Soccer betting preview: Catanzaro welcomes Catania in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 18.April
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo (14650 seats)

Catanzaro and Catania are both riding high in the Serie C: Girone C with their 3rd and 5th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Catanzaro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Catania have the most points from losing position (15) in Serie C: Girone C

Catanzaro and Catania should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Catanzaro form and stats

Catanzaro are steadily winning Serie C: Girone C games and points here at Stadio Nicola Ceravolo. 12 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 17 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stadio Nicola Ceravolo after three straight home wins.

Catanzaro's previous game was a Serie C: Girone C match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Bisceglie (placed 17th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Preceding that game was the away draw at Turris that finished 1-1.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of A. Calabro when D. Curiale scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 55th minute.

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 Catanzaro have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost three.

Catanzaro are traveling soon after this match as the Serie C: Girone C match at Juve Stabia awaits in three days.

Catanzaro has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Catanzaro have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Catania form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie C: Girone C matches, Catania have produced an overall stat of 7-4-5 so far. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Catania hope to make it five in this match.

The supporters enjoyed Catania's previous game versus Potenza Calcio (placed 14th), a Serie C: Girone C 5-2 win played at home. Before that, Catania secured a home win against Viterbese Castrense with the score 1-0.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Catania, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Catania playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were three Catania wins, two draws and four defeats.

Catania have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 19 goals have been scored. 19 goals have been conceded by Catania in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Catania - Catanzaro 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Catanzaro won four games, one match ended with a draw and Catania has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

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Total First Half Second Half
Catanzaro Catania
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 17 4 Played P 4 16 33
17 12 2 Won W 1 7 16
10 3 1 Drew D 1 4 9
6 2 1 Lost L 2 5 8
40 23 6 Scored S 5 19 45
27 11 4 Conceded C 11 19 34
88% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
58% 53% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 64%
36% 41% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 38% 39%
15% 12% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 19% 21%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 19% 12%
45% 35% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 55%
42% 53% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 33%
24% 18% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 19% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 3.1 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.2
6 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.1 6.2 7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 8.1 5.2
2.4 2.1 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.5 2.5
50% 65% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 34% 53%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Catania have the most points from losing position (15) in Serie C: Girone C
  • 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 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 Ternana 34 27 6 1 88 26 17 14 3 0 48 11 17 13 3 1 40 15 62 87
2 Avellino 33 20 6 7 52 30 17 12 2 3 33 13 16 8 4 4 19 17 22 66
3 Catanzaro 33 17 10 6 40 27 17 12 3 2 23 11 16 5 7 4 17 16 13 61
4 Bari 1908 33 17 8 8 48 28 16 8 5 3 24 13 17 9 3 5 24 15 20 59
5 Catania 33 16 9 8 45 34 17 9 5 3 26 15 16 7 4 5 19 19 11 55
6 Juve Stabia 32 15 7 10 41 33 16 7 3 6 20 17 16 8 4 4 21 16 8 52
7 Foggia 32 13 8 11 33 33 15 5 6 4 14 14 17 8 2 7 19 19 0 47
8 Casertana 34 14 5 15 47 52 16 6 2 8 21 26 18 8 3 7 26 26 -5 47
9 Palermo 33 12 10 11 36 35 17 6 6 5 23 20 16 6 4 6 13 15 1 46
10 Teramo 33 11 12 10 34 34 16 8 5 3 22 15 17 3 7 7 12 19 0 45
11 Monopoli 32 10 10 12 38 42 17 6 5 6 22 20 15 4 5 6 16 22 -4 40
12 Viterbese Castrense 33 9 12 12 36 38 17 5 5 7 18 19 16 4 7 5 18 19 -2 39
13 Virtus Francavilla 34 9 10 15 31 41 16 5 5 6 18 19 18 4 5 9 13 22 -10 37
14 Potenza Calcio 34 9 8 17 36 51 17 4 6 7 19 26 17 5 2 10 17 25 -15 35
15 Turris 33 8 11 14 36 52 17 5 6 6 17 22 16 3 5 8 19 30 -16 35
16 Vibonese 33 5 17 11 31 35 16 3 9 4 19 17 17 2 8 7 12 18 -4 32
17 Bisceglie 33 6 9 18 26 47 17 4 4 9 10 18 16 2 5 9 16 29 -21 27
18 Paganese 33 6 9 18 24 48 17 3 6 8 12 24 16 3 3 10 12 24 -24 27
19 Cavese 33 4 7 22 21 51 16 3 1 12 8 23 17 1 6 10 13 28 -30 19
20 Trapani 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 -1

Table
  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 34 27 6 1 88 26 17 14 3 0 48 11 17 13 3 1 40 15 62 87
2 Avellino 33 20 6 7 52 30 17 12 2 3 33 13 16 8 4 4 19 17 22 66
3 Catanzaro 33 17 10 6 40 27 17 12 3 2 23 11 16 5 7 4 17 16 13 61
4 Bari 1908 33 17 8 8 48 28 16 8 5 3 24 13 17 9 3 5 24 15 20 59
5 Catania 33 16 9 8 45 34 17 9 5 3 26 15 16 7 4 5 19 19 11 55
6 Juve Stabia 32 15 7 10 41 33 16 7 3 6 20 17 16 8 4 4 21 16 8 52
7 Foggia 32 13 8 11 33 33 15 5 6 4 14 14 17 8 2 7 19 19 0 47
8 Casertana 34 14 5 15 47 52 16 6 2 8 21 26 18 8 3 7 26 26 -5 47
9 Palermo 33 12 10 11 36 35 17 6 6 5 23 20 16 6 4 6 13 15 1 46
10 Teramo 33 11 12 10 34 34 16 8 5 3 22 15 17 3 7 7 12 19 0 45
11 Monopoli 32 10 10 12 38 42 17 6 5 6 22 20 15 4 5 6 16 22 -4 40
12 Viterbese Castrense 33 9 12 12 36 38 17 5 5 7 18 19 16 4 7 5 18 19 -2 39
13 Virtus Francavilla 34 9 10 15 31 41 16 5 5 6 18 19 18 4 5 9 13 22 -10 37
14 Potenza Calcio 34 9 8 17 36 51 17 4 6 7 19 26 17 5 2 10 17 25 -15 35
15 Turris 33 8 11 14 36 52 17 5 6 6 17 22 16 3 5 8 19 30 -16 35
16 Vibonese 33 5 17 11 31 35 16 3 9 4 19 17 17 2 8 7 12 18 -4 32
17 Bisceglie 33 6 9 18 26 47 17 4 4 9 10 18 16 2 5 9 16 29 -21 27
18 Paganese 33 6 9 18 24 48 17 3 6 8 12 24 16 3 3 10 12 24 -24 27
19 Cavese 33 4 7 22 21 51 16 3 1 12 8 23 17 1 6 10 13 28 -30 19
20 Trapani 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 -1

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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.