Delightful dogfight as daring Virtus Verona duels with determined Imolese

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 09.February
Match begins: 16:30 (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 Imolese.

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 Verona form and stats

With 3 Serie C: Girone B wins, 1 draw and 7 defeats from their home games, Virtus Verona are certainly not brimming with confidence. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Stadio Comunale Gavagnin-Nocini, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Piacenza game.

Stress levels are on the rise for Virtus Verona's attacking players as they have now played 225 minutes without scoring in a league game. R. Odogwu was their last goal scorer.

The home team returns to Stadio Comunale Gavagnin-Nocini after being equal after 90 minutes with Triestina (placed 10th) on their last time out; the Serie C: Girone B game ended 0-0. Ahead of that match, Virtus Verona lost 0-1 at home to Gubbio.

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

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 11 matches. Virtus Verona have conceded 19 from these games.

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Imolese form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Imolese so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-4 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Imolese's previous match, a Serie C: Girone B home game that ended 1-1 vs Ravenna (placed 16th). Before that, Imolese travelled to Modena and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Imolese are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and four defeats. From a total of nine matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Imolese as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. Imolese have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Imolese - Virtus Verona 1-3. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: one win for Virtus Verona, one draw and one win for Imolese. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

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

Imolese missing players

Virtus Verona Imolese
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 11 2 Played P 4 11 24
8 3 1 Won W 0 2 4
5 1 0 Drew D 3 5 10
11 7 1 Lost L 1 4 10
33 14 3 Scored S 3 9 19
35 19 1 Conceded C 4 12 29
92% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 91% 92%
75% 82% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 55% 58%
62% 73% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 27% 33%
33% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 18% 17%
17% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
62% 64% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 45% 50%
21% 18% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 21%
25% 27% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 38%
 
3.5 3.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.3 4.2
5.1 6.2 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.6 4.7
2.2 2.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
141 53 11 Total Shots T S 40 87 211
60 24 7 Shots on Target S O 15 35 82
45% 46% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 26% 22%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Virtus Verona has the fewest matches under the total-line (8)
  • Virtus Verona has the most matches over the total-line (15)
  • 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 24 17 5 2 37 10 12 9 2 1 16 5 12 8 3 1 21 5 27 56
2 Reggiana 24 14 9 1 41 19 13 9 4 0 27 13 11 5 5 1 14 6 22 51
3 Carpi 24 14 5 5 36 20 12 8 3 1 22 7 12 6 2 4 14 13 16 47
4 Südtirol 24 14 3 7 40 21 12 8 0 4 27 13 12 6 3 3 13 8 19 45
5 Padova 24 13 4 7 34 17 12 8 1 3 22 7 12 5 3 4 12 10 17 43
6 FeralpiSalo 24 11 7 6 29 27 12 6 5 1 17 11 12 5 2 5 12 16 2 40
7 Piacenza 24 9 11 4 31 21 12 6 4 2 16 9 12 3 7 2 15 12 10 38
8 Modena 24 9 7 8 27 23 12 5 5 2 16 10 12 4 2 6 11 13 4 34
9 Sambenedettese 24 9 6 9 30 28 12 5 3 4 15 12 12 4 3 5 15 16 2 33
10 Triestina 24 10 3 11 29 30 12 6 1 5 15 12 12 4 2 6 14 18 -1 33
11 Virtus Verona 24 8 5 11 33 35 11 3 1 7 14 19 13 5 4 4 19 16 -2 29
12 Cesena 24 6 8 10 27 37 11 3 3 5 11 17 13 3 5 5 16 20 -10 26
13 Vis Pesaro 24 7 5 12 20 31 12 4 3 5 10 12 12 3 2 7 10 19 -11 26
14 Fermana 24 6 8 10 18 31 12 1 6 5 10 17 12 5 2 5 8 14 -13 26
15 Gubbio 24 5 10 9 19 27 12 2 5 5 8 13 12 3 5 4 11 14 -8 25
16 Ravenna 24 6 6 12 23 38 11 3 3 5 12 16 13 3 3 7 11 22 -15 24
17 Imolese 24 4 10 10 19 29 13 2 5 6 10 17 11 2 5 4 9 12 -10 22
18 Union ArzignanoChiampo 24 4 9 11 15 27 12 0 6 6 5 11 12 4 3 5 10 16 -12 21
19 Fano 24 4 6 14 21 38 12 1 3 8 6 19 12 3 3 6 15 19 -17 18
20 Rimini 24 3 7 14 21 41 13 3 4 6 13 18 11 0 3 8 8 23 -20 16

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.