Catania manager G. Raffaele looking for three points in Foggia showdown

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 17.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Angelo Massimino (23420 seats)

Catania will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Foggia.

Insights:
  • Foggia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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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Catania form and stats

Catania have collected 13 points from their Serie C: Girone C home games so far after 3-4-1. Catania have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Catania are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Casertana. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Catanzaro.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Catania handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, two draws and zero defeats.

Catania are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Catania have conceded only 7 goals.

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Foggia form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie C: Girone C matches, Foggia have produced an overall stat of 5-1-3 so far. Having won their last three away games Foggia has no reason to fear anyone.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Paganese at their stadium, the result 4-1.

As mentioned above, Foggia drew the match against Juve Stabia. Manager M. Marchionni brought on S. Dell'Agnello to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

We have checked recent matches where Foggia have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were two victories, two draws and nine defeats.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Foggia have scored 13 goals in 9 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Foggia have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Catania-Foggia H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Catania one win, Foggia two wins, two draws. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

CataniaA. Mazzarani
A. Mazzarani
7 goals

Catania missing players

Foggia missing players

Catania Foggia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 2 9 17
7 3 0 Won W 1 5 8
5 4 1 Drew D 1 1 4
4 1 1 Lost L 0 3 5
19 10 2 Scored S 3 13 24
17 7 4 Conceded C 1 10 19
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 82%
38% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 35%
19% 12% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 24%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 12%
56% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 53%
38% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 35%
12% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 12%
 
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 1.5 2.9 3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
4.8 2.2 1 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 7.3 7.9
2.2 1.6 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 3.2
53% 77% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 39% 44%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Foggia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 17 13 4 0 43 12 10 7 3 0 21 4 7 6 1 0 22 8 31 43
2 Bari 1908 17 10 5 2 31 14 8 4 3 1 14 7 9 6 2 1 17 7 17 35
3 Catanzaro 17 8 6 3 25 18 8 6 2 0 15 6 9 2 4 3 10 12 7 30
4 Avellino 17 8 4 5 26 20 9 4 2 3 17 12 8 4 2 2 9 8 6 28
5 Teramo 17 7 7 3 20 14 8 5 3 0 12 4 9 2 4 3 8 10 6 28
6 Foggia 17 8 4 5 24 19 8 3 3 2 11 9 9 5 1 3 13 10 5 28
7 Turris Neapolis 17 6 8 3 22 21 8 3 3 2 8 9 9 3 5 1 14 12 1 26
8 Catania 16 7 5 4 21 18 8 3 4 1 10 7 8 4 1 3 9 10 3 24
9 Palermo 17 6 6 5 18 17 9 4 3 2 13 9 8 2 3 3 5 8 1 24
10 Juve Stabia 16 6 5 5 17 14 8 5 1 2 12 6 8 1 4 3 5 8 3 23
11 Vibonese 17 4 8 5 20 19 9 2 5 2 12 10 8 2 3 3 8 9 1 20
12 Virtus Francavilla 17 4 7 6 19 21 9 3 3 3 12 13 8 1 4 3 7 8 -2 19
13 Casertana 16 5 3 8 20 29 9 2 2 5 10 19 7 3 1 3 10 10 -9 18
14 Monopoli 17 4 4 9 16 25 8 1 2 5 6 11 9 3 2 4 10 14 -9 16
15 Potenza Calcio 18 4 4 10 18 29 9 2 3 4 13 17 9 2 1 6 5 12 -11 16
16 Viterbese Castrense 15 3 6 6 19 23 6 0 2 4 3 9 9 3 4 2 15 12 -4 15
17 Bisceglie 16 3 5 8 15 25 7 2 2 3 6 8 9 1 3 5 9 17 -10 14
18 Paganese 17 2 6 9 13 26 9 0 4 5 4 15 8 2 2 4 9 11 -13 12
19 Cavese 17 1 5 11 10 27 9 0 1 8 2 15 8 1 4 3 8 12 -17 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.