Serie C: Girone B match preview: Matelica Calcio versus Carpi

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sat 19.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Centro Sportivo Giovanni Paolo II (2000 seats)

Matelica Calcio and Carpi have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Serie C: Girone B.

Insights:
  • Matelica Calcio has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Carpi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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

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Matelica Calcio form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie C: Girone B, Matelica Calcio, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Serie C: Girone B, have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 7 games.

It's back home for Matelica Calcio, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sambenedettese away with the result 3-2. F. Moretti and D. Balestrero found the net in that victory. Ahead of that match, Matelica Calcio lost 1-3 at home to Gubbio.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Matelica Calcio handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, one draw and zero defeats.

The manager P. Battistini will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Fano in only four days.

Goals decide football matches and Matelica are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 7 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Matelica Calcio defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Carpi form and stats

There's been little loot from Carpi's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the Serie C: Girone B. Carpi only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw. Carpi have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

Carpi delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Gubbio (placed 13th) in their previous match; a Serie C: Girone B game. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Virtus Verona.

An inspired comeback made the scores level in Carpi's duel with Gubbio. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after A. Ferretti found the equalizer. As mentioned above, Carpi drew the match against Gubbio. Manager S. Pochesci brought on A. Ferretti to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

Carpi are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, three draws and two defeats. From a total of ten matches.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting FeralpiSalò in just four days.

Carpi are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Carpi have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

CarpiT. Biasci
T. Biasci
14 goals
CarpiM. Vano
M. Vano
8 goals

Matelica Calcio missing players

Carpi missing players

Matelica Calcio Carpi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 2 7 15
6 3 0 Won W 1 2 5
4 3 0 Drew D 1 1 6
5 1 1 Lost L 0 4 4
24 14 1 Scored S 2 7 19
27 12 3 Conceded C 1 11 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 86% 73%
87% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 67%
73% 86% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 71% 53%
47% 71% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 27%
20% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 13%
80% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 47%
7% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 47%
13% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.1 1.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.1 12 14 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.6 8.4
4.3 4.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.9 4
37% 45% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 21% 32%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • All of Matelica Calcio's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Carpi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Matelica Calcio has the fewest clean sheets (1) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Matelica Calcio has the most points from losing position (14) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Matelica Calcio have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Matelica Calcio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Matelica Calcio have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • 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 Südtirol 15 9 5 1 26 8 7 4 3 0 11 3 8 5 2 1 15 5 18 32
2 Calcio Padova 15 9 3 3 29 14 8 5 2 1 16 6 7 4 1 2 13 8 15 30
3 Modena 15 8 3 4 17 8 7 4 1 2 10 5 8 4 2 2 7 3 9 27
4 Perugia 15 7 6 2 21 14 8 4 3 1 14 7 7 3 3 1 7 7 7 27
5 Cesena 15 7 4 4 24 16 7 2 2 3 10 9 8 5 2 1 14 7 8 25
6 FeralpiSalò 15 7 4 4 22 19 8 6 0 2 14 8 7 1 4 2 8 11 3 25
7 Mantova 15 7 3 5 24 20 8 4 2 2 15 10 7 3 1 3 9 10 4 24
8 Sambenedettese 15 6 6 3 19 15 8 3 3 2 11 9 7 3 3 1 8 6 4 24
9 Triestina 15 6 4 5 16 15 7 4 1 2 8 5 8 2 3 3 8 10 1 22
10 Matelica Calcio 15 6 4 5 24 27 7 3 3 1 14 12 8 3 1 4 10 15 -3 22
11 Virtus Verona 15 4 9 2 16 12 7 2 5 0 6 2 8 2 4 2 10 10 4 21
12 Carpi 15 5 6 4 19 16 8 3 5 0 12 5 7 2 1 4 7 11 3 21
13 Gubbio 15 3 7 5 15 17 7 1 4 2 5 7 8 2 3 3 10 10 -2 16
14 Vis Pesaro 15 4 3 8 16 24 7 3 2 2 8 8 8 1 1 6 8 16 -8 15
15 Fermana 15 3 5 7 9 17 8 2 3 3 5 6 7 1 2 4 4 11 -8 14
16 Legnago Salus 14 2 7 5 10 12 6 2 1 3 6 6 8 0 6 2 4 6 -2 13
17 Imolese 14 3 3 8 9 18 8 1 2 5 5 12 6 2 1 3 4 6 -9 12
18 Fano 14 1 7 6 9 17 8 1 3 4 7 11 6 0 4 2 2 6 -8 10
19 Ravenna 15 3 1 11 13 30 7 3 1 3 8 10 8 0 0 8 5 20 -17 10
20 Arezzo 14 1 4 9 11 30 7 0 1 6 4 19 7 1 3 3 7 11 -19 7

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.