 12 12 4 2 6 14 18 -1 32
11 Virtus Verona 22 8 4 10 33 34 10 3 1 6 14 18 12 5 3 4 19 16 -1 28
12 Vis Pesaro 23 7 5 11 20 27 12 4 3 5 10 12 11 3 2 6 10 15 -7 26
13 Cesena 23 6 7 10 26 36 11 3 3 5 11 17 12 3 4 5 15 19 -10 25
14 Fermana 23 5 8 10 17 31 12 1 6 5 10 17 11 4 2 5 7 14 -14 23
15 Ravenna 23 6 5 12 22 37 11 3 3 5 12 16 12 3 2 7 10 21 -15 23
16 Union ArzignanoChiampo 23 4 9 10 15 22 12 0 6 6 5 11 11 4 3 4 10 11 -7 21
17 Gubbio 22 4 9 9 18 27 12 2 5 5 8 13 10 2 4 4 10 14 -9 21
18 Imolese 23 4 9 10 18 28 12 2 4 6 9 16 11 2 5 4 9 12 -10 21
19 Fano 23 4 6 13 20 36 12 1 3 8 6 19 11 3 3 5 14 17 -16 18
20 Rimini 23 3 6 14 19 39 12 3 3 6 11 16 11 0 3 8 8 23 -20 15

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.