Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Catanzaro & Virtus Francavilla face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coppa Italia. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Catanzaro form and stats
Catanzaro was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Coppa Italia.9-3-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie C: Girone C numbers at home for Catanzaro so far this season.
A nice win for Catanzaro last time playing, versus Virtus Francavilla. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1. Before that, Catanzaro drew at home versus Bari 1908.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Catanzaro handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, one draw and three defeats.
Catanzaro have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Nicola Ceravolo with 28 goals in 16 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded.
Virtus Francavilla form and stats
They also participated in Coppa Italia last season. This ended in the 2nd round.5-5-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Virtus Francavilla in their Serie C: Girone C matches away.
Francavilla are travelling again after losing away to Catanzaro in their previous match (1-2). Preceding that game was the away Serie C: Girone C victory against Teramo with the score of 1-0.
Virtus Francavilla are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and five defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
Francavilla are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 16 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Francavilla have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Catanzaro - Virtus Francavilla 2-1 earlier this season. Catanzaro-Virtus Francavilla H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Catanzaro three wins, Virtus Francavilla four wins, two draws. four of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Perez 11 goals |  F. Vázquez 10 goals |  M. Kanoute 6 goals |
Catanzaro missing players
Virtus Francavilla missing players
| Catanzaro | Virtus Francavilla | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 33 | 24 | Scored | S | 15 | 34 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Conceded | C | 21 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 81% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 19% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 13% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 252 | 187 | Total Shots | T S | 95 | 226 | ||
| 94 | 68 | Shots on Target | S O | 42 | 88 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Reggina | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 35 | 69 |
| 2 | Bari 1908 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 54 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 30 | 60 |
| 3 | Monopoli | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 18 | 57 |
| 4 | Potenza Calcio | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 56 |
| 5 | Ternana | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 51 |
| 6 | Catania | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 1 | 47 |
| 7 | Catanzaro | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 43 |
| 8 | Teramo | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -2 | 41 |
| 9 | Virtus Francavilla | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 40 |
| 10 | Avellino | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -4 | 40 |
| 11 | Vibonese | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 48 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 39 |
| 12 | Viterbese Castrense | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 37 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -1 | 39 |
| 13 | Casertana | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 37 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 38 |
| 14 | Cavese | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 24 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 24 | -12 | 38 |
| 15 | Paganese | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 36 |
| 16 | Picerno | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -9 | 32 |
| 17 | Sicula Leonzio | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 29 |
| 18 | Bisceglie | 30 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 40 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -19 | 20 |
| 19 | Rende | 30 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 35 | -31 | 18 |
| 20 | FC Rieti | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 29 | 64 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 34 | -35 | 15 |