Serie D: Girone I duel: Close contest expected between Biancavilla and Acireale

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Competition: Italy Serie D: Girone I
Competition: Sun 21.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Orazio Raiti (1000 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Biancavilla - Acireale!

Insights:
  • Biancavilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Acireale have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Serie D: Girone I

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Serie D: Girone I.

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Biancavilla form and stats

21 points is a decent return from 10 Serie D: Girone I games here at Stadio Orazio Raiti for Biancavilla. The data says 7 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.

Biancavilla are confident in defense, having played 201 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The Biancavilla supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Dattilo in Serie D: Girone I and win 2-0. 0-0 away at San Luca before that.

Biancavilla have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Orazio Raiti with 17 goals in 10 league matches. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Acireale form and stats

There's been little loot from Acireale's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Serie D: Girone I. Acireale only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw. A depressing four defeats in a row for Acireale in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Castrovillari.

Acireale go into this game after a win, the home game against Roccella that ended 6-0.

As mentioned above, Acireale was the only team on the pitch versus Roccella in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found one similar match played by Acireale in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Acireale, one draw and zero defeats.

Acireale are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Acireale's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Acireale - Biancavilla 2-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Biancavilla won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Acireale has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two

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Acireale missing players

Biancavilla Acireale
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 3 11 21
10 7 1 Won W 0 3 11
3 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
8 3 2 Lost L 3 7 8
25 17 3 Scored S 5 14 35
22 12 3 Conceded C 8 17 21
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 90%
62% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 67%
38% 60% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 64% 57%
14% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 36% 29%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 27% 19%
38% 60% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 48%
33% 30% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 33%
33% 10% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.7 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.7 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0.1 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12 5.5 4.9
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.3 2.8
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 45% 64%
Key stats in Serie D: Girone I this season:
  • Acireale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Acireale have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Serie D: Girone I
  • Biancavilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Biancavilla 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 Messina 21 12 7 2 36 16 11 8 3 0 21 3 10 4 4 2 15 13 20 43
2 Citta di Messina 20 12 5 3 28 13 10 9 0 1 19 5 10 3 5 2 9 8 15 41
3 Gelbison 20 10 7 3 35 23 10 5 5 0 17 11 10 5 2 3 18 12 12 37
4 Acireale 21 11 2 8 35 21 10 8 1 1 21 4 11 3 1 7 14 17 14 35
5 Dattilo 20 10 2 8 34 27 10 7 1 2 17 8 10 3 1 6 17 19 7 32
6 Biancavilla 21 10 3 8 25 22 10 7 0 3 17 12 11 3 3 5 8 10 3 32
7 Licata 21 9 4 8 21 18 10 6 2 2 14 6 11 3 2 6 7 12 3 31
8 San Luca 19 9 4 6 21 19 10 6 3 1 12 7 9 3 1 5 9 12 2 31
9 Rotonda 19 8 5 6 17 19 9 5 3 1 10 5 10 3 2 5 7 14 -2 29
10 Santa Maria Cilento 21 6 7 8 26 18 11 5 3 3 19 8 10 1 4 5 7 10 8 25
11 Paterno 20 7 4 9 18 21 10 5 1 4 12 10 10 2 3 5 6 11 -3 25
12 Castrovillari 20 6 6 8 20 20 10 2 4 4 9 10 10 4 2 4 11 10 0 24
13 Citta Di Sant'Agata 21 5 7 9 19 29 10 5 1 4 11 13 11 0 6 5 8 16 -10 22
14 Cittanovese 18 5 6 7 23 29 9 2 4 3 12 18 9 3 2 4 11 11 -6 21
15 Marina di Ragusa 21 4 8 9 20 32 10 2 5 3 12 15 11 2 3 6 8 17 -12 20
16 Troina 20 5 5 10 15 30 11 4 4 3 11 10 9 1 1 7 4 20 -15 20
17 Rende 21 4 5 12 19 37 11 3 3 5 8 16 10 1 2 7 11 21 -18 17
18 Roccella 18 4 1 13 11 29 9 1 1 7 6 14 9 3 0 6 5 15 -18 13

Read more about Serie D: Girone I

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.