Catanzaro vs Virtus Francavilla preview: Away side in for a difficult task at Stadio Nicola Ceravolo

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo (14650 seats)

It's the very first match of the new campaign for Catanzaro and Virtus Francavilla. The sheet is empty, the possibilities infinite.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Catanzaro form and stats

The previous season, Catanzaro's league statistics were 20 wins, 11 draws and 6 losses, providing 2nd place in the Serie C: Girone C. Over these 37 matches they scored 47 goals and conceded 29. Playing as the host team in the previous season Catanzaro generated 13-4-2 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 13 conceded.

Catanzaro have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Catanzaro scored 1 goal and let in 1 goal during these one game.

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Virtus Francavilla form and stats

Let's have a look at how Virtus Francavilla performed last season in the Serie C: Girone C: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 11 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded 44 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 9 with 13/22 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Catanzaro victories, three draws and three Virtus Francavilla wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Catanzaro missing players

Virtus Francavilla missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Catanzaro Virtus Francavilla
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Catanzaro Last season Virtus Francavilla
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
37 19   Played P   18 36
20 13   Won W   4 9
11 4   Drew D   5 11
6 2   Lost L   9 16
47 27   Scored S   13 32
29 13   Conceded C   22 44
89% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 86%
59% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   44% 53%
35% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 42%
16% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 25%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 6%
43% 37%   BTTS BTTS   39% 50%
46% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 22%
22% 16%   Failed to Score F T   56% 42%
 
4.4 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 4
4 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 4.9
2.5 3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.9
6 2   Red cards R C   5 5
 
7 6.1   Shots (avg) S (   7.3 8.3
2.5 2.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.1
51% 63%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 28%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Messina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Avellino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bari 1908 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Campobasso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Catania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Catanzaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Fidelis Andria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Foggia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Juve Stabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Latina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Monopoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nuova Monterosi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Paganese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Palermo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Picerno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Potenza Calcio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Taranto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Turris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Vibonese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Virtus Francavilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 36 28 6 2 95 32 18 14 3 1 51 15 18 14 3 1 44 17 63 90
2 Catanzaro 37 20 11 6 47 29 19 13 4 2 27 13 18 7 7 4 20 16 18 71
3 Avellino 36 20 8 8 53 33 18 12 3 3 33 13 18 8 5 5 20 20 20 68
4 Bari 1908 36 18 9 9 52 34 18 9 6 3 28 16 18 9 3 6 24 18 18 63
5 Juve Stabia 36 18 7 11 51 39 18 8 3 7 23 18 18 10 4 4 28 21 12 61
6 Catania 36 17 10 9 50 38 18 10 5 3 29 15 18 7 5 6 21 23 12 59
7 Palermo 36 14 11 11 44 40 18 7 6 5 26 22 18 7 5 6 18 18 4 53
8 Teramo 36 13 13 10 38 34 18 10 5 3 26 15 18 3 8 7 12 19 4 52
9 Foggia 36 14 9 13 36 39 18 6 7 5 17 17 18 8 2 8 19 22 -3 51
10 Casertana 37 14 6 17 50 59 18 6 3 9 24 30 19 8 3 8 26 29 -9 48
11 Monopoli 36 10 11 15 43 51 18 6 5 7 24 24 18 4 6 8 19 27 -8 41
12 Viterbese Castrense 36 9 13 14 36 42 18 5 5 8 18 21 18 4 8 6 18 21 -6 40
13 Potenza Calcio 36 10 9 17 38 52 18 5 6 7 21 27 18 5 3 10 17 25 -14 39
14 Turris 36 9 12 15 40 56 18 6 6 6 20 22 18 3 6 9 20 34 -16 39
15 Virtus Francavilla 36 9 11 16 32 44 18 5 6 7 19 22 18 4 5 9 13 22 -12 38
16 Vibonese 36 6 18 12 34 37 18 4 10 4 22 18 18 2 8 8 12 19 -3 36
17 Paganese 36 7 11 18 26 49 18 3 7 8 12 24 18 4 4 10 14 25 -23 32
18 Bisceglie 36 7 9 20 28 51 18 5 4 9 11 18 18 2 5 11 17 33 -23 30
19 Cavese 36 5 8 23 27 55 18 4 2 12 12 24 18 1 6 11 15 31 -28 23
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 Messina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Avellino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bari 1908 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Campobasso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Catania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Catanzaro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Fidelis Andria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Foggia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Juve Stabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Latina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Monopoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nuova Monterosi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Paganese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Palermo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Picerno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Potenza Calcio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Taranto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Turris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Vibonese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Virtus Francavilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.