Soccer preview: Home fans have high hopes when Crotone receive Gelbison

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 11.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ezio Scida (16108 seats)

Crotone have outperformed Gelbison this season, but every fixture starts at 0-0. Here's all the information you require before kickoff:

Insights:
  • Crotone have the most points from losing position (10) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Gelbison have the fewest scored goals (12) in Serie C: Girone C

Crotone and Gelbison 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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Crotone form and stats

Crotone have been very solid at home in the Serie C: Girone C so far, with 24 points collected from 8 matches (8-0-0). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. After failing to beat Monopoli here at Stadio Ezio Scida, Crotone has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with eight wins in a row.

Happy days for Crotone in their previous game, a fixture away at Audace Cerignola (placed 6th) that ended with a 1-0 victory.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Taranto that finished 2-2.

A decent goal production from Crotone in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Crotone have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Gelbison form and stats

2-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Gelbison in their Serie C: Girone C matches away. The last three matches for Gelbison have all ended in a draw.

Gelbison aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 392 league minutes without a goal. Sena was the last player to find the net. The Gelbison goalkeeper Bernardino D'Agostino is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 286 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Gelbison delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Latina (placed 11th) in their previous match. Strange stuff; the final result 0-0 has occurred three times in a row!

A 0-0 draw at Viterbese's stadium before that.

A tale of few goals? 10 of this team's latest 12 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.

Goals are few and far between in Gelbison's away league games. Only {4 goals} from 8 travels. Gelbison are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

CrotoneC. Chiricò
C. Chiricò
8 goals
CrotoneG. Gomez
G. Gomez
7 goals
CrotoneV. Mogoș
V. Mogoș
2 goals

Crotone missing players

Gelbison missing players

Crotone Gelbison
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 5 Played P 4 8 17
13 8 5 Won W 1 2 5
2 0 0 Drew D 1 3 7
2 0 0 Lost L 2 3 5
29 13 7 Scored S 3 4 12
12 1 0 Conceded C 6 7 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 71%
59% 50% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 38% 41%
35% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 25% 24%
24% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
35% 12% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 25% 24%
53% 88% 100% Clean Sheets C S 25% 50% 59%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 50% 47%
 
5.2 6.6 6.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.6 4
4.2 4.1 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.1 3.4
2.5 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.9 2.8
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.2 16.1 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.5 8.3
4.9 5.9 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.6 3.2
35% 28% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 19% 22%
 
10.8 11.1 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 7.2 9 9.8
3.7 2.9 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 3.2
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Crotone have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Crotone have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Crotone have scored more than double the goals of Gelbison.
  • Crotone have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Serie C: Girone C
  • Crotone have the most points from losing position (10) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Crotone have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Crotone have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Crotone haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Gelbison have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gelbison have the fewest scored goals (12) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Gelbison have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Serie C: Girone C

  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 17 15 2 0 49 7 9 9 0 0 29 3 8 6 2 0 20 4 42 47
2 Crotone 17 13 2 2 29 12 8 8 0 0 13 1 9 5 2 2 16 11 17 41
3 Pescara 17 11 2 4 29 18 9 5 1 3 11 9 8 6 1 1 18 9 11 35
4 SSC Giugliano 17 7 5 5 23 20 9 5 3 1 17 9 8 2 2 4 6 11 3 26
5 Juve Stabia 17 7 5 5 13 11 8 3 3 2 7 5 9 4 2 3 6 6 2 26
6 Audace Cerignola 17 6 6 5 19 18 9 4 3 2 11 6 8 2 3 3 8 12 1 24
7 Gelbison 17 5 7 5 12 12 9 3 4 2 8 5 8 2 3 3 4 7 0 22
8 Monopoli 17 6 4 7 18 19 9 5 0 4 12 9 8 1 4 3 6 10 -1 22
9 Foggia 17 6 4 7 19 25 8 4 1 3 10 12 9 2 3 4 9 13 -6 22
10 Picerno 17 5 6 6 16 18 8 4 2 2 11 7 9 1 4 4 5 11 -2 21
11 Latina 17 5 6 6 17 23 8 3 3 2 6 6 9 2 3 4 11 17 -6 21
12 Avellino 17 5 5 7 20 19 8 3 4 1 11 5 9 2 1 6 9 14 1 20
13 Nuova Monterosi 17 5 5 7 24 24 9 3 3 3 15 14 8 2 2 4 9 10 0 20
14 Potenza Calcio 17 3 11 3 21 22 8 2 5 1 12 10 9 1 6 2 9 12 -1 20
15 Taranto 17 6 2 9 16 27 8 5 1 2 11 8 9 1 1 7 5 19 -11 20
16 Virtus Francavilla 17 5 4 8 19 26 8 5 2 1 13 7 9 0 2 7 6 19 -7 19
17 Turris 17 5 4 8 23 31 9 1 4 4 11 19 8 4 0 4 12 12 -8 19
18 Fidelis Andria 17 3 6 8 15 23 9 3 3 3 9 9 8 0 3 5 6 14 -8 15
19 Viterbese 17 2 6 9 16 28 8 1 3 4 10 16 9 1 3 5 6 12 -12 12
20 ACR Messina 17 3 2 12 13 28 9 3 2 4 12 12 8 0 0 8 1 16 -15 11

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.