Catanzaro are placed 1st, while Taranto are dragging their feet 27 points behind in the table. Can they cut the gap?
- Catanzaro have the most scored goals (50) in Serie C: Girone C
- Taranto have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Catanzaro form and stats
Home games in the Serie C: Girone C have been a walk in the park for Catanzaro so far, with 27 points won from 9 matches; 9 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. Ever since the Picerno game Catanzaro has been unbeatable here at Stadio Nicola Ceravolo producing ten straight wins.
Catanzaro enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Picerno's place. The match ended 1-0 with Cianci scoring. Manager Vivarini felt very clever after Cianci scored the winning goal against Picerno, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 63rd minute.
Before that game, the 6-1 home victory against Potenza Calcio.It should be considered that a glance at the 20 latest league games shows that 15 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).
Catanzaro always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Stadio Nicola Ceravolo with 29 goals in 9 league games. As for guarding their own goal, Catanzaro have only let in {3 goals} at home. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Taranto form and stats
There's been little loot from Taranto's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 9 away games in the Serie C: Girone C. Taranto only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Taranto, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Taranto's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Monopoli that finished 0-0.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at ACR Messina.Take note: 12 of the last 16 league games involving this side have ended with only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Taranto have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is what happened when the participants faced each other earlier this campaign; Taranto - Catanzaro 0-3. Catanzaro-Taranto H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Catanzaro four wins, Taranto one win, zero draws. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  P. Iemmello 12 goals | T. Biasci 9 goals | D. Sounas 7 goals |
Catanzaro missing players
Taranto missing players
| Catanzaro | Taranto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 17 | 10 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 56 | 35 | 18 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 19 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 20 | 28 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 90% | 90% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 70% |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 70% | 55% |
| 45% | 50% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 15% |
| 20% | 40% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 25% | 30% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 35% |
| 75% | 70% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 20% | 35% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 4.8 | 4.8 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 10.2 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 6.8 | 7.2 |
| 5.3 | 5.8 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| 52% | 60% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 30% | 30% |
| 5.7 | 4.7 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 9.2 | 9.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
- 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.
- Catanzaro have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Catanzaro have scored more than double the goals of Taranto.
- Catanzaro have the fewest conceded goals (7) 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 (6) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the most clean sheets (15) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the most scored goals (29) at home in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the most scored goals (50) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the most scored goals in the first half (28) 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 (+26) at home in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the the best goal difference (+43) 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.
- Catanzaro is in the best form (5-1-0) in Serie C: Girone C
- Taranto have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Taranto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 43 | 51 |
| 2 | Crotone | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 45 |
| 3 | Pescara | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Juve Stabia | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 32 |
| 5 | Audace Cerignola | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 27 |
| 6 | SSC Giugliano | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Avellino | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Foggia | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Potenza Calcio | 19 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Picerno | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 24 |
| 11 | Latina | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -9 | 24 |
| 12 | Taranto | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -10 | 24 |
| 13 | Gelbison | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 14 | Monopoli | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 23 |
| 15 | Virtus Francavilla | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -6 | 22 |
| 16 | Nuova Monterosi | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | Turris | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -10 | 20 |
| 18 | Viterbese | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -11 | 16 |
| 19 | Fidelis Andria | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 15 |
| 20 | ACR Messina | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 20 | -19 | 11 |
