Serie D: Girone I preview: Can Rende edge out victory against Marina di Ragusa?

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Competition: Italy Serie D: Girone I
Competition: Sun 14.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Marco Lorenzon (5000 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Serie D: Girone I, Rende holding 16th place and Marina di Ragusa lying 17th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Rende has the most conceded goals (31) in Serie D: Girone I

The visiting Marina di Ragusa played their last game only four days ago, a Serie D: Girone I match. That game was also an away game, at Citta di Messina. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Rende form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie D: Girone I this season. Rende, who have the most conceded goals (31) in Serie D: Girone I, have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stadio Comunale Marco Lorenzon.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Città Di Sant’Agata.

Heartbreak for Rende in their last match as Biancavilla's G. Viglianisi scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Rende have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost two.

Rende aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Comunale Marco Lorenzon in the league, with only 6 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 14 goals have been conceded.

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Marina di Ragusa form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Marina di Ragusa so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose). Marina di Ragusa has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Marina di Ragusa lost heavily in their last match (against Citta di Messina as mentioned above) and the damage happened in the first half. Something did not go right in the pre-game preparations.

Marina are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, zero draws and zero defeats. From a total of one match.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Castrovillari in just three days.

The attacking power of Marina when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Marina have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Rende missing players

Marina di Ragusa missing players

Rende Marina di Ragusa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 4 7 14
3 2 0 Won W 0 1 2
3 2 1 Drew D 1 2 5
10 4 2 Lost L 3 4 7
14 6 0 Scored S 0 5 13
31 14 6 Conceded C 4 10 22
88% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 86%
75% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 57% 64%
50% 38% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 50%
44% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 21%
25% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 14%
50% 38% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 14% 36%
25% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 21%
38% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 71% 57%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
2.8 3.6 5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 3
0.4 0.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 1.4
125% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 43%
Key stats in Serie D: Girone I this season:
  • Rende has the most conceded goals (14) at home in Serie D: Girone I
  • Rende has the most conceded goals (31) in Serie D: Girone I
  • Rende has the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Serie D: Girone I
  • Rende has the most conceded goals in the second half (16) in Serie D: Girone I
  • Rende has the most matches under the total-line (5) in Serie D: Girone I
  • Rende has the the worst goal difference (-17) in Serie D: Girone I
  • Rende has the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in Serie D: Girone I
  • Rende have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 ACR Messina 16 8 6 2 27 15 8 6 2 0 15 3 8 2 4 2 12 12 12 30
2 Citta di Messina 14 8 4 2 16 7 7 6 0 1 11 3 7 2 4 1 5 4 9 28
3 Acireale 14 8 2 4 23 14 6 5 1 0 10 2 8 3 1 4 13 12 9 26
4 Gelbison 15 5 7 3 24 19 8 3 5 0 12 9 7 2 2 3 12 10 5 22
5 Licata 15 6 4 5 14 11 7 4 2 1 9 4 8 2 2 4 5 7 3 22
6 Santa Maria Cilento 15 5 6 4 22 13 7 4 3 0 15 4 8 1 3 4 7 9 9 21
7 San Luca 13 6 3 4 17 16 6 4 2 0 10 6 7 2 1 4 7 10 1 21
8 Dattilo 13 6 1 6 22 18 6 4 0 2 9 6 7 2 1 4 13 12 4 19
9 Biancavilla 13 6 2 5 14 15 6 5 0 1 11 6 7 1 2 4 3 9 -1 19
10 Paternò 14 5 3 6 13 13 7 4 1 2 10 6 7 1 2 4 3 7 0 18
11 Rotonda 12 5 3 4 11 12 6 4 1 1 8 4 6 1 2 3 3 8 -1 18
12 Castrovillari 12 4 4 4 12 11 8 2 4 2 9 8 4 2 0 2 3 3 1 16
13 Cittanovese 11 5 1 5 18 19 5 2 1 2 7 11 6 3 0 3 11 8 -1 16
14 Troina 14 4 4 6 9 15 8 4 3 1 8 2 6 0 1 5 1 13 -6 16
15 Città Di Sant’Agata 16 3 5 8 13 23 8 3 1 4 7 12 8 0 4 4 6 11 -10 14
16 Rende 16 3 3 10 14 31 8 2 2 4 6 14 8 1 1 6 8 17 -17 12
17 Marina di Ragusa 14 2 5 7 13 22 7 1 3 3 8 12 7 1 2 4 5 10 -9 11
18 Roccella 11 3 1 7 6 14 6 1 1 4 3 8 5 2 0 3 3 6 -8 10

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.