Evenly matched teams: Virtus Verona vs Pescara match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie C Play-offs
Competition: Thu 18.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Gavagnin-Nocini (1200 seats)

A new Serie C Play-offs season is about to begin and this is the first real fixture for Virtus Verona and Pescara. Get ready!

These are hectic days for the host team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Serie C Play-offs. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Calcio Padova.

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Virtus Verona form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Virtus as they were promoted from Serie C: Girone A last season. Happy days that were secured through 15 wins, 13 draws and 10 losses from 38 games. The team scored 22 goals at home last season and conceded 19. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Virtus Verona have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 4 and lost 5.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Virtus Verona as they are travelling to their away game against Pescara in the Serie C Play-offs. That match is four days after this one.

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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.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Pescara playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 1 Pescara win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

A new game in only four days for Pescara, the Serie C Play-offs home match versus Virtus Verona. Busy days.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

PescaraF. Lescano
F. Lescano
19 goals
VirtusJ. Gómez Taleb
J. Gómez Taleb
10 goals
Virtus VeronaD. Danti
D. Danti
8 goals

Virtus Verona missing players

Pescara missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Virtus Verona Pescara
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 0 0
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 3 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
6 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
4 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 11 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
6 10 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
33% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
16 18 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
8.5 11 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Virtus Verona Last season Pescara
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
15 7   Won W   9 19
13 5   Drew D   4 8
10 7   Lost L   6 11
46 22   Scored S   27 58
30 19   Conceded C   20 42
82% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 95%
63% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 68%
34% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 58%
13% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 32%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
37% 42%   BTTS BTTS   47% 45%
47% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 29%
34% 37%   Failed to Score F T   37% 32%
 
3.8 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4
5.1 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.5
2.7 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.3
2 0   Red cards R C   2 5
 
9.1 10.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.7 9.8
4.2 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.8
29% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 40%
 
9.3 9.6   Shots against (avg) S A   9.4 8.6
3.7 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 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 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

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cappellen 34 20 6 8 61 37 17 9 4 4 23 15 17 11 2 4 38 22 24 66
2 Hades 34 18 8 8 51 32 17 8 3 6 24 16 17 10 5 2 27 16 19 62
3 Sporting Hasselt 34 17 7 10 52 42 17 10 4 3 29 19 17 7 3 7 23 23 10 58
4 Spouwen-Mopertingen 34 17 5 12 55 37 17 7 4 6 30 19 17 10 1 6 25 18 18 56
5 Tongeren 34 17 5 12 61 56 17 11 2 4 35 20 17 6 3 8 26 36 5 56
6 Lyra-Lierse Berlaar 34 16 7 11 64 45 17 9 4 4 31 16 17 7 3 7 33 29 19 55
7 Mechelen II 34 15 9 10 60 48 17 8 3 6 27 22 17 7 6 4 33 26 12 54
8 Diegem Sport 34 14 10 10 56 51 17 8 5 4 28 21 17 6 5 6 28 30 5 52
9 Bocholt 34 14 7 13 54 46 17 6 4 7 28 26 17 8 3 6 26 20 8 49
10 Racing Mechelen 34 12 11 11 45 36 17 7 4 6 26 21 17 5 7 5 19 15 9 47
11 Lille 34 13 7 14 55 59 17 7 2 8 22 25 17 6 5 6 33 34 -4 46
12 KSC City Pirates 34 12 8 14 56 75 17 5 4 8 28 44 17 7 4 6 28 31 -19 44
13 Londerzeel 34 10 11 13 51 48 17 6 5 6 31 24 17 4 6 7 20 24 3 41
14 Berchem Sport 34 10 8 16 45 61 17 5 5 7 26 29 17 5 3 9 19 32 -16 38
15 FC Lebbeke 34 10 8 16 47 64 17 5 5 7 26 38 17 5 3 9 21 26 -17 38
16 Turnhout 34 10 4 20 68 81 17 6 2 9 40 42 17 4 2 11 28 39 -13 34
17 Pepingen-Halle 34 7 7 20 36 66 17 5 4 8 24 31 17 2 3 12 12 35 -30 28
18 Beerschot VA II 34 7 6 21 40 73 17 3 3 11 18 33 17 4 3 10 22 40 -33 27

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