Catania vs Catanzaro: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Wed 23.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Angelo Massimino (23420 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Catania have their presumed home advantage while Catanzaro are ahead 6 points in the Serie C: Girone C table.

Insights:
  • Catania have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Catania and Catanzaro.

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Catania form and stats

The story so far in the Serie C: Girone C for Catania at their home stadium (Stadio Angelo Massimino) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Catania enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Potenza Calcio's place. The match ended 1-0 with M. Sarao scoring. In the match before that, Catania hosted Cavese and drew the game 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Catania perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Catania as a small favourite), we find six games. Catania has won one of these, drawn three and lost two.

Catania has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. From these home matches, Catania have conceded only 6 goals.

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Catanzaro form and stats

The visitors are W2-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone C.

Catanzaro's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Juve Stabia that finished 2-2. Prior to that result Catanzaro won their away game at Bisceglie. The scoreline was 3-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Catanzaro in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Catanzaro, three draws and six defeats.

Catanzaro are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 8 games (in the league). 11 goals have been conceded by Catanzaro in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Catania wins - draws - Catanzaro wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CataniaA. Mazzarani
A. Mazzarani
7 goals
CatanzaroM. Di Piazza
M. Di Piazza
6 goals

Catania missing players

Catanzaro missing players

Catania Catanzaro
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 1 Played P 2 8 16
7 3 0 Won W 0 2 8
4 3 0 Drew D 2 3 5
3 1 1 Lost L 0 3 3
16 9 1 Scored S 1 9 24
13 6 3 Conceded C 1 11 17
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 75% 88%
57% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 69%
36% 43% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 56%
14% 14% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 31%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
50% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 62%
43% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 31%
14% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 1.8 2.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
4.6 2.4 1 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 7.8 7.5
2.3 1.7 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 2.2 2.5
50% 75% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 50% 55%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Catania have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 16 12 4 0 41 11 9 6 3 0 19 3 7 6 1 0 22 8 30 40
2 Bari 1908 15 10 3 2 29 12 7 4 2 1 13 6 8 6 1 1 16 6 17 33
3 Catanzaro 16 8 5 3 24 17 8 6 2 0 15 6 8 2 3 3 9 11 7 29
4 Teramo 15 7 6 2 19 12 7 5 2 0 11 3 8 2 4 2 8 9 7 27
5 Avellino 15 7 3 5 24 19 8 3 2 3 16 12 7 4 1 2 8 7 5 24
6 Foggia 15 7 3 5 19 17 7 3 2 2 10 8 8 4 1 3 9 9 2 24
7 Catania 14 7 4 3 18 14 7 3 3 1 9 6 7 4 1 2 7 7 4 23
8 Juve Stabia 15 6 4 5 16 13 8 5 1 2 12 6 7 1 3 3 4 7 3 22
9 Turris 15 5 7 3 19 20 7 2 3 2 6 9 8 3 4 1 13 11 -1 22
10 Palermo 15 5 5 5 16 16 8 4 2 2 12 8 7 1 3 3 4 8 0 20
11 Vibonese 15 4 7 4 19 17 8 2 4 2 11 9 7 2 3 2 8 8 2 19
12 Virtus Francavilla 16 4 6 6 17 19 9 3 3 3 12 13 7 1 3 3 5 6 -2 18
13 Monopoli 15 4 4 7 15 22 7 1 2 4 6 10 8 3 2 3 9 12 -7 16
14 Casertana 15 4 3 8 17 27 8 1 2 5 7 17 7 3 1 3 10 10 -10 15
15 Viterbese Castrense 14 3 5 6 17 21 5 0 1 4 1 7 9 3 4 2 15 12 -4 14
16 Paganese 15 2 6 7 12 21 8 0 4 4 3 11 7 2 2 3 9 10 -9 12
17 Bisceglie 14 2 4 8 13 24 6 1 2 3 5 8 8 1 2 5 8 16 -11 10
18 Potenza Calcio 16 2 4 10 16 29 8 1 3 4 12 17 8 1 1 6 4 12 -13 10
19 Cavese 15 1 5 9 10 24 8 0 1 7 2 14 7 1 4 2 8 10 -14 8
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.