Catanzaro vs Palermo betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Mon 24.January
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo (14650 seats)

Palermo travel to Catanzaro and Stadio Nicola Ceravolo loaded with hope and confidence, but the home team is not easy meat. More info on the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Catanzaro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Catanzaro have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Palermo 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

5-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie C: Girone C numbers at home for Catanzaro so far this season.

In the game before, an away victory in the Serie C: Girone C match versus Virtus Francavilla with a 1-2 scoreline. 1-2 away at Virtus Francavilla before that. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Virtus Francavilla (1-2).

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

A decent goal production from Catanzaro in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches. Catanzaro have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Palermo form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Palermo so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Palermo's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Brunori was the last player to score for the away team. Palermo haven't scored a league goal in the last 273 minutes.

It's the second away game in a row for Palermo, but there's smiles all around after the 0-1 victory versus Latina (placed 12th) last time out. It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Latina (placed 12th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-1. There might be some fixture complaints from Palermo as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-1 against Latina.

Before that, Palermo secured a home win against Bari 1908 with the score 0-0. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Bari 1908. A 0-0 loss hosting Bari 1908 before that.

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

The attacking power of Palermo when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Palermo have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Palermo - Catanzaro 0-0 was the output when these two contenders previously did battle, some time ago this season. Data for the preceeding four meetings involving these two sides are: two wins for Catanzaro, two draws and zero wins for Palermo. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

PalermoM. Brunori Sandri
M. Brunori Sandri
7 goals
PalermoE. Soleri
E. Soleri
5 goals
PalermoG. Fella
G. Fella
4 goals

Catanzaro missing players

Palermo missing players

Catanzaro Palermo
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 5 10 20
8 5 1 Won W 0 2 9
8 4 0 Drew D 1 3 6
4 1 1 Lost L 4 5 5
27 18 4 Scored S 1 8 25
15 8 3 Conceded C 7 13 16
85% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 90% 85%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 70% 70%
35% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 30% 35%
10% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 20% 15%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
55% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 20% 40% 35%
40% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 20% 45%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 80% 50% 35%
 
7 7 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.4 3.2 3.8
3.8 4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.3 4.3
2.9 3.4 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.7 2.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 7 7 10
 
11.1 13.1 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.7 10.1
4.8 5.7 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 2.5 3.4
28% 32% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 32% 37%
 
7 7 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8.4 8.5 7.2
2.2 2.4 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.6 2.7 2.8
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • All of Catanzaro's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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.
  • Catanzaro have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Palermo have scored away.
  • Catanzaro have scored in all their home matches 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 Bari 1908 20 13 5 2 36 15 10 8 2 0 23 7 10 5 3 2 13 8 21 44
2 Monopoli 20 11 4 5 25 14 10 7 2 1 14 3 10 4 2 4 11 11 11 37
3 Avellino 20 8 11 1 25 14 10 4 6 0 13 7 10 4 5 1 12 7 11 35
4 Turris 20 10 3 7 37 24 10 5 0 5 19 12 10 5 3 2 18 12 13 33
5 Palermo 20 9 6 5 25 16 10 7 3 0 17 3 10 2 3 5 8 13 9 33
6 Virtus Francavilla 20 10 3 7 24 17 10 7 2 1 17 6 10 3 1 6 7 11 7 33
7 Catanzaro 20 8 8 4 27 15 10 5 4 1 18 8 10 3 4 3 9 7 12 32
8 Taranto 20 8 6 6 23 22 10 6 4 0 14 5 10 2 2 6 9 17 1 30
9 Foggia 20 8 9 3 31 21 10 6 3 1 20 9 10 2 6 2 11 12 10 29
10 Picerno 20 8 5 7 21 23 10 5 2 3 12 8 10 3 3 4 9 15 -2 29
11 Juve Stabia 20 6 8 6 23 23 10 4 5 1 12 7 10 2 3 5 11 16 0 26
12 Latina 20 7 4 9 22 25 11 7 2 2 17 8 9 0 2 7 5 17 -3 25
13 Catania 20 7 5 8 32 32 10 5 1 4 17 15 10 2 4 4 15 17 0 24
14 Nuova Monterosi 20 4 9 7 19 29 9 3 3 3 10 13 11 1 6 4 9 16 -10 21
15 Campobasso 20 5 6 9 25 37 10 1 4 5 13 20 10 4 2 4 12 17 -12 21
16 Paganese 20 6 3 11 21 34 10 6 2 2 16 11 10 0 1 9 5 23 -13 21
17 Messina 20 4 5 11 21 35 10 3 3 4 11 13 10 1 2 7 10 22 -14 17
18 Fidelis Andria 20 4 4 12 17 32 10 1 3 6 7 17 10 3 1 6 10 15 -15 16
19 Potenza Calcio 20 3 6 11 15 28 10 3 4 3 10 8 10 0 2 8 5 20 -13 15
20 Vibonese 20 2 8 10 13 26 10 2 4 4 9 13 10 0 4 6 4 13 -13 14

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.