National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Crotone or ACR Messina that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Crotone nor ACR Messina 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.
Crotone form and stats
The home supporters witnessed a 2-2 draw vs ACR Messina in the Coppa Italia Serie C last time out and are looking for a victory here.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Juve Stabia.Crotone have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Crotone scored 4 goals and let in 1 goal during these one game.
ACR Messina form and stats
ACR Messina was sent out of Coppa Italia Serie C in the 2nd round last season.It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Crotone in their previous outing. The Coppa Italia Serie C battle ended 2-2.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against SSC Giugliano in the Serie C: Girone C.Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides face each other this campaign, as the statistics show this recent fixture: Crotone - ACR Messina 2-2. Last two meetings between these contenders: Crotone won one, ACR Messina triumphed in zero and we saw one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less. Konate loves to face Crotone and have scored 2 goals in these games.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Chiricò 3 goals |  V. Golemić 2 goals | G. Gomez 2 goals |
Crotone missing players
ACR Messina missing players
| Crotone | ACR Messina | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 35 | 20 | Scored | S | 13 | 30 | ||
| 33 | 12 | Conceded | C | 23 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.3 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.2 | ||
| 31% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 38% | ||
| 12.1 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | ||
