Viterbese Castrense vs Virtus Francavilla: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Wed 23.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Enrico Rocchi (5460 seats)

Viterbese Castrense hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 14 points and a 15th position in the Serie C: Girone C table. Visiting Virtus Francavilla holds 12th place with 18 pts.

Insights:
  • Viterbese Castrense have yet to win a game at home.
  • Virtus Francavilla have scored at least twice as many goals away as Viterbese Castrense have scored home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Viterbese Castrense form and stats

0-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie C: Girone C numbers at home for Viterbese Castrense so far this season. Viterbese are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Stadio Enrico Rocchi, having lost their two previous games here.

A good away victory last time out for Viterbese, who won 3-0 against Casertana (placed 14th). Before that match, a win away at Potenza Calcio.

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 Viterbese have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won nine, drawn three and lost three.

Viterbese Castrense has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 1 goal from 5 games. Viterbese have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Virtus Francavilla form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Virtus Francavilla so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose). Visiting Francavilla has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

F. Vázquez and F. Puntoriere scored in Francavilla's previous match, the home game against Bisceglie that ended 2-1. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Cavese that ended 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Virtus Francavilla playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were three Francavilla wins, four draws and four defeats.

The attacking power of Virtus Francavilla when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Viterbese Castrense two wins, one draw and Virtus Francavilla zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Virtus FrancavillaL. Perez
L. Perez
11 goals

Viterbese Castrense missing players

Virtus Francavilla missing players

Viterbese Castrense Virtus Francavilla
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 5 0 Played P 2 7 16
3 0 0 Won W 0 1 4
5 1 0 Drew D 2 3 6
6 4 0 Lost L 0 3 6
16 1 0 Scored S 0 5 17
19 7 0 Conceded C 0 6 19
93% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 71% 88%
71% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 43% 62%
43% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 44%
21% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 25%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
43% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 62%
21% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 29% 19%
43% 80% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 57% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.9 3.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.6 3.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
7.3 8.8 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 7.4 9.1
3 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.1 3.8
33% 7% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 23% 28%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Virtus Francavilla have scored at least twice as many goals away as Viterbese Castrense have scored home.
  • Viterbese Castrense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Viterbese Castrense have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Viterbese Castrense have yet to win a game at home.
  • Viterbese Castrense haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Ternana 16 12 4 0 41 11 9 6 3 0 19 3 7 6 1 0 22 8 30 40
2 Bari 1908 15 10 3 2 29 12 7 4 2 1 13 6 8 6 1 1 16 6 17 33
3 Catanzaro 16 8 5 3 24 17 8 6 2 0 15 6 8 2 3 3 9 11 7 29
4 Teramo 15 7 6 2 19 12 7 5 2 0 11 3 8 2 4 2 8 9 7 27
5 Avellino 15 7 3 5 24 19 8 3 2 3 16 12 7 4 1 2 8 7 5 24
6 Foggia 15 7 3 5 19 17 7 3 2 2 10 8 8 4 1 3 9 9 2 24
7 Catania 14 7 4 3 18 14 7 3 3 1 9 6 7 4 1 2 7 7 4 23
8 Juve Stabia 15 6 4 5 16 13 8 5 1 2 12 6 7 1 3 3 4 7 3 22
9 Turris 15 5 7 3 19 20 7 2 3 2 6 9 8 3 4 1 13 11 -1 22
10 Palermo 15 5 5 5 16 16 8 4 2 2 12 8 7 1 3 3 4 8 0 20
11 Vibonese 15 4 7 4 19 17 8 2 4 2 11 9 7 2 3 2 8 8 2 19
12 Virtus Francavilla 16 4 6 6 17 19 9 3 3 3 12 13 7 1 3 3 5 6 -2 18
13 Monopoli 15 4 4 7 15 22 7 1 2 4 6 10 8 3 2 3 9 12 -7 16
14 Casertana 15 4 3 8 17 27 8 1 2 5 7 17 7 3 1 3 10 10 -10 15
15 Viterbese Castrense 14 3 5 6 17 21 5 0 1 4 1 7 9 3 4 2 15 12 -4 14
16 Paganese 15 2 6 7 12 21 8 0 4 4 3 11 7 2 2 3 9 10 -9 12
17 Bisceglie 14 2 4 8 13 24 6 1 2 3 5 8 8 1 2 5 8 16 -11 10
18 Potenza Calcio 16 2 4 10 16 29 8 1 3 4 12 17 8 1 1 6 4 12 -13 10
19 Cavese 15 1 5 9 10 24 8 0 1 7 2 14 7 1 4 2 8 10 -14 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.