Serie D: Girone A forecast and pre-match guide: Città di Varese moderate favoured to get the better of Lavagnese

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Competition: Italy Serie D: Girone A
Competition: Sun 30.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Franco Ossola (8213 seats)

Serie D: Girone A: Top-notch versus modest, at least based on the league table. Città di Varese - Lavagnese. Home win or a shock result?

Insights:
  • Città di Varese have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Serie D: Girone A
  • Città di Varese have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lavagnese have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither Città di Varese nor Lavagnese as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Città di Varese form and stats

Città di Varese are steadily winning Serie D: Girone A games and points here at Stadio Franco Ossola. 7 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 10 games. In general it's been a long time since Città di Varese tasted defeat here at Stadio Franco Ossola, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.

The Città di Varese followers enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Lavagnese and win 2-1.

Before that, Città di Varese had a home game versus Caronnese which ended with a victory 2-0.

Varese are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Franco Ossola in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.

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Lavagnese form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Lavagnese so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose).

It might be tough going out on the road again for Lavagnese, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Città di Varese (placed 2nd).

A 0-1 loss hosting Asti before that.

Lavagnese are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 9 goals from 10 away games. The attacking power of Lavagnese when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. As for defending, Lavagnese rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 17 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This happened when the contenders faced each other previously this season; Città di Varese - Lavagnese 2-1. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - two - zero (Città di Varese wins - draws - Lavagnese wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been "violent", having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four encounters.

Città di Varese missing players

Lavagnese missing players

Città di Varese Lavagnese
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 4 Played P 3 10 19
10 7 3 Won W 1 2 4
6 3 1 Drew D 1 3 4
3 0 0 Lost L 1 5 11
29 20 10 Scored S 2 9 17
16 8 3 Conceded C 2 17 29
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
68% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 60% 68%
42% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 47%
21% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 21%
11% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 11%
53% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 53%
42% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 16%
16% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 37%
 
6.1 5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.7 3.9
4.1 3.6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.1 4.9
2.4 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.6 2.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
11.1 10 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 8.3 8.6
5 4.6 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.9 4
24% 39% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 33% 27%
 
7.2 7.2 10 Shots against (avg) S A 13 11 9.9
2.4 2.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.1 4.3
Key stats in Serie D: Girone A this season:
  • Città di Varese have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Città di Varese have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Città di Varese have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lavagnese have scored away.
  • Città di Varese have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Città di Varese have the most scored goals in the first half (18) in Serie D: Girone A
  • Città di Varese have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Città di Varese haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Lavagnese have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 18 12 5 1 42 16 10 9 1 0 27 6 8 3 4 1 15 10 26 41
2 Città di Varese 19 10 6 3 29 16 10 7 3 0 20 8 9 3 3 3 9 8 13 36
3 Sanremo 19 10 3 6 33 24 9 6 1 2 16 7 10 4 2 4 17 17 9 33
4 Chieri 18 9 5 4 28 19 9 5 3 1 12 5 9 4 2 3 16 14 9 32
5 Borgosesia 18 8 6 4 31 19 9 4 4 1 17 8 9 4 2 3 14 11 12 30
6 Derthona 17 8 4 5 26 22 8 4 1 3 13 12 9 4 3 2 13 10 4 28
7 PDHAE 17 7 7 3 22 18 9 4 4 1 11 6 8 3 3 2 11 12 4 28
8 Vado 19 6 10 3 22 24 9 2 7 0 14 12 10 4 3 3 8 12 -2 28
9 Casale 17 8 3 6 23 16 8 5 1 2 13 5 9 3 2 4 10 11 7 27
10 Gozzano 18 6 8 4 20 13 9 3 4 2 13 9 9 3 4 2 7 4 7 26
11 Bra 19 7 3 9 22 26 10 3 1 6 10 13 9 4 2 3 12 13 -4 24
12 Sestri Levante 19 6 5 8 20 26 10 4 3 3 13 14 9 2 2 5 7 12 -6 23
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 16 4 8 4 16 17 8 2 3 3 9 10 8 2 5 1 7 7 -1 20
15 Ligorna 17 5 3 9 20 26 8 3 2 3 14 12 9 2 1 6 6 14 -6 18
16 Lavagnese 19 4 4 11 17 29 9 2 1 6 8 12 10 2 3 5 9 17 -12 16
17 Caronnese 18 2 9 7 17 23 9 0 5 4 9 14 9 2 4 3 8 9 -6 15
18 Pro Imperia 17 4 3 10 17 26 8 3 1 4 11 10 9 1 2 6 6 16 -9 15
19 Fossano 18 4 3 11 16 33 9 4 0 5 11 14 9 0 3 6 5 19 -17 15
20 Saluzzo 18 2 5 11 10 29 9 2 3 4 5 9 9 0 2 7 5 20 -19 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.