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PajimonBoet, let me tell you something about this one — it's got the smell of a good braai about it, where one side's got the meat on the coals and the other's still fumbling for the lighter. Latina at home against Vis Pesaro away is a fixture where the numbers don't leave you much room for fancy talk.
Latina's home record over their last 20 games at this ground is 9 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses, with 1.65 points per game. They're averaging 1.1 goals scored and just 0.7 conceded per game at home, and they've kept 8 clean sheets in those 20. Their last game was a 2–0 win over Atalanta II four days ago, and before that they'd drawn twice in a row — 1–1 away at Sambenedettese and 1–1 at home with Ostia Mare. The current run says they won their last one, scoring 2 and conceding 0. That's a side that's settled in at home and knows how to get the job done on their own patch.
Now look at what Vis Pesaro are doing on the road. Their last 20 away games read 4 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses — 0.85 points per game. They're scoring 0.85 per game away but conceding 1.85, and they've only kept 4 clean sheets in 20. In their last 5 matches across all grounds, they've won just once and lost four, conceding 13 goals in that stretch. That's 2.6 goals conceded per game. Their last 10 tells the same story: 2 wins, 1 draw, 7 losses, with 2.5 goals conceded per game and zero clean sheets. Three of those last five games ended with a Vis Pesaro red card. This is a side that's struggling on the road and leaking goals at an alarming rate.
The head-to-head is a blank — no meetings on record between these two. So we're leaning entirely on current form and venue records, and those point firmly one way.
The counter-argument, and I'll give it fair play, is that Vis Pesaro have scored in all five of their last matches. They've got 1.4 goals per game in that stretch, and their away record shows 10 of 20 games where both teams scored. So they're not a side that shuts up shop and parks the bus. They'll get a goal, probably. But getting a goal and winning are two very different things when you're conceding 2.6 per game and your away record is 4 wins from 20. Ee, boet, that's a tough ask.
The market has Latina at 1.79, which prices them at 55.87%. My read on the football is that the home side are more likely than that. The gap in points per game at the relevant venues — 1.65 to 0.85 — and the form gap in the last five games — 1 win and 3 draws versus 1 win and 4 losses — tell me the market is a touch shy on the home side. I'd put my own estimate around 63%, which sits comfortably above the market's view.
Key Points:
- Latina's home record: 9W 6D 5L in 20 games, 0.7 goals conceded per game
- Vis Pesaro's away record: 4W 5D 11L in 20 games, 1.85 goals conceded per game
- Vis Pesaro have lost 4 of their last 5 matches, conceding 13 goals in that stretch
- No head-to-head meetings on record; the call rests on current form and venue records
- Vis Pesaro have scored in all 5 of their last games but their defensive record on the road is poor
My verdict: Latina home win at 1.79.