Foggia greet Nuova Monterosi as odds-on favourites: Big preview

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sat 25.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria (25000 seats)

Foggia - Nuova Monterosi. 5th spot versus 18th spot. The ball is round - get a thorough match preview here!

Insights:
  • Foggia have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Nuova Monterosi is in the worst form (0-3-3)

Nuova Monterosi play their home games on artifical turf, while this match is played on grass. The latest data for Nuova Monterosi when playing on grass are 10 wins, 10 draws and 16 defeats from 36 matches. They have scored {41 goals} and conceded 52 times in these games.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Foggia form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie C: Girone C, Foggia have managed 9 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 16 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Foggia here at Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

In their previous game, the manager Somma led his Foggia to a defeat away at Audace Cerignola. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Monopoli in a game that was won 1-0.

A decent goal production from Foggia in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 16 league matches.

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Nuova Monterosi form and stats

There's been little loot from Nuova Monterosi's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 16 away games in the Serie C: Girone C. Nuova Monterosi only have 4 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 2 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Nuova Monterosi are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

The attacking players of Nuova Monterosi have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 212 minutes.

There were no winners in Monterosi's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Fidelis Andria (placed 20th).

A 0-3 defeat away at Catanzaro before that.

Highlight this: 8 of the latest 10 league games involving this team have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting words).

Nuova Monterosi have conceded 26 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have met previously this season: Nuova Monterosi - Foggia 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Foggia zero wins, three draws and Nuova Monterosi zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FoggiaR. Ogunseye
R. Ogunseye
9 goals
Nuova MonterosiR. Costantino
R. Costantino
9 goals
FoggiaA. Garattoni
A. Garattoni
8 goals

Foggia missing players

Nuova Monterosi missing players

Foggia Nuova Monterosi
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
15 9 4 Won W 0 4 7
7 3 1 Drew D 1 2 12
11 4 0 Lost L 4 10 14
50 24 9 Scored S 2 16 33
40 16 2 Conceded C 10 26 43
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 85%
76% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 69% 61%
45% 44% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 42%
30% 31% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 31% 24%
18% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
48% 38% 40% BTTS BTTS 20% 31% 39%
36% 56% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 27%
18% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 80% 50% 48%
 
4.6 3.8 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.9 4.1
4 3.8 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 5.9 4.7
2.3 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.9 2.8
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
10.7 10.5 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 8.9 8.5
4.2 3.8 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.8 3.5
36% 39% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 27% 29%
 
8.7 8.6 5 Shots against (avg) S A 13 11 9.4
3.8 3.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.6 3.7
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Foggia have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Nuova Monterosi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nuova Monterosi haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Nuova Monterosi is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  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 33 27 5 1 88 13 17 17 0 0 58 5 16 10 5 1 30 8 75 86
2 Crotone 33 20 10 3 49 27 16 11 5 0 21 6 17 9 5 3 28 21 22 70
3 Pescara 33 16 7 10 47 35 17 8 4 5 25 20 16 8 3 5 22 15 12 55
4 Picerno 33 14 11 8 38 30 16 9 4 3 22 12 17 5 7 5 16 18 8 53
5 Foggia 33 15 7 11 50 40 16 9 3 4 24 16 17 6 4 7 26 24 10 52
6 Audace Cerignola 33 14 9 10 41 36 17 11 3 3 30 14 16 3 6 7 11 22 5 51
7 Monopoli 33 13 6 14 38 41 17 9 0 8 23 20 16 4 6 6 15 21 -3 45
8 Virtus Francavilla 33 12 6 15 41 43 16 11 3 2 31 14 17 1 3 13 10 29 -2 42
9 Avellino 33 11 9 13 39 41 17 7 6 4 19 13 16 4 3 9 20 28 -2 42
10 Latina 33 10 12 11 31 38 16 6 5 5 11 15 17 4 7 6 20 23 -7 42
11 Juve Stabia 33 11 8 14 30 39 16 6 4 6 17 18 17 5 4 8 13 21 -9 41
12 Potenza Calcio 33 8 17 8 37 47 16 6 7 3 25 20 17 2 10 5 12 27 -10 41
13 SSC Giugliano 33 9 13 11 43 46 16 5 7 4 25 22 17 4 6 7 18 24 -3 40
14 Taranto 33 10 10 13 21 33 16 8 5 3 14 9 17 2 5 10 7 24 -12 40
15 ACR Messina 33 10 6 17 31 43 17 6 4 7 19 18 16 4 2 10 12 25 -12 36
16 Gelbison 33 7 14 12 24 33 17 4 7 6 15 18 16 3 7 6 9 15 -9 35
17 Turris 33 8 10 15 34 49 17 4 6 7 19 27 16 4 4 8 15 22 -15 34
18 Nuova Monterosi 33 7 12 14 33 43 17 3 10 4 17 17 16 4 2 10 16 26 -10 33
19 Viterbese 33 6 10 17 30 47 16 4 6 6 18 23 17 2 4 11 12 24 -17 26
20 Fidelis Andria 33 4 14 15 21 42 17 3 9 5 11 15 16 1 5 10 10 27 -21 26

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.