A cursory look at the Serie C: Girone C standings point to an edge to Catanzaro when they visit ACR Messina. Even so; let's play the game before points are handed out!
- ACR Messina have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the most scored goals (62) in Serie C: Girone C
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
ACR Messina form and stats
ACR Messina, who have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Serie C: Girone C, have played 12 Serie C: Girone C games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-5 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadio Comunale Franco Scoglio.
ACR Messina's last game was hosting Avellino (placed 10th) and winning 2-0.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Viterbese and winning 3-1.There will be little rest for ACR Messina after this match as they are travelling to SSC Giugliano for a Serie C: Girone C game in only three days.
ACR Messina has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
Catanzaro form and stats
Catanzaro's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Catanzaro collect 27 points from their 11 away matches in the Serie C: Girone C. 8 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 0 defeats). Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus ACR Messina.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Catanzaro goalkeeper Andrea Fulignati is eager to challenge this, with his 443 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Biasci, Iemmello (2) and Vandeputte scored in Catanzaro's previous match, the home game against Audace Cerignola that ended 4-0. As you can tell from the results above, Catanzaro was very dominant against Audace Cerignola, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Biasci, Iemmello (2) and Vandeputte providing the goals.
Prior to that result Catanzaro won their away game at Latina. The scoreline was 1-0.Look out: 10 of the latest 12 league matches involving this side have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
A new game in only three days for Catanzaro, the Serie C: Girone C home match versus Turris. Busy days.
Catanzaro are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {4 goals} away. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet on the pitch this season, as the results database show this recent game: Catanzaro - ACR Messina 3-0. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: two - three - four (Messina wins - draws - Catanzaro wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Iemmello 15 goals | T. Biasci 11 goals | D. Sounas 7 goals |
ACR Messina missing players
Catanzaro missing players
| ACR Messina | Catanzaro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 17 | 2 | Scored | S | 9 | 22 | 62 |
| 36 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 96% |
| 65% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 55% | 74% |
| 48% | 42% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 55% | 65% |
| 17% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 36% | 43% |
| 13% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 39% | 58% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 18% | 22% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 82% | 78% |
| 52% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 4% |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 5.5 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3 |
| 3 | 3.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 9.2 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| 31% | 42% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 42% | 51% |
| 10.7 | 9.1 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4.3 | 6.5 | 5.3 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
- ACR Messina have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Serie C: Girone C
- ACR Messina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Catanzaro have not yet lost a game.
- Catanzaro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Catanzaro have scored more than double the goals of ACR Messina.
- Catanzaro have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the most clean sheets (18) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the most clean sheets (9) away in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the most points (27) away in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the most scored goals (62) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the the best goal difference (+18) away in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the the best goal difference (+54) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro is in the best form (5-1-0) in Serie C: Girone C
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Catanzaro | 23 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 62 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 54 | 63 |
| 2 | Crotone | 23 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 55 |
| 3 | Pescara | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 42 |
| 4 | Audace Cerignola | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 34 |
| 5 | Juve Stabia | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 33 |
| 6 | Foggia | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Picerno | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 32 |
| 8 | Monopoli | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 30 |
| 9 | SSC Giugliano | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 30 |
| 10 | Avellino | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | Latina | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -7 | 29 |
| 12 | Taranto | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -10 | 29 |
| 13 | Potenza Calcio | 23 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 21 | -6 | 28 |
| 14 | Virtus Francavilla | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -7 | 28 |
| 15 | Gelbison | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 27 |
| 16 | Nuova Monterosi | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -2 | 26 |
| 17 | Turris | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -11 | 23 |
| 18 | ACR Messina | 23 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 21 | -15 | 20 |
| 19 | Fidelis Andria | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 19 | -15 | 17 |
| 20 | Viterbese | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -15 | 15 |
