Betting preview: Virtus Francavilla faced with a tough challenge when Palermo visits

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 02.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giovanni Paolo II (2000 seats)

Virtus Francavilla hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 38 points and a 14th position in the Serie C: Girone C table. Visiting Palermo holds 7th place with 50 pts.

Insights:
  • Virtus Francavilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Virtus Francavilla form and stats

5-6-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie C: Girone C numbers at home for Virtus Francavilla so far this season.

Francavilla are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 201 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by L. Nunzella).

The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Viterbese Castrense in the Serie C: Girone C last time out and are looking for a win here. Heartbreak before that as Francavilla lost 0-1 at Bisceglie's place.

Francavilla are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 17 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Francavilla have conceded 19 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Palermo form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie C: Girone C matches, Palermo have produced an overall stat of 6-5-6 so far.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Bari 1908.

The attacking power of Palermo when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 17 league matches away. As opposed to that, Palermo have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Palermo - Francavilla 1-2. Virtus Francavilla-Palermo H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Francavilla one win, Palermo one win, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FrancavillaF. Vázquez
F. Vázquez
10 goals

Virtus Francavilla missing players

Palermo missing players

Virtus Francavilla Palermo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 5 17 35
9 5 1 Won W 3 6 13
11 6 2 Drew D 1 5 11
15 6 3 Lost L 1 6 11
31 18 5 Scored S 5 15 41
41 19 8 Conceded C 3 17 39
86% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 82% 89%
51% 59% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 53% 66%
40% 41% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 35% 40%
23% 24% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 17%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 11%
49% 59% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 41% 51%
23% 24% 17% Clean Sheets C S 60% 35% 31%
43% 29% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 41% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 3.5 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.6 2.9
5 0 0 Red cards R C 0 6 7
 
8.2 9.2 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 7.4 8.2
3.2 3.4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.6 2.9
28% 31% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 34% 39%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Virtus Francavilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 35 28 6 1 92 28 17 14 3 0 48 11 18 14 3 1 44 17 64 90
2 Catanzaro 36 20 10 6 45 27 18 13 3 2 25 11 18 7 7 4 20 16 18 70
3 Avellino 35 20 7 8 52 32 18 12 3 3 33 13 17 8 4 5 19 19 20 67
4 Bari 1908 35 17 9 9 50 33 17 8 6 3 26 15 18 9 3 6 24 18 17 60
5 Catania 35 17 9 9 48 36 18 10 5 3 29 15 17 7 4 6 19 21 12 58
6 Juve Stabia 35 17 7 11 47 36 18 8 3 7 23 18 17 9 4 4 24 18 11 58
7 Palermo 35 13 11 11 41 39 18 7 6 5 26 22 17 6 5 6 15 17 2 50
8 Foggia 35 14 8 13 34 37 17 6 6 5 15 15 18 8 2 8 19 22 -3 50
9 Teramo 35 12 13 10 36 34 17 9 5 3 24 15 18 3 8 7 12 19 2 49
10 Casertana 36 14 5 17 49 58 17 6 2 9 23 29 19 8 3 8 26 29 -9 47
11 Viterbese Castrense 35 9 13 13 36 40 18 5 5 8 18 21 17 4 8 5 18 19 -4 40
12 Monopoli 35 10 10 15 41 49 18 6 5 7 24 24 17 4 5 8 17 25 -8 40
13 Potenza Calcio 36 10 9 17 38 52 18 5 6 7 21 27 18 5 3 10 17 25 -14 39
14 Virtus Francavilla 35 9 11 15 31 41 17 5 6 6 18 19 18 4 5 9 13 22 -10 38
15 Turris Neapolis 34 9 11 14 39 52 18 6 6 6 20 22 16 3 5 8 19 30 -13 38
16 Vibonese 35 6 17 12 33 36 17 4 9 4 21 17 18 2 8 8 12 19 -3 35
17 Paganese 35 7 10 18 25 48 18 3 7 8 12 24 17 4 3 10 13 24 -23 31
18 Bisceglie 35 7 9 19 27 49 18 5 4 9 11 18 17 2 5 10 16 31 -22 30
19 Cavese 34 4 7 23 23 54 16 3 1 12 8 23 18 1 6 11 15 31 -31 19
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.