Bisceglie fights Catania in Serie C: Girone C battle

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 08.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Gustavo Ventura (8000 seats)

The visiting Catania side should be favourites in this visit to Bisceglie, as the away team holds a 24 point advantage from their 29 league games this season.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Bisceglie form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie C: Girone C this season. Bisceglie have only managed 1 win, 6 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Stadio Gustavo Ventura. The Bisceglie manager G. Mancini might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Bisceglie drew their last game, 2-2 away at Ternana (placed 5th). Ahead of that match, Bisceglie lost 0-1 at home to Viterbese Castrense.

Late drama in the game against Ternana as Bisceglie were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Álvaro Montero popped out and made it level in the 90th minute.

Bisceglie aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Gustavo Ventura in the league, with only 9 goals from 14 games. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Catania form and stats

Catania have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone C, after 4-2-8 (14 played). Catania love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

A. Curcio and A. Mazzarani scored in Catania's previous match, the home game against Vibonese that ended 2-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Picerno with the score of 2-1.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager C. Lucarelli when A. Mazzarani scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 71st minute.

The visiting Catania have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 14 games. Catania have conceded 29 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Catania - Bisceglie 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Bisceglie one win, two draws and Catania two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bisceglie
Á. Montero Fernández
8 goals
CataniaA. Mazzarani
A. Mazzarani
7 goals
Bisceglie
A. Gatto
5 goals

Bisceglie missing players

Catania missing players

Bisceglie Catania
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 3 14 29
3 1 0 Won W 2 4 12
11 6 0 Drew D 0 2 8
15 7 4 Lost L 1 8 9
21 9 1 Scored S 7 19 38
39 19 9 Conceded C 5 29 38
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 86%
55% 57% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 69%
41% 36% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 57% 45%
17% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 43% 28%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 36% 17%
45% 43% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 48%
17% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 31%
45% 50% 75% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 34%
 
2.7 2.4 2 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3.7 5
5.4 5.1 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.6 3.7
2.2 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.7
6 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
187 64 17 Total Shots T S 8 111 290
55 19 5 Shots on Target S O 3 47 105
38% 47% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 30% 31%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Bisceglie has the fewest scored goals (9) at home
  • Bisceglie have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Bisceglie have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Catania has the most points from losing position (15)
  • Catania have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Catania have scored at least twice as many goals away as Bisceglie have scored home.
  • Catania have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Reggina 29 20 6 3 52 19 14 11 1 2 29 8 15 9 5 1 23 11 33 66
2 Bari 1908 29 16 11 2 53 23 14 9 4 1 29 12 15 7 7 1 24 11 30 59
3 Monopoli 29 18 3 8 40 21 15 8 2 5 20 12 14 10 1 3 20 9 19 57
4 Potenza Calcio 29 16 7 6 36 23 15 9 4 2 16 7 14 7 3 4 20 16 13 55
5 Ternana 29 14 9 6 38 27 15 7 4 4 21 16 14 7 5 2 17 11 11 51
6 Catania 29 12 8 9 38 38 15 8 6 1 19 9 14 4 2 8 19 29 0 44
7 Catanzaro 29 12 6 11 40 35 15 9 2 4 27 15 14 3 4 7 13 20 5 42
8 Teramo 29 11 8 10 29 30 15 8 4 3 20 15 14 3 4 7 9 15 -1 41
9 Viterbese Castrense 29 11 6 12 37 37 14 8 2 4 24 14 15 3 4 8 13 23 0 39
10 Vibonese 29 9 11 9 47 36 14 7 3 4 25 11 15 2 8 5 22 25 11 38
11 Virtus Francavilla 29 9 10 10 38 36 14 5 5 4 23 16 15 4 5 6 15 20 2 37
12 Avellino 29 10 7 12 32 38 14 4 5 5 17 18 15 6 2 7 15 20 -6 37
13 Cavese 29 9 10 10 24 36 15 6 7 2 18 12 14 3 3 8 6 24 -12 37
14 Casertana 29 7 14 8 36 35 15 6 6 3 23 16 14 1 8 5 13 19 1 35
15 Paganese 29 8 11 10 34 33 14 5 8 1 22 11 15 3 3 9 12 22 1 35
16 Picerno 29 8 8 13 29 36 14 5 4 5 16 13 15 3 4 8 13 23 -7 32
17 Sicula Leonzio 29 6 8 15 30 46 14 3 3 8 21 28 15 3 5 7 9 18 -16 26
18 Bisceglie 29 3 11 15 21 39 14 1 6 7 9 19 15 2 5 8 12 20 -18 20
19 Rende 29 3 9 17 19 49 15 3 5 7 10 15 14 0 4 10 9 34 -30 18
20 FC Rieti 29 4 5 20 28 64 15 2 3 10 15 30 14 2 2 10 13 34 -36 12

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.