Serie C: Girone C preview: Can Audace Cerignola edge out victory against Virtus Francavilla?

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 12.March
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Campo Comunale Domenico Monterisi (6500 seats)

Audace Cerignola make preparations for another match after their 1-2 result against Turris, a fixture that produced some answers. What will happen against Virtus Francavilla?

Insights:
  • Audace Cerignola have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Virtus Francavilla have the fewest points (6) away in Serie C: Girone C

This looks to be an entertaining match with lots of spark and bustle as both participants are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

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Audace Cerignola form and stats

30 points is a decent return from 15 Serie C: Girone C games here at Campo Comunale Domenico Monterisi for Audace Cerignola. The data says 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Campo Comunale Domenico Monterisi.

The club members are hoping that Audace Cerignola will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Turris (placed 17th). The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going unbeaten in five league fixtures.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Pescara.

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 Audace Cerignola have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cerignola as they are travelling to their away game against Picerno in the Serie C: Girone C. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from Audace Cerignola in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 15 league matches. Audace Cerignola have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Virtus Francavilla form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Virtus Francavilla so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-11 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Francavilla's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Potenza Calcio (placed 9th).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Avellino at their stadium, the result 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 1 win, 2 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

A new game in only three days for Francavilla, the Serie C: Girone C home match versus Juve Stabia. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Virtus Francavilla struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 27 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved encountered each other before this season: Virtus Francavilla - Cerignola 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

Virtus FrancavillaC. Patierno
C. Patierno
16 goals
Audace CerignolaG. Malcore
G. Malcore
10 goals
Audace CerignolaI. Achik
I. Achik
6 goals

Audace Cerignola missing players

Virtus Francavilla missing players

Audace Cerignola Virtus Francavilla
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
12 9 3 Won W 0 1 11
9 3 0 Drew D 0 3 6
9 3 1 Lost L 4 11 13
36 25 9 Scored S 2 10 38
32 12 6 Conceded C 10 27 40
87% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
67% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 73%
43% 47% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 53% 57%
20% 27% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 23%
7% 7% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 13%
43% 40% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 53%
37% 47% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 13% 27%
33% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 47% 27%
 
4.2 4.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.5 5.2
3.4 2.9 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.7 4.3
2.3 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 2.7 3.1
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
9.8 11.2 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 9.1 9.7
4.3 5.2 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.8 3.5
28% 32% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 24% 36%
 
8.2 6.5 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 10.6 10.9
2.9 2.3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4.2 4
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Audace Cerignola have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Audace Cerignola have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Audace Cerignola have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Virtus Francavilla have scored away.
  • Virtus Francavilla have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Virtus Francavilla have the fewest points (6) away 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 30 25 4 1 82 12 16 16 0 0 55 5 14 9 4 1 27 7 70 79
2 Crotone 30 19 8 3 45 24 14 10 4 0 17 3 16 9 4 3 28 21 21 65
3 Pescara 31 15 7 9 44 33 16 7 4 5 22 19 15 8 3 4 22 14 11 52
4 Foggia 31 14 7 10 47 36 15 8 3 4 23 16 16 6 4 6 24 20 11 49
5 Picerno 31 12 11 8 34 30 15 8 4 3 20 12 16 4 7 5 14 18 4 47
6 Audace Cerignola 30 12 9 9 36 32 15 9 3 3 25 12 15 3 6 6 11 20 4 45
7 Monopoli 31 13 6 12 37 37 16 9 0 7 22 17 15 4 6 5 15 20 0 45
8 Juve Stabia 31 11 8 12 28 33 15 6 4 5 16 15 16 5 4 7 12 18 -5 41
9 Potenza Calcio 31 8 16 7 37 46 15 6 7 2 25 19 16 2 9 5 12 27 -9 40
10 Virtus Francavilla 30 11 6 13 38 40 15 10 3 2 28 13 15 1 3 11 10 27 -2 39
11 Avellino 31 10 9 12 35 37 16 7 6 3 19 11 15 3 3 9 16 26 -2 39
12 Latina 31 9 11 11 28 37 15 6 4 5 11 15 16 3 7 6 17 22 -9 38
13 SSC Giugliano 31 8 13 10 38 41 15 5 7 3 23 18 16 3 6 7 15 23 -3 37
14 Taranto 31 9 9 13 20 33 15 7 5 3 13 9 16 2 4 10 7 24 -13 36
15 Gelbison 31 7 14 10 24 30 16 4 7 5 15 16 15 3 7 5 9 14 -6 35
16 Nuova Monterosi 31 7 11 13 33 40 16 3 9 4 17 17 15 4 2 9 16 23 -7 32
17 Turris 31 7 10 14 32 46 16 3 6 7 18 27 15 4 4 7 14 19 -14 31
18 Messina 31 8 6 17 29 43 16 5 4 7 18 18 15 3 2 10 11 25 -14 30
19 Viterbese Castrense 31 6 9 16 28 44 15 4 5 6 18 23 16 2 4 10 10 21 -16 25
20 Fidelis Andria 31 4 12 15 21 42 16 3 8 5 11 15 15 1 4 10 10 27 -21 24

Read more about Serie C: Girone C

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.