Serie C Play-offs preview: Can Virtus Entella edge out victory against Pescara?

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Competition: Italy Serie C Play-offs
Competition: Wed 31.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Chiavari (4154 seats)

Virtus Entella and Pescara supporters have their best supporter shirts and scarves on for this first game week of a new Serie C Play-offs season. Let's go!

2-2-1 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Pescara when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those five matches are 7-4 (scored/conceded).

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Virtus Entella form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Virtus Entella as they were promoted from Serie C: Girone B last season. Happy days that were secured through 23 wins, 10 draws and 5 losses from 38 games. The team scored 32 goals at home last season and conceded 14. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Virtus Entella have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 4 and lost 1.

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Pescara form and stats

A job perfectly done for Pescara last season as they secured promotion from Serie C: Girone C. With a grand total of 19 wins, 8 draws and 11 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 9 were in away matches.

Head 2 Head

Pescara have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (1-3-0) when facing Virtus Entella.

The dueling parties have battled earlier this season: Pescara - Virtus Entella 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

PescaraF. Lescano
F. Lescano
19 goals
Virtus EntellaS. Merkaj
S. Merkaj
13 goals
EntellaL. Zamparo
L. Zamparo
11 goals

Virtus Entella missing players

Pescara missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Virtus Entella Pescara
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 3 0 Scored S 0 2 7
5 1 0 Conceded C 0 2 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.7 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 3
3 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 4.7
4.3 5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10 12
6.3 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 5
21% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 47%
 
8 7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13 12
3 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 7
Virtus Entella Last season Pescara
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
23 11   Won W   9 19
10 6   Drew D   4 8
5 2   Lost L   6 11
60 32   Scored S   27 58
31 14   Conceded C   20 42
84% 79%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 95%
68% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 68%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 58%
24% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 32%
11% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
50% 47%   BTTS BTTS   47% 45%
45% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 29%
21% 26%   Failed to Score F T   37% 32%
 
5.7 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4
4.5 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.5
2.8 2.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.3
4 0   Red cards R C   2 5
 
9.9 10.7   Shots (avg) S (   10.7 9.8
4.4 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.8
36% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 40%
 
8.5 8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.4 8.6
3.4 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.7 3.3

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 1905 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 Rimini 38 11 14 13 43 41 19 5 8 6 28 22 19 6 6 7 15 19 2 47
10 Recanatese 38 11 14 13 39 43 19 5 5 9 20 23 19 6 9 4 19 20 -4 47
11 Robur Siena 38 11 17 10 40 40 19 5 11 3 21 14 19 6 6 7 19 26 0 44
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 30
20 Montevarchi Calcio 38 6 10 22 32 59 19 3 6 10 17 27 19 3 4 12 15 32 -27 28
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 Catanzaro 38 30 6 2 102 21 19 18 1 0 62 8 19 12 5 2 40 13 81 96
2 Crotone 38 23 11 4 57 31 19 13 5 1 25 8 19 10 6 3 32 23 26 80
3 Pescara 38 19 8 11 58 42 19 10 4 5 31 22 19 9 4 6 27 20 16 65
4 Foggia 38 18 7 13 60 44 19 11 3 5 32 18 19 7 4 8 28 26 16 61
5 Audace Cerignola 38 16 12 10 48 41 19 12 4 3 33 16 19 4 8 7 15 25 7 60
6 Picerno 38 15 14 9 40 34 19 9 6 4 22 15 19 6 8 5 18 19 6 59
7 Monopoli 38 16 6 16 46 48 19 11 0 8 28 22 19 5 6 8 18 26 -2 54
8 Latina 38 12 13 13 39 46 19 8 6 5 17 18 19 4 7 8 22 28 -7 49
9 Potenza Calcio 38 10 18 10 49 57 19 8 7 4 34 26 19 2 11 6 15 31 -8 48
10 SSC Giugliano 38 11 13 14 51 61 19 7 7 5 32 31 19 4 6 9 19 30 -10 46
11 Taranto 38 11 13 14 26 36 19 9 7 3 19 11 19 2 6 11 7 25 -10 46
12 Juve Stabia 38 12 10 16 37 49 19 7 6 6 22 22 19 5 4 10 15 27 -12 46
13 Virtus Francavilla 38 13 6 19 47 54 19 12 3 4 35 19 19 1 3 15 12 35 -7 45
14 Avellino 38 11 10 17 42 49 19 7 6 6 19 16 19 4 4 11 23 33 -7 43
15 Turris Neapolis 38 11 10 17 40 56 19 6 6 7 24 28 19 5 4 10 16 28 -16 43
16 Nuova Monterosi 38 10 14 14 39 45 19 3 12 4 18 18 19 7 2 10 21 27 -6 42
17 Messina 38 11 8 19 32 47 19 7 4 8 20 19 19 4 4 11 12 28 -15 41
18 Gelbison 38 7 15 16 25 40 19 4 7 8 15 21 19 3 8 8 10 19 -15 36
19 Viterbese Castrense 38 8 11 19 35 52 19 5 7 7 21 26 19 3 4 12 14 26 -17 33
20 Fidelis Andria 38 6 15 17 29 49 19 5 9 5 14 15 19 1 6 12 15 34 -20 33

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