Serie C Play-offs match prediction: Little separates Lecco and Ancona in quality

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Competition: Italy Serie C Play-offs
Competition: Mon 22.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Rigamonti Ceppi (4997 seats)

Lecco and Ancona are eager to show off their new recruits and flair: It's their premier game of the Serie C Play-offs season.

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 Lecco and Ancona.

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Lecco form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Lecco as they were promoted from Serie C: Girone A last season. Happy days that were secured through 17 wins, 11 draws and 10 losses from 38 games. The team scored 27 goals at home last season and conceded 10. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

This is expected to be a close game, with Lecco perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Lecco as a small favourite), we find 18 games. Lecco has won 9 of these, drawn 4 and lost 5.

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Ancona form and stats

A job perfectly done for Ancona last season as they secured promotion from Serie C: Girone B. With a grand total of 16 wins, 10 draws and 12 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 6 were in away matches.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Ancona in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Ancona, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved played each other earlier on this season: Ancona - Lecco 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

AnconaA. Spagnoli
A. Spagnoli
11 goals
AnconaA. Di Massimo
A. Di Massimo
10 goals
LeccoN. Buso
N. Buso
6 goals

Lecco missing players

Ancona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lecco Ancona
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 1 4
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 67%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 6
9 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 5.3
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 9.7
7 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 3.7
29% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 36%
 
13 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 4 6.3
7 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 4.3
Lecco Last season Ancona
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
17 12   Won W   6 16
11 5   Drew D   5 10
10 2   Lost L   8 12
45 27   Scored S   22 55
40 10   Conceded C   27 44
82% 74%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
74% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 79%
42% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 55%
18% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 16%
5% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 8%
39% 37%   BTTS BTTS   53% 50%
42% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 32%
37% 32%   Failed to Score F T   26% 21%
 
4.2 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5 4.9
4.4 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.5
2.9 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.8
5 3   Red cards R C   8 11
 
8.9 9.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 10.9
3.6 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.5
33% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 32%
 
8.9 8.9   Shots against (avg) S A   9.9 9.2
3.4 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.4

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FeralpiSalo 38 20 11 7 41 21 19 11 3 5 23 14 19 9 8 2 18 7 20 71
2 Pordenone 38 16 14 8 53 35 19 9 7 3 27 15 19 7 7 5 26 20 18 62
3 Lecco 38 17 11 10 45 40 19 12 5 2 27 10 19 5 6 8 18 30 5 62
4 Pro Sesto 38 16 12 10 46 45 19 7 8 4 23 21 19 9 4 6 23 24 1 60
5 Calcio Padova 38 15 14 9 47 40 19 6 10 3 24 19 19 9 4 6 23 21 7 59
6 Vicenza 38 17 7 14 64 47 19 10 3 6 38 21 19 7 4 8 26 26 17 58
7 Virtus Verona 38 15 13 10 46 30 19 7 5 7 22 19 19 8 8 3 24 11 16 58
8 Union ArzignanoChiampo 38 13 14 11 43 38 19 5 9 5 22 17 19 8 5 6 21 21 5 53
9 Renate 38 14 11 13 49 55 19 8 4 7 23 26 19 6 7 6 26 29 -6 53
10 Novara 38 15 7 16 48 45 19 9 4 6 30 17 19 6 3 10 18 28 3 52
11 Pergolettese 38 14 9 15 43 42 19 9 4 6 29 22 19 5 5 9 14 20 1 51
12 Pro Patria 38 13 11 14 37 43 19 7 6 6 22 22 19 6 5 8 15 21 -6 50
13 Juventus U23 38 13 10 15 42 48 19 9 4 6 24 21 19 4 6 9 18 27 -6 49
14 Trento Calcio 1921 38 12 10 16 40 42 19 5 6 8 18 21 19 7 4 8 22 21 -2 46
15 Pro Vercelli 38 12 10 16 38 47 19 6 4 9 18 26 19 6 6 7 20 21 -9 46
16 Mantova 38 12 9 17 48 62 19 8 4 7 27 27 19 4 5 10 21 35 -14 45
17 Sangiuliano City 38 12 6 20 38 46 19 8 2 9 19 18 19 4 4 11 19 28 -8 42
18 Triestina 38 9 12 17 31 45 19 6 6 7 16 21 19 3 6 10 15 24 -14 39
19 AlbinoLeffe 38 9 11 18 43 54 19 3 7 9 19 25 19 6 4 9 24 29 -11 38
20 Piacenza 38 8 14 16 42 59 19 5 7 7 23 28 19 3 7 9 19 31 -17 38
Last season 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 38 24 9 5 63 27 19 12 5 2 35 12 19 12 4 3 28 15 36 81
2 Cesena 38 23 10 5 66 24 19 11 5 3 37 15 19 12 5 2 29 9 42 79
3 Virtus Entella 38 23 10 5 60 31 19 11 6 2 32 14 19 12 4 3 28 17 29 79
4 Carrarese 38 18 8 12 51 42 19 13 2 4 31 14 19 5 6 8 20 28 9 62
5 Gubbio 38 17 10 11 50 34 19 8 4 7 24 17 19 9 6 4 26 17 16 61
6 Pontedera 38 16 12 10 48 39 19 9 6 4 24 20 19 7 6 6 24 19 9 60
7 Ancona 38 16 10 12 55 44 19 10 5 4 33 17 19 6 5 8 22 27 11 58
8 Lucchese 38 12 15 11 36 32 19 7 7 5 21 17 19 5 8 6 15 15 4 51
9 Robur Siena 38 11 17 10 40 40 19 5 11 3 21 14 19 6 6 7 19 26 0 48
10 Rimini 38 11 14 13 43 41 19 5 8 6 28 22 19 6 6 7 15 19 2 47
11 Recanatese 38 11 14 13 39 43 19 5 5 9 20 23 19 6 9 4 19 20 -4 47
12 Fermana 38 9 17 12 43 49 19 6 7 6 18 20 19 3 10 6 25 29 -6 44
13 Sassari Torres 38 8 17 13 33 36 19 3 10 6 14 17 19 5 7 7 19 19 -3 41
14 Olbia 38 9 14 15 43 50 19 4 7 8 25 28 19 5 7 7 18 22 -7 41
15 Fiorenzuola 38 11 8 19 31 44 19 6 3 10 16 21 19 5 5 9 15 23 -13 41
16 Vis Pesaro 38 9 12 17 24 55 19 6 4 9 11 23 19 3 8 8 13 32 -31 39
17 Alessandria 38 9 11 18 33 52 19 4 7 8 20 23 19 5 4 10 13 29 -19 38
18 San Donato Tavarnelle 38 8 13 17 40 62 19 2 8 9 15 30 19 6 5 8 25 32 -22 37
19 Imolese 38 9 9 20 29 55 19 5 4 10 16 27 19 4 5 10 13 28 -26 34
20 Montevarchi Calcio 38 6 10 22 32 59 19 3 6 10 17 27 19 3 4 12 15 32 -27 28

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