Catania will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 11 points behind Monopoli.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Coppa Italia Serie C. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Ternana.
Catania form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Angelo Massimino as Catania have scored 17 goals to get 25 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Serie C: Girone C are 7-4-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Catania lost their last game at Ternana (placed 3rd) after a 0-2 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Viterbese Castrense (0-2).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Catania have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 2 Lost 1.
The Catania fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. Catania have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Monopoli form and stats
Monopoli have an excellent away record in the Serie C: Girone C so far with 7-1-3 from 11 games. Monopoli have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Monopoli goalkeeper Vittorio Antonino is eager to challenge this, with his 237 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Monopoli's last game was the home draw against Ternana (0-0). Preceding that game was the away victory against Vibonese with the score of 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Monopoli in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Monopoli, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Monopoli are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Monopoli are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Monopoli - Catania 4-2. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Catania, 2 draws and 3 wins for Monopoli. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Fella 13 goals |   A. Mazzarani 5 goals |  D. Curiale 4 goals |
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| Catania | Monopoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 9 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 33 | 17 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 30 |
| 34 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 91% | 91% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 74% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 64% | 61% |
| 48% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 36% | 39% |
| 35% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 52% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 45% | 35% |
| 26% | 45% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | 43% |
| 30% | 9% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 18% | 26% |
| 4.8 | 6 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 233 | 141 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 36 | 128 | 238 |
| 87 | 48 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 41 | 77 |
| 32% | 35% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 32% | 39% |
- Catania have not yet lost a game at home.
- Catania have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Catania have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Catania have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Monopoli has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Monopoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Reggina | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 50 |
| 2 | Bari 1908 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 24 | 47 |
| 3 | Ternana | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 47 |
| 4 | Monopoli | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 44 |
| 5 | Potenza Calcio | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 44 |
| 6 | Catanzaro | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 35 |
| 7 | Teramo | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 34 |
| 8 | Catania | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 28 | -1 | 33 |
| 9 | Viterbese Castrense | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 32 |
| 10 | Cavese | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -10 | 31 |
| 11 | Virtus Francavilla | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 30 |
| 12 | Paganese | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 29 |
| 13 | Vibonese | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 28 |
| 14 | Casertana | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 28 |
| 15 | Avellino | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 28 |
| 16 | Picerno | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 24 |
| 17 | Bisceglie | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -15 | 17 |
| 18 | Rende | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 27 | -25 | 15 |
| 19 | Sicula Leonzio | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -22 | 12 |
| 20 | FC Rieti | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -27 | 11 |