Football betting preview: Bisceglie vs Paganese

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Wed 17.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Gustavo Ventura (8000 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Serie C: Girone C, Bisceglie holding 17th place and Paganese lying 18th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

It's no vacation for neither Bisceglie nor Paganese as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Bisceglie form and stats

With 3 Serie C: Girone C wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Bisceglie are certainly not brimming with confidence. Bisceglie are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Stadio Gustavo Ventura, having lost their two previous games here.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Catania (0-3).

There will be little rest for Bisceglie after this match as they are travelling to Potenza Calcio for a Serie C: Girone C game in only four days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Bisceglie here at Stadio Gustavo Ventura in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 14 games). On the other hand, Bisceglie have conceded 15 goals.

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Paganese form and stats

There's been little loot from Paganese's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 13 away games in the Serie C: Girone C. Paganese only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws. Paganese seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

The attacking players of Paganese have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 261 minutes.

Home advantage was not enough for Paganese in their previous game, as they lost their Serie C: Girone C-match, hosting Palermo, 0-1. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Avellino's place.

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

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Paganese have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Paganese - Bisceglie 1-1 entered in the official records. Last six meetings between the teams: Bisceglie won two, Paganese won zero and four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PaganeseA. Diop
A. Diop
9 goals
PaganeseF. Scarpa
F. Scarpa
6 goals

Bisceglie missing players

Paganese missing players

Bisceglie Paganese
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 4 13 29
5 3 0 Won W 1 2 5
9 4 1 Drew D 0 3 9
14 7 2 Lost L 3 8 15
23 8 1 Scored S 5 10 21
41 15 3 Conceded C 7 19 40
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 86%
64% 43% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 62%
39% 21% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 31% 34%
21% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 15% 14%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 7%
54% 36% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 38% 41%
14% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 23% 28%
36% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 46% 45%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.3 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.8 2.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
6.5 6 5.3 Shots (avg) S ( 7 4.5 6.4
2.3 2 0.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 1.8 2.2
35% 29% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 43% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ternana 27 20 6 1 67 20 14 11 3 0 36 8 13 9 3 1 31 12 47 66
2 Avellino 28 17 6 5 45 22 14 9 2 3 28 12 14 8 4 2 17 10 23 57
3 Bari 1908 28 15 7 6 44 24 14 7 4 3 21 12 14 8 3 3 23 12 20 52
4 Catanzaro 29 14 9 6 35 26 15 10 3 2 20 11 14 4 6 4 15 15 9 51
5 Catania 28 12 9 7 34 30 14 6 5 3 17 12 14 6 4 4 17 18 4 43
6 Juve Stabia 29 12 7 10 35 32 16 7 3 6 20 17 13 5 4 4 15 15 3 43
7 Foggia 29 12 7 10 31 31 14 5 5 4 13 13 15 7 2 6 18 18 0 43
8 Teramo 28 10 12 6 29 24 13 7 5 1 18 9 15 3 7 5 11 15 5 42
9 Casertana 29 12 4 13 39 42 14 5 2 7 17 22 15 7 2 6 22 20 -3 40
10 Palermo 29 10 9 10 31 31 15 5 5 5 22 20 14 5 4 5 9 11 0 39
11 Viterbese Castrense 28 8 10 10 28 31 14 4 4 6 11 14 14 4 6 4 17 17 -3 34
12 Monopoli 28 8 9 11 33 39 14 4 5 5 17 17 14 4 4 6 16 22 -6 33
13 Virtus Francavilla 29 7 10 12 29 38 14 4 5 5 17 18 15 3 5 7 12 20 -9 31
14 Turris Neapolis 29 7 10 12 33 48 14 4 5 5 15 20 15 3 5 7 18 28 -15 31
15 Potenza Calcio 27 7 7 13 27 36 14 3 6 5 17 21 13 4 1 8 10 15 -9 28
16 Vibonese 28 4 15 9 28 32 13 2 8 3 16 15 15 2 7 6 12 17 -4 27
17 Bisceglie 28 5 9 14 23 41 14 3 4 7 8 15 14 2 5 7 15 26 -18 24
18 Paganese 29 5 9 15 21 40 16 3 6 7 11 21 13 2 3 8 10 19 -19 24
19 Cavese 26 3 7 16 17 36 12 2 1 9 7 18 14 1 6 7 10 18 -19 16
20 Trapani 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 -1

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.