Serie C: Girone C match prediction: Little separates Bisceglie and Foggia in quality

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 24.January
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Gustavo Ventura (8000 seats)

Struggling Bisceglie will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Foggia in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Bisceglie haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Foggia have scored at least twice as many goals away as Bisceglie have scored home.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Serie C: Girone C match only four days ago. This match was also played here at Stadio Gustavo Ventura. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Foggia have had more rest.

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Bisceglie form and stats

Bisceglie's struggle is real here at Stadio Gustavo Ventura with only 8 points collected from 9 Serie C: Girone C games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-5. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Bisceglie, their manager G. Bucaro and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Bisceglie are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 253 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by M. Mansour).

Ahead of that match, Bisceglie lost 0-1 at home to Bari 1908.

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 Bisceglie have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won one, drawn six and lost three.

Bisceglie aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Gustavo Ventura in the league, with only 6 goals from 9 games. On the other hand, Bisceglie have conceded 10 goals.

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Foggia form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie C: Girone C matches, Foggia have produced an overall stat of 5-1-4 so far.

Foggia are travelling again after losing away to Catania in their previous match (1-2). A draw for Foggia before that, at their own venue hosting Juve Stabia (1-1).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Foggia in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Foggia, two draws and three defeats.

The visiting Foggia have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Foggia have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Foggia - Bisceglie 1-3 played earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Bisceglie victories, one draw and zero Foggia wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BisceglieO. Ebagua
O. Ebagua
3 goals

Bisceglie missing players

Foggia missing players

Bisceglie Foggia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 4 10 18
3 2 1 Won W 4 5 8
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 4
10 5 2 Lost L 0 4 6
15 6 2 Scored S 9 14 25
27 10 4 Conceded C 3 12 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 44% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 83%
39% 22% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 39%
17% 11% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 22%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 11%
56% 44% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 56%
6% 11% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 30% 33%
39% 44% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 11%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.9 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.9 3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
6.2 5.2 5.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.8 6.7 7.6
2.2 1.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.4 3.1
38% 38% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 41% 45%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Bisceglie haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Foggia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Foggia have scored at least twice as many goals away as Bisceglie have scored home.
  • Foggia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ternana 18 14 4 0 46 12 10 7 3 0 21 4 8 7 1 0 25 8 34 46
2 Bari 1908 18 11 5 2 32 14 8 4 3 1 14 7 10 7 2 1 18 7 18 38
3 Avellino 18 9 4 5 27 20 10 5 2 3 18 12 8 4 2 2 9 8 7 31
4 Catanzaro 18 8 7 3 26 19 8 6 2 0 15 6 10 2 5 3 11 13 7 31
5 Teramo 18 7 7 4 20 15 8 5 3 0 12 4 10 2 4 4 8 11 5 28
6 Foggia 18 8 4 6 25 21 8 3 3 2 11 9 10 5 1 4 14 12 4 28
7 Catania 17 8 5 4 23 19 9 4 4 1 12 8 8 4 1 3 9 10 4 27
8 Turris Neapolis 18 6 9 3 23 22 9 3 4 2 9 10 9 3 5 1 14 12 1 27
9 Palermo 18 6 6 6 19 19 10 4 3 3 14 11 8 2 3 3 5 8 0 24
10 Casertana 18 7 3 8 24 30 9 2 2 5 10 19 9 5 1 3 14 11 -6 24
11 Juve Stabia 17 6 5 6 17 17 9 5 1 3 12 9 8 1 4 3 5 8 0 23
12 Virtus Francavilla 18 5 7 6 21 22 9 3 3 3 12 13 9 2 4 3 9 9 -1 22
13 Vibonese 18 4 9 5 21 20 9 2 5 2 12 10 9 2 4 3 9 10 1 21
14 Viterbese Castrense 16 4 6 6 20 23 7 1 2 4 4 9 9 3 4 2 15 12 -3 18
15 Monopoli 18 4 5 9 17 26 9 1 3 5 7 12 9 3 2 4 10 14 -9 17
16 Potenza Calcio 18 4 4 10 18 29 9 2 3 4 13 17 9 2 1 6 5 12 -11 16
17 Bisceglie 18 3 5 10 15 27 9 2 2 5 6 10 9 1 3 5 9 17 -12 14
18 Paganese 18 2 6 10 14 29 10 0 4 6 5 18 8 2 2 4 9 11 -15 12
19 Cavese 18 1 5 12 10 28 9 0 1 8 2 15 9 1 4 4 8 13 -18 8
20 Trapani 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 -1

Read more about Serie C: Girone C

Serie C is the third highest level in the Italian football league. It is divided into three geographical divisions; North East, North West and South. These are often referred to as Girone (or group) A, B, C. Each group holds 20 teams who play 38 fixtures each to create a final league table.