Catania supporters put their faith in manager Baldini to deliver victory against Nuova Monterosi

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Angelo Massimino (23420 seats)

Catania - Nuova Monterosi in Serie C: Girone C: Statistics, team sheets, fixtures, the latest developments and headlines. Check out our comprehensive preview!

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

Nuova Monterosi play their home matches on artifical turf, while this game will take part on grass. The latest results for Nuova Monterosi when playing on grass are 17 wins, 14 draws and 10 defeats from 41 matches. They have managed to score 52 goals and conceded 43 times on these occasions.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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 Nuova Monterosi.

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Catania form and stats

6 victories, 1 draw and 7 defeats. That’s what Catania have to build on here at Stadio Angelo Massimino in the Serie C: Girone C.

The Catania followers enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Nuova Monterosi and win 1-0.

Ahead of that match, Catania lost 0-1 at home to Paganese.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Catania have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won ten times, drawn two and lost four.

Catania are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Catania have conceded 19 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Nuova Monterosi form and stats

There's been little loot from Nuova Monterosi's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 15 away games in the Serie C: Girone C. Nuova Monterosi only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 6 draws.

Monterosi play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Catania (placed 14th).

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Picerno.

We have checked recent matches where Nuova Monterosi have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were two victories, three draws and two defeats.

The visitors have scored 14 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 21 goals have been conceded by Monterosi in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the participants played each other previously this season; Nuova Monterosi - Catania 1-4. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Moro with 2 goals scored against Nuova Monterosi in these 1 games.

Top Goalscorers

CataniaL. Moro
L. Moro
21 goals
Nuova MonterosiR. Costantino
R. Costantino
7 goals
CataniaS. Russini
S. Russini
5 goals

Catania missing players

Nuova Monterosi missing players

Catania Nuova Monterosi
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 15 4 Played P 5 16 30
11 7 1 Won W 3 3 9
7 1 0 Drew D 2 6 10
11 7 3 Lost L 0 7 11
44 20 7 Scored S 9 14 33
41 19 9 Conceded C 3 22 40
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 90%
72% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 73%
48% 47% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 31% 40%
31% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 27%
21% 13% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 10%
55% 47% 75% BTTS BTTS 60% 38% 53%
24% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 19% 20%
21% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 56% 37%
 
4.6 4.5 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4 4.1
3.8 3.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.7 4.5
3 3.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.9
5 4 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.2 8.1 7.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 7 8.5
3.3 3.1 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 2.5 2.9
46% 43% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 30% 36%
 
7.8 7.2 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 10.5 10.6
3.1 2.7 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.1 3.5
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Catania 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 Bari 1908 29 17 8 4 49 26 14 9 3 2 30 15 15 8 5 2 19 11 23 59
2 Catanzaro 29 15 10 4 39 17 15 9 5 1 26 9 14 6 5 3 13 8 22 55
3 Virtus Francavilla 29 16 5 8 39 22 15 12 2 1 30 9 14 4 3 7 9 13 17 53
4 Avellino 28 12 13 3 37 21 14 7 7 0 22 10 14 5 6 3 15 11 16 49
5 Monopoli 29 13 7 9 31 24 14 8 4 2 16 5 15 5 3 7 15 19 7 46
6 Palermo 28 12 9 7 41 27 14 10 4 0 29 6 14 2 5 7 12 21 14 45
7 Turris Neapolis 29 14 3 12 48 40 14 7 0 7 25 17 15 7 3 5 23 23 8 45
8 Latina 29 12 6 11 36 34 15 9 4 2 23 11 14 3 2 9 13 23 2 42
9 Foggia 29 10 12 7 44 37 14 7 5 2 28 16 15 3 7 5 16 21 7 40
10 Picerno 29 11 7 11 28 31 14 7 2 5 16 11 15 4 5 6 12 20 -3 40
11 Juve Stabia 30 10 9 11 33 35 15 7 5 3 19 12 15 3 4 8 14 23 -2 39
12 Nuova Monterosi 29 9 10 10 33 39 14 6 4 4 19 18 15 3 6 6 14 21 -6 37
13 Taranto 27 8 10 9 26 30 14 6 7 1 16 8 13 2 3 8 10 22 -4 34
14 Catania 28 10 7 11 43 41 14 6 1 7 19 19 14 4 6 4 24 22 2 33
15 Campobasso 29 8 9 12 36 48 15 2 6 7 18 26 14 6 3 5 18 22 -12 33
16 ACR Messina 30 8 8 14 36 51 15 5 5 5 17 17 15 3 3 9 19 34 -15 32
17 Paganese 28 8 5 15 27 44 14 7 2 5 20 19 14 1 3 10 7 25 -17 29
18 Fidelis Andria 29 5 8 16 23 40 15 2 5 8 12 21 14 3 3 8 11 19 -17 23
19 Potenza Calcio 28 5 8 15 25 44 14 5 5 4 17 14 14 0 3 11 8 30 -19 23
20 Vibonese 28 2 10 16 20 43 14 2 6 6 11 18 14 0 4 10 9 25 -23 16

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.