Serie D: Girone H match preview: Picerno versus Puteolana Internapoli

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Competition: Italy Serie D: Girone H
Competition: Wed 19.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Donato Curcio (400 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Picerno fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Puteolana Internapoli's 18th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Picerno is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Puteolana Internapoli have the the worst goal difference (-28) in Serie D: Girone H

It's no vacation for neither Picerno nor Puteolana Internapoli as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Picerno's stadium, Stadio Comunale Donato Curcio, has a artifical turf surface. Puteolana Internapoli have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Puteolana Internapoli when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses from three matches. They have scored 3 goals in these games and conceded 9.

Picerno are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Internapoli are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Picerno form and stats

6 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Picerno have to build on here at Stadio Comunale Donato Curcio in the Serie D: Girone H.

Picerno drew their last game, also a home match. Casarano (placed 5th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Sorrento and winning 1-0.

The manager D. Giacomarro will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Brindisi in only four days.

Picerno have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Comunale Donato Curcio with 22 goals in 14 league matches. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Puteolana Internapoli form and stats

Puteolana Internapoli, who have the the worst goal difference (-28) in Serie D: Girone H, have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Serie D: Girone H, after 1-2-12 (15 played).

Internapoli lost away at Portici (0-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Puteolana Internapoli lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus US Bitonto.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sorrento in just four days.

Goals are few and far between in Puteolana Internapoli's away league games. Only 7 goals from 15 travels. Internapoli have conceded 32 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Puteolana Internapoli - Picerno 2-2 entered in the official records.

Picerno missing players

Puteolana Internapoli missing players

Picerno Puteolana Internapoli
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 5 15 29
14 6 2 Won W 1 1 5
11 6 1 Drew D 0 2 9
4 2 0 Lost L 4 12 15
46 22 5 Scored S 2 7 21
32 15 2 Conceded C 10 32 49
86% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
76% 79% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 69%
59% 57% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 53% 52%
31% 36% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 33% 28%
10% 7% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
62% 64% 33% BTTS BTTS 20% 40% 52%
34% 29% 67% Clean Sheets C S 20% 7% 17%
17% 21% 33% Failed to Score F T 60% 53% 41%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.7 2.8
6 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
4.9 3.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 6.4 7.5
2 1.4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.9 3.1
73% 71% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 20% 29%
Key stats in Serie D: Girone H this season:
  • Picerno have scored more than double the goals of Puteolana Internapoli.
  • Picerno have the most points from losing position (22) in Serie D: Girone H
  • Picerno is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Puteolana Internapoli have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Puteolana Internapoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Puteolana Internapoli have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Serie D: Girone H
  • Puteolana Internapoli have the fewest points (5) away in Serie D: Girone H
  • Puteolana Internapoli have the the worst goal difference (-25) away in Serie D: Girone H
  • Puteolana Internapoli have the the worst goal difference (-28) in Serie D: Girone H
  • Puteolana Internapoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Taranto 30 16 11 3 42 19 15 9 4 2 20 10 15 7 7 1 22 9 23 59
2 Picerno 29 14 11 4 46 32 14 6 6 2 22 15 15 8 5 2 24 17 14 53
3 Fidelis Andria 30 13 12 5 35 18 15 8 6 1 20 7 15 5 6 4 15 11 17 51
4 Lavello 30 13 11 6 50 34 15 9 6 0 31 10 15 4 5 6 19 24 16 50
5 Casarano 30 13 10 7 47 34 15 9 3 3 28 13 15 4 7 4 19 21 13 49
6 US Bitonto 30 14 6 10 42 36 15 9 2 4 21 16 15 5 4 6 21 20 6 48
7 Nardo 30 12 9 9 39 30 15 10 3 2 28 9 15 2 6 7 11 21 9 45
8 Audace Cerignola 29 11 10 8 48 31 15 8 5 2 33 14 14 3 5 6 15 17 17 43
9 Team Altamura 30 11 10 9 44 36 16 8 3 5 24 16 14 3 7 4 20 20 8 43
10 Molfetta Calcio 30 11 8 11 48 48 15 8 5 2 27 16 15 3 3 9 21 32 0 41
11 Citta di Fasano 30 8 11 11 34 39 15 5 5 5 18 18 15 3 6 6 16 21 -5 35
12 Sorrento 29 9 8 12 31 45 14 6 3 5 17 22 15 3 5 7 14 23 -14 35
13 Aversa Normanna 30 8 6 16 33 47 15 5 4 6 18 13 15 3 2 10 15 34 -14 30
14 Francavilla 30 6 11 13 33 45 15 4 6 5 21 19 15 2 5 8 12 26 -12 29
15 Gravina 30 6 10 14 27 33 15 4 7 4 17 15 15 2 3 10 10 18 -6 28
16 Portici 30 8 4 18 42 68 15 6 2 7 29 31 15 2 2 11 13 37 -26 28
17 Brindisi 28 6 9 13 21 39 14 3 6 5 15 19 14 3 3 8 6 20 -18 25
18 Puteolana Internapoli 29 5 9 15 21 49 14 4 7 3 14 17 15 1 2 12 7 32 -28 24

Read more about Serie D: Girone H

Serie D is the fourth level of football in Italy and the highest non-professional level. It is divided into nine regional divisions, often referred to as Girone (or group) A to I. The first-placed team from each division is promoted to Serie C each year. Each division usually holds 18 teams.