Novara expected to challenge Asti at their own home

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Competition: Italy Serie D: Girone A
Competition: Sun 30.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Vincenzo Cesin Bosia (6000 seats)

Asti got a 0-2 score versus Novara in their previous week, a fixture to learn from. The next assignment is this strong Novara team.

Insights:
  • Asti have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Serie D: Girone A
  • Novara have the most scored goals (44) in Serie D: Girone A

13 - 13 - 18 with 60-67. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Novara when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Novara play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

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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Asti form and stats

Asti's struggle is real here at Stadio Vincenzo Cesin Bosia with only 9 points collected from 9 Serie D: Girone A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-4. When Asti hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Chieri, Sanremo, Borgosesia, Citta di Varese and Derthona), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Asti's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Novara (placed 1st).

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Lavagnese.

On the other hand, Asti have conceded 12 goals.

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Novara form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (44) in Serie D: Girone A, on their Serie D: Girone A travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Novara have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.

Novara play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Asti (placed 14th).

Before that, Novara secured a home win against Chieri with the score 4-2.

The travelling fans enjoy Novara's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Novara have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date reported scoreline involving both these sides is the Asti - Novara 0-2 played previously this season. Data for the former two meetings featuring these two sides are: zero wins for Asti, one draw and one win for Novara. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

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Asti Novara
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 2 Played P 4 9 19
4 2 1 Won W 3 4 13
8 3 0 Drew D 1 4 5
5 4 1 Lost L 0 1 1
16 9 3 Scored S 9 17 44
19 12 4 Conceded C 3 10 16
88% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
24% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 56% 58%
18% 22% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 42%
6% 11% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 21%
53% 56% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 58%
24% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 42%
35% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 3.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.8 7
5.3 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.8 4.8
3.6 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.8 2.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
8.2 8.2 9 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 13.2 12.9
3.8 3.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6.2 6.3
26% 29% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 32% 37%
 
11.2 11.8 12 Shots against (avg) S A 10 8.8 7.9
5.4 6.2 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.2 3.8
Key stats in Serie D: Girone A this season:
  • All of Novara's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Asti have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Asti have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Serie D: Girone A
  • Asti have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Novara have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Novara have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Novara have scored more than double the goals of Asti.
  • Novara have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Serie D: Girone A
  • Novara have the most points (16) away in Serie D: Girone A
  • Novara have the most scored goals (44) in Serie D: Girone A
  • Novara have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Serie D: Girone A
  • Novara have the the best goal difference (+28) in Serie D: Girone A
  • Novara have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Serie D: Girone A
  • Novara have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Novara haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Novara is in the best form (5-1-0) in Serie D: Girone A

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Novara 19 13 5 1 44 16 10 9 1 0 27 6 9 4 4 1 17 10 28 44
2 Citta di Varese 19 10 6 3 29 16 10 7 3 0 20 8 9 3 3 3 9 8 13 36
3 Sanremo 20 10 4 6 33 24 10 6 2 2 16 7 10 4 2 4 17 17 9 34
4 Chieri 19 9 6 4 29 20 9 5 3 1 12 5 10 4 3 3 17 15 9 33
5 Borgosesia 19 8 7 4 32 20 10 4 5 1 18 9 9 4 2 3 14 11 12 31
6 Derthona 18 9 4 5 29 22 9 5 1 3 16 12 9 4 3 2 13 10 7 31
7 PDHAE 18 7 7 4 23 23 9 4 4 1 11 6 9 3 3 3 12 17 0 28
8 Vado 20 6 10 4 22 27 9 2 7 0 14 12 11 4 3 4 8 15 -5 28
9 Casale 17 8 3 6 23 16 8 5 1 2 13 5 9 3 2 4 10 11 7 27
10 Bra 20 8 3 9 23 26 11 4 1 6 11 13 9 4 2 3 12 13 -3 27
11 Gozzano 18 6 8 4 20 13 9 3 4 2 13 9 9 3 4 2 7 4 7 26
12 Sestri Levante 20 7 5 8 25 27 11 5 3 3 18 15 9 2 2 5 7 12 -2 26
13 RG Ticino 19 5 6 8 17 26 10 3 5 2 9 7 9 2 1 6 8 19 -9 21
14 Asti 17 4 8 5 16 19 9 2 3 4 9 12 8 2 5 1 7 7 -3 20
15 Ligorna 18 5 4 9 22 28 9 3 3 3 16 14 9 2 1 6 6 14 -6 19
16 Caronnese 19 2 10 7 17 23 9 0 5 4 9 14 10 2 5 3 8 9 -6 16
17 Lavagnese 19 4 4 11 17 29 9 2 1 6 8 12 10 2 3 5 9 17 -12 16
18 Fossano 19 4 4 11 18 35 9 4 0 5 11 14 10 0 4 6 7 21 -17 16
19 Pro Imperia 17 4 3 10 17 26 8 3 1 4 11 10 9 1 2 6 6 16 -9 15
20 Saluzzo 19 2 5 12 10 30 9 2 3 4 5 9 10 0 2 8 5 21 -20 11

Read more about Serie D: Girone A

Serie D is the fourth level of football in Italy and the highest non-professional level. It is divided into nine regional divisions, often referred to as Girone (or group) A to I. The first-placed team from each division is promoted to Serie C each year. Each division usually holds 18 teams.