Serie D: Girone I match preview and numbers: FC Messina host Rende

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Competition: Italy Serie D: Girone I
Competition: Sun 24.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Franco Scoglio (37895 seats)

This match involves two squads residing in the cellar of the Serie D: Girone I, FC Messina at 15th position and Rende lying 16th. A nice opportunity for one of the teams to better their position.

Insights:
  • FC Messina have yet to win a game at home.
  • Rende have yet to win a game away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for FC Messina and Rende.

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FC Messina form and stats

Three Serie D: Girone I home games done for FC Messina, who are not happy collecting 2 points from these matches.

FC Messina enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Portici's place. The match ended 1-0.

In the match before that, Messina hosted Trapani 1905 and drew the game 1-1.

The lack of attacking qualities in Messina means that they have only scored 1 goal in 3 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.

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Rende form and stats

The Serie D: Girone I season is young and Rende have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.

Rende go into this game after a win, the home game against Sancataldese that ended 5-1. As mentioned above, Rende was the only team on the pitch versus Sancataldese in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.

A loss against Cittanova Interpiana was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Goals are few and far between in Rende's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels. 4 goals have been conceded by Rende in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - one - one (Messina wins - draws - Rende wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

FC Messina missing players

Rende missing players

FC Messina Rende
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 0 3 7
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
2 2 0 Drew D 0 1 1
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 5
2 1 0 Scored S 0 1 9
10 5 0 Conceded C 0 4 11
86% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 86%
43% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 57%
29% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 43%
14% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 29%
14% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 43%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 14%
71% 67% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 57%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 4.7
3 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 4
5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 5 4.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5 8.3
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 3.7
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 27%
Key stats in Serie D: Girone I this season:
  • FC Messina have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • FC Messina have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • FC Messina have yet to win a game at home.
  • Rende have scored more than double the goals of FC Messina.
  • Rende have yet to win a 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 Gelbison 7 5 2 0 11 3 3 2 1 0 6 1 4 3 1 0 5 2 8 17
2 Paterno 7 5 2 0 13 6 4 3 1 0 5 2 3 2 1 0 8 4 7 17
3 Cavese 7 5 1 1 11 3 4 3 1 0 7 1 3 2 0 1 4 2 8 16
4 Aversa Normanna 7 5 1 1 13 10 4 2 1 1 4 5 3 3 0 0 9 5 3 16
5 Acireale 6 4 2 0 8 2 4 3 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 6 14
6 Città Di Sant’Agata 7 4 1 2 11 7 4 2 1 1 8 5 3 2 0 1 3 2 4 13
7 Lamezia Terme 7 4 1 2 11 7 4 2 0 2 6 6 3 2 1 0 5 1 4 13
8 Portici 7 4 1 2 10 10 4 2 1 1 6 4 3 2 0 1 4 6 0 13
9 San Luca 7 3 3 1 8 6 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 12
10 Licata 7 3 1 3 11 7 3 3 0 0 7 0 4 0 1 3 4 7 4 10
11 Trapani 1905 5 3 1 1 9 5 3 2 0 1 6 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 10
12 Cittanova Interpiana 6 3 0 3 11 4 3 1 0 2 6 3 3 2 0 1 5 1 7 9
13 Santa Maria Cilento 7 2 2 3 9 10 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 1 0 3 6 8 -1 8
14 Castrovillari 7 1 2 4 10 15 3 0 0 3 3 8 4 1 2 1 7 7 -5 5
15 FC Messina 7 1 2 4 2 10 3 0 2 1 1 5 4 1 0 3 1 5 -8 5
16 Rende 7 1 1 5 9 11 4 1 0 3 8 7 3 0 1 2 1 4 -2 4
17 Biancavilla 7 1 0 6 7 17 3 1 0 2 4 7 4 0 0 4 3 10 -10 3
18 Giarre 7 0 1 6 3 12 3 0 0 3 0 5 4 0 1 3 3 7 -9 1
19 Trapani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Troina 7 2 0 5 10 15 3 1 0 2 7 8 4 1 0 3 3 7 -5 0
20 Sancataldese 7 0 0 7 1 18 3 0 0 3 0 5 4 0 0 4 1 13 -17 0

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.