Serie C: Girone B prediction and preview: Matelica Calcio modest favorites to beat Fano

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 18.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Helvia Recina (2000 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Matelica Calcio are in the 8th position while the guesting Fano worry at 17th.

Insights:
  • Matelica Calcio have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Fano have the most dropped points from leading position (29) in Serie C: Girone B

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Matelica Calcio form and stats

35 points is a decent return from 17 Serie C: Girone B games here at Stadio Helvia Recina for Matelica Calcio. The data says 10 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. After failing to beat Mantova here at Stadio Helvia Recina, Matelica has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

The fans are hoping that Matelica will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the Serie C: Girone B game against Carpi (placed 13th). Before that, Matelica Calcio had a home game versus Sambenedettese which ended with a victory 1-0.

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 Matelica have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost zero.

Goals decide football matches and Matelica Calcio are scoring many of them at home; 36 on target from 17 league matches. Matelica's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Fano form and stats

Fano have only collected 17 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone B, after 3-8-6 (17 played).

Fano might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Modena proved too strong as Fano slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Raffaele Mancini. Preceding that game was the away victory against FeralpiSalò with the score of 2-1.

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

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 23 goals have been conceded by Fano in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Fano - Matelica Calcio 1-2. Matelica-Fano H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Matelica Calcio three wins, Fano three wins, one draw. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FanoR. Barbuti
R. Barbuti
8 goals

Matelica Calcio missing players

Fano missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Matelica Calcio Fano
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 35
15 10 3 Won W 1 3 5
7 5 2 Drew D 2 8 16
13 2 0 Lost L 2 6 14
56 36 16 Scored S 5 13 30
60 21 7 Conceded C 8 23 44
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 82% 89%
80% 76% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 71% 74%
66% 65% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 41% 37%
46% 59% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 18% 11%
29% 29% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
69% 76% 100% BTTS BTTS 40% 41% 54%
17% 24% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 29% 23%
17% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 47% 34%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.4 2.3
3 1 1 Red cards R C 2 4 7
 
11.8 12.8 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 7.2 8.6
4.9 5.4 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.5 3
33% 40% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 31% 29%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • Fano have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fano have the most dropped points from leading position (29) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Matelica Calcio have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Fano have scored away.
  • Matelica Calcio have the fewest matches under the total-line (12) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Matelica Calcio have the most matches over the total-line (23) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Matelica Calcio have the most points from losing position (18) in Serie C: Girone B
  • Matelica Calcio have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Serie C: Girone B

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Calcio Padova 35 22 7 6 66 23 18 12 4 2 35 8 17 10 3 4 31 15 43 73
2 Sudtirol 35 20 11 4 60 24 18 12 4 2 32 11 17 8 7 2 28 13 36 71
3 Perugia 35 20 10 5 60 30 18 13 4 1 40 14 17 7 6 4 20 16 30 70
4 Modena 35 19 6 10 42 25 17 11 3 3 31 12 18 8 3 7 11 13 17 63
5 FeralpiSalò 35 16 8 11 48 43 17 10 2 5 25 15 18 6 6 6 23 28 5 56
6 Triestina 35 14 12 9 43 36 17 10 4 3 24 14 18 4 8 6 19 22 7 54
7 Cesena 35 14 11 10 47 38 17 5 6 6 21 22 18 9 5 4 26 16 9 53
8 Matelica Calcio 35 15 7 13 56 60 17 10 5 2 36 21 18 5 2 11 20 39 -4 52
9 Sambenedettese 35 13 11 11 42 42 18 7 5 6 22 22 17 6 6 5 20 20 0 50
10 Mantova 35 12 11 12 46 47 18 6 5 7 22 27 17 6 6 5 24 20 -1 47
11 Virtus Verona 35 10 15 10 39 40 17 4 10 3 19 16 18 6 5 7 20 24 -1 45
12 Gubbio 35 11 11 13 38 43 17 5 6 6 20 24 18 6 5 7 18 19 -5 44
13 Carpi 35 10 11 14 43 53 18 7 8 3 28 17 17 3 3 11 15 36 -10 41
14 Fermana 35 9 14 12 29 39 18 8 6 4 20 16 17 1 8 8 9 23 -10 41
15 Vis Pesaro 35 10 7 18 38 53 17 7 3 7 18 22 18 3 4 11 20 31 -15 37
16 Legnago Salus 35 7 13 15 31 42 17 5 4 8 17 18 18 2 9 7 14 24 -11 34
17 Fano 35 5 16 14 30 44 18 2 8 8 17 21 17 3 8 6 13 23 -14 31
18 Imolese 35 7 8 20 31 52 18 3 6 9 14 24 17 4 2 11 17 28 -21 29
19 Arezzo 35 5 12 18 34 61 18 3 6 9 19 33 17 2 6 9 15 28 -27 27
20 Ravenna 35 5 11 19 29 57 17 4 7 6 15 20 18 1 4 13 14 37 -28 26

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Calcio Padova 35 22 7 6 66 23 18 12 4 2 35 8 17 10 3 4 31 15 43 73
2 Sudtirol 35 20 11 4 60 24 18 12 4 2 32 11 17 8 7 2 28 13 36 71
3 Perugia 35 20 10 5 60 30 18 13 4 1 40 14 17 7 6 4 20 16 30 70
4 Modena 35 19 6 10 42 25 17 11 3 3 31 12 18 8 3 7 11 13 17 63
5 FeralpiSalò 35 16 8 11 48 43 17 10 2 5 25 15 18 6 6 6 23 28 5 56
6 Triestina 35 14 12 9 43 36 17 10 4 3 24 14 18 4 8 6 19 22 7 54
7 Cesena 35 14 11 10 47 38 17 5 6 6 21 22 18 9 5 4 26 16 9 53
8 Matelica Calcio 35 15 7 13 56 60 17 10 5 2 36 21 18 5 2 11 20 39 -4 52
9 Sambenedettese 35 13 11 11 42 42 18 7 5 6 22 22 17 6 6 5 20 20 0 50
10 Mantova 35 12 11 12 46 47 18 6 5 7 22 27 17 6 6 5 24 20 -1 47
11 Virtus Verona 35 10 15 10 39 40 17 4 10 3 19 16 18 6 5 7 20 24 -1 45
12 Gubbio 35 11 11 13 38 43 17 5 6 6 20 24 18 6 5 7 18 19 -5 44
13 Carpi 35 10 11 14 43 53 18 7 8 3 28 17 17 3 3 11 15 36 -10 41
14 Fermana 35 9 14 12 29 39 18 8 6 4 20 16 17 1 8 8 9 23 -10 41
15 Vis Pesaro 35 10 7 18 38 53 17 7 3 7 18 22 18 3 4 11 20 31 -15 37
16 Legnago Salus 35 7 13 15 31 42 17 5 4 8 17 18 18 2 9 7 14 24 -11 34
17 Fano 35 5 16 14 30 44 18 2 8 8 17 21 17 3 8 6 13 23 -14 31
18 Imolese 35 7 8 20 31 52 18 3 6 9 14 24 17 4 2 11 17 28 -21 29
19 Arezzo 35 5 12 18 34 61 18 3 6 9 19 33 17 2 6 9 15 28 -27 27
20 Ravenna 35 5 11 19 29 57 17 4 7 6 15 20 18 1 4 13 14 37 -28 26

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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.