Open game expected at Stadio Romeo Galli: Imolese vs Matelica Calcio preview

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 17.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Romeo Galli (3809 seats)

Imolese hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 12 points and a 19th position in the Serie C: Girone B table. Visiting Matelica Calcio holds 10th place with 25 pts.

Insights:
  • Imolese is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Matelica Calcio has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Serie C: Girone B

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Imolese form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie C: Girone B this season. Imolese have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Stadio Romeo Galli. All in all it has been a very rough period for Imolese who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 13 attempts. Their previous win was against Fano, 91 days ago. Imolese are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadio Romeo Galli with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Carpi match.

Imolese lost their last game at Gubbio (placed 12th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Cesena with the scoreline 1-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Imolese have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost four.

Imolese have scored 6 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Imolese defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Matelica Calcio form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Serie C: Girone B, on their Serie C: Girone B travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. Matelica has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

The manager P. Battistini was unhappy after their last game, a Serie C: Girone B match played at their home ground Centro Sportivo Giovanni Paolo II. Matelica suffered a 1-3 loss to Perugia (placed 4th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Fano with the score of 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Matelica in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Matelica Calcio, two draws and two defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Matelica have scored 12 goals in 9 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Matelica rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

ImoleseL. Belcastro
L. Belcastro
4 goals
ImoleseF. Boccardi
F. Boccardi
2 goals

Imolese missing players

Matelica Calcio missing players

Imolese Matelica Calcio
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 4 9 17
3 1 1 Won W 2 4 7
3 2 1 Drew D 1 1 4
12 6 0 Lost L 1 4 6
14 6 3 Scored S 6 12 27
27 14 2 Conceded C 5 16 31
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 88%
50% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 76%
6% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 47%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 18%
56% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 82%
11% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 6%
39% 44% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
7.5 6.2 8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 10.2 10.8
2.7 2.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.2 4.2
30% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 32% 38%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Imolese have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Imolese have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Imolese haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Imolese is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Matelica Calcio has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Matelica Calcio has the most points from losing position (17) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Matelica Calcio haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Modena 18 11 3 4 21 8 8 5 1 2 12 5 10 6 2 2 9 3 13 36
2 Südtirol 18 9 7 2 29 12 8 4 3 1 12 5 10 5 4 1 17 7 17 34
3 Calcio Padova 17 10 3 4 32 15 9 5 2 2 16 7 8 5 1 2 16 8 17 33
4 Perugia 18 9 6 3 28 18 9 5 3 1 17 8 9 4 3 2 11 10 10 33
5 Cesena 18 9 5 4 28 18 9 3 3 3 12 10 9 6 2 1 16 8 10 32
6 Sambenedettese 18 8 6 4 23 18 9 4 3 2 12 9 9 4 3 2 11 9 5 30
7 Mantova 18 8 4 6 29 23 9 4 2 3 16 12 9 4 2 3 13 11 6 28
8 Triestina 18 8 4 6 20 18 9 5 1 3 10 7 9 3 3 3 10 11 2 28
9 FeralpiSalò 17 7 5 5 24 22 10 6 1 3 16 11 7 1 4 2 8 11 2 26
10 Matelica Calcio 17 7 4 6 27 31 8 3 3 2 15 15 9 4 1 4 12 16 -4 25
11 Virtus Verona 18 4 11 3 19 16 9 2 7 0 9 5 9 2 4 3 10 11 3 23
12 Gubbio 18 5 7 6 19 22 9 2 4 3 7 11 9 3 3 3 12 11 -3 22
13 Carpi 15 5 6 4 19 16 8 3 5 0 12 5 7 2 1 4 7 11 3 21
14 Fermana 18 4 7 7 13 19 9 3 3 3 7 6 9 1 4 4 6 13 -6 19
15 Legnago Salus 18 3 9 6 13 15 9 3 2 4 8 8 9 0 7 2 5 7 -2 18
16 Vis Pesaro 18 5 3 10 20 32 9 4 2 3 12 14 9 1 1 7 8 18 -12 18
17 Fano 18 2 8 8 12 22 9 1 3 5 8 13 9 1 5 3 4 9 -10 14
18 Ravenna 18 4 2 12 18 36 9 4 2 3 12 13 9 0 0 9 6 23 -18 14
19 Imolese 18 3 3 12 14 27 9 1 2 6 6 14 9 2 1 6 8 13 -13 12
20 Arezzo 18 1 7 10 16 36 9 0 3 6 6 21 9 1 4 4 10 15 -20 10

Read more about Serie C: Girone B

Serie C is the third highest level in the Italian football league. It is divided into three geographical divisions; North East, North West and South. These are often referred to as Girone (or group) A, B, C. Each group holds 20 teams who play 38 fixtures each to create a final league table.