Football news and preview: Catanzaro odds-on when Audace Cerignola visit

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 22.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo (14650 seats)

A total of 22 rounds of matches are played and both Catanzaro and Audace Cerignola are up there with the best. Get ready!

Insights:
  • Catanzaro have the most scored goals (58) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Catanzaro have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Audace Cerignola have scored away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Catanzaro form and stats

11-0-0 is the performance here at Stadio Nicola Ceravolo so far in the Serie C: Girone C, giving Catanzaro a total of 33 from their 11 games here. Outstanding results! The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Andrea Fulignati not having conceded a league goal in 353 minutes.

A strong away win for Catanzaro against Latina the last match, as Biasci were on target. It's a bit odd, but the exact result 1-0 has been on "repeat" three league matches in a row.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Taranto.

It should be noted that a look at the 11 latest league games shows that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Catanzaro is on fire here. A stunning 36 from 11 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Catanzaro have only let in {4 goals} at home. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Audace Cerignola form and stats

Audace Cerignola have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone C, after 2-4-4 (10 played).

Audace Cerignola go into this game after a win, the home game against Fidelis Andria that ended 2-0.

A 1-1 draw at SSC Giugliano's stadium before that.

The attacking power of Audace Cerignola when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cerignola have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet on the pitch this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: Audace Cerignola - Catanzaro 2-2.

Top Goalscorers

CatanzaroP. Iemmello
P. Iemmello
13 goals
CatanzaroT. Biasci
T. Biasci
10 goals
Audace CerignolaG. Malcore
G. Malcore
9 goals

Catanzaro missing players

Audace Cerignola missing players

Catanzaro Audace Cerignola
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 1 10 22
19 11 3 Won W 0 2 9
3 0 0 Drew D 0 4 7
0 0 0 Lost L 1 4 6
58 36 8 Scored S 0 9 29
8 4 0 Conceded C 2 14 22
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 91%
73% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 73%
64% 73% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 41%
41% 45% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 14%
18% 36% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 9%
23% 27% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 45%
77% 73% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 32%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 32%
 
4.7 4.9 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.2 4.5
3.1 3.1 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 8 3.8 3.3
2.4 2.5 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10 9.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 6 9.1 10.3
5.1 5.4 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.5 4.4
52% 61% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 30%
 
5.4 4.3 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.4 7.8
1.7 1.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.5 2.6
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Catanzaro have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Catanzaro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Catanzaro have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Audace Cerignola have scored away.
  • Catanzaro have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Catanzaro have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Catanzaro have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Catanzaro have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Catanzaro have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Catanzaro have the most clean sheets (17) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Catanzaro have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Catanzaro have the most points (33) at home in Serie C: Girone C
  • Catanzaro have the most scored goals (36) at home in Serie C: Girone C
  • Catanzaro have the most scored goals (58) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Catanzaro have the most scored goals in the first half (30) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Catanzaro have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Catanzaro have the the best goal difference (+32) at home in Serie C: Girone C
  • Catanzaro have the the best goal difference (+50) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Catanzaro have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Catanzaro haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Catanzaro 22 19 3 0 58 8 11 11 0 0 36 4 11 8 3 0 22 4 50 60
2 Crotone 22 17 3 2 37 16 11 10 1 0 16 2 11 7 2 2 21 14 21 54
3 Pescara 22 12 3 7 33 24 11 5 2 4 13 12 11 7 1 3 20 12 9 39
4 Audace Cerignola 22 9 7 6 29 22 12 7 3 2 20 8 10 2 4 4 9 14 7 34
5 Juve Stabia 22 9 6 7 21 19 11 5 3 3 12 8 11 4 3 4 9 11 2 33
6 Picerno 22 8 7 7 23 23 11 5 3 3 14 10 11 3 4 4 9 13 0 31
7 Avellino 22 7 8 7 23 20 11 5 5 1 13 5 11 2 3 6 10 15 3 29
8 SSC Giugliano 22 7 8 7 29 28 11 5 4 2 20 13 11 2 4 5 9 15 1 29
9 Foggia 22 8 5 9 28 31 10 4 2 4 12 15 12 4 3 5 16 16 -3 29
10 Potenza Calcio 22 5 13 4 28 31 11 4 6 1 18 13 11 1 7 3 10 18 -3 28
11 Virtus Francavilla 22 8 4 10 27 32 11 8 2 1 19 9 11 0 2 9 8 23 -5 28
12 Latina 22 7 7 8 24 31 11 4 3 4 8 12 11 3 4 4 16 19 -7 28
13 Taranto 22 8 4 10 19 29 11 6 3 2 12 8 11 2 1 8 7 21 -10 28
14 Monopoli 22 7 6 9 25 24 11 5 0 6 14 13 11 2 6 3 11 11 1 27
15 Nuova Monterosi 22 6 7 9 27 29 11 3 5 3 15 14 11 3 2 6 12 15 -2 25
16 Gelbison 22 5 9 8 16 23 11 3 5 3 10 11 11 2 4 5 6 12 -7 24
17 Turris 22 5 7 10 27 38 11 1 5 5 13 22 11 4 2 5 14 16 -11 22
18 Viterbese 22 3 8 11 22 36 11 2 4 5 14 21 11 1 4 6 8 15 -14 17
19 ACR Messina 22 5 2 15 19 36 11 4 2 5 15 15 11 1 0 10 4 21 -17 17
20 Fidelis Andria 22 3 7 12 17 32 11 3 4 4 10 13 11 0 3 8 7 19 -15 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.