Virtus Verona fights Modena in Serie C: Girone B battle

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 02.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Gavagnin-Nocini (1200 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Virtus Verona have their presumed home advantage while Modena are ahead 21 points in the Serie C: Girone B table.

Insights:
  • Modena have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Serie C: Girone B

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Virtus Verona form and stats

4 victories, 10 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Virtus Verona have to build on here at Stadio Comunale Gavagnin-Nocini in the Serie C: Girone B. The Virtus manager L. Fresco might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

A good away victory last time out for Virtus Verona, who won 1-0 against Fermana (placed 13th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Sambenedettese (0-1).

Virtus has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Virtus are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Comunale Gavagnin-Nocini in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 17 from 18 matches.

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Modena form and stats

Playing away, Modena, who have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Serie C: Girone B, have won 8 games, drawn 3 and suffered 7 defeats in the Serie C: Girone B this season. The fact that Modena have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

338 minutes! That's how long the Modena goalkeeper Riccardo Gagno and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

The supporters enjoyed Modena's previous game versus Legnago Salus (placed 16th), a Serie C: Girone B 3-0 win played at home. That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Calcio Padova.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Modena as they have only managed to score 11 times from 18 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Modena as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Modena - Virtus 0-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Virtus one win, one draw and Modena one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Virtus Verona missing players

Modena missing players

Virtus Verona Modena
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 6 18 37
11 4 1 Won W 2 8 21
15 10 2 Drew D 2 3 6
11 4 2 Lost L 2 7 10
40 19 7 Scored S 5 11 48
41 17 8 Conceded C 3 13 25
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 83% 89%
65% 61% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 33% 54%
35% 33% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 17% 35%
24% 22% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
46% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 17% 6% 27%
27% 28% 20% Clean Sheets C S 67% 61% 51%
35% 39% 40% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.2 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.1
4 2 1 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
6.5 5.7 4.4 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 9.8 8.2
2.6 2.1 2.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3 3
40% 44% 58% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 20% 43%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Modena have the fewest conceded goals (13) away in Serie C: Girone B
  • Modena have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Modena have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Modena have the most clean sheets (11) away 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 Calcio Padova 37 23 7 7 67 26 18 12 4 2 35 8 19 11 3 5 32 18 41 76
2 Perugia 37 22 10 5 65 30 19 14 4 1 42 14 18 8 6 4 23 16 35 76
3 Südtirol 37 20 12 5 63 28 19 12 5 2 33 12 18 8 7 3 30 16 35 72
4 Modena 37 21 6 10 48 25 19 13 3 3 37 12 18 8 3 7 11 13 23 69
5 FeralpiSalò 37 17 9 11 54 44 18 11 2 5 31 16 19 6 7 6 23 28 10 60
6 Triestina 37 15 13 9 47 39 18 11 4 3 27 16 19 4 9 6 20 23 8 58
7 Cesena 37 14 12 11 48 41 18 5 6 7 21 24 19 9 6 4 27 17 7 54
8 Sambenedettese 37 14 12 11 43 42 19 7 6 6 22 22 18 7 6 5 21 20 1 54
9 Matelica Calcio 37 15 8 14 56 62 18 10 6 2 36 21 19 5 2 12 20 41 -6 53
10 Virtus Verona 37 11 15 11 40 41 18 4 10 4 19 17 19 7 5 7 21 24 -1 48
11 Mantova 37 12 12 13 46 48 19 6 5 8 22 28 18 6 7 5 24 20 -2 48
12 Gubbio 37 11 12 14 38 44 18 5 7 6 20 24 19 6 5 8 18 20 -6 45
13 Fermana 37 9 15 13 30 41 19 8 6 5 20 17 18 1 9 8 10 24 -11 42
14 Vis Pesaro 37 11 8 18 40 54 18 7 4 7 19 23 19 4 4 11 21 31 -14 41
15 Carpi 37 10 11 16 44 60 19 7 8 4 28 18 18 3 3 12 16 42 -16 41
16 Legnago Salus 37 7 14 16 32 46 18 5 5 8 18 19 19 2 9 8 14 27 -14 35
17 Imolese 37 9 8 20 34 52 19 4 6 9 15 24 18 5 2 11 19 28 -18 35
18 Fano 37 5 18 14 31 45 19 2 9 8 18 22 18 3 9 6 13 23 -14 33
19 Arezzo 37 5 14 18 36 63 19 3 7 9 20 34 18 2 7 9 16 29 -27 29
20 Ravenna 37 5 12 20 30 61 18 4 7 7 15 23 19 1 5 13 15 38 -31 27

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.