Another action-packed fixture in Serie C: Girone C as Foggia welcome Catanzaro

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sat 13.February
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria (25000 seats)

A key match in Serie C: Girone C as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Foggia in 5th position and Catanzaro placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

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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Foggia form and stats

4 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Foggia have to build on here at Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria in the Serie C: Girone C.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Foggia, as their goalkeeper Ermanno Fumagalli has completely shut out the opponents for 399 minutes in the Serie C: Girone C.

Foggia enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Potenza Calcio's place. The match ended 1-0 with L. Del Prete scoring. Before that, Foggia drew at home versus Teramo.

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

Foggia are traveling soon after this match as the Serie C: Girone C match at Avellino awaits in four days.

Foggia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. From these home matches, Foggia have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Catanzaro form and stats

There's been little loot from Catanzaro's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the Serie C: Girone C. Catanzaro only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 5 draws.

A 0-1 defeat away at Paganese before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Catanzaro playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were two Catanzaro wins, five draws and six defeats.

After this away game Catanzaro return home for a Serie C: Girone C game against Casertana. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visiting Catanzaro have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 11 games. As opposed to that, Catanzaro have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Catanzaro - Foggia 2-1. Foggia-Catanzaro H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Foggia three wins, Catanzaro two wins, two draws. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Foggia missing players

Catanzaro missing players

Foggia Catanzaro
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 10 3 Played P 3 11 22
10 4 1 Won W 1 2 10
6 4 1 Drew D 0 5 8
6 2 1 Lost L 2 4 4
27 12 2 Scored S 4 11 28
21 9 2 Conceded C 7 14 20
91% 90% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 86%
68% 70% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 59%
32% 30% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 36% 41%
18% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 27% 23%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 9% 5%
45% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 55%
45% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 36%
18% 10% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 3.1 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 2 2.5
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7 7.6 5.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.6 7.3
3 2.7 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.5 2.5
41% 44% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 39% 49%

  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 22 17 5 0 56 15 12 9 3 0 29 6 10 8 2 0 27 9 41 56
2 Bari 1908 22 12 6 4 38 19 11 5 4 2 19 10 11 7 2 2 19 9 19 42
3 Avellino 22 12 5 5 34 21 12 7 2 3 22 12 10 5 3 2 12 9 13 41
4 Catanzaro 22 10 8 4 28 20 11 8 3 0 17 6 11 2 5 4 11 14 8 38
5 Foggia 22 10 6 6 27 21 10 4 4 2 12 9 12 6 2 4 15 12 6 36
6 Teramo 22 8 10 4 24 18 10 6 4 0 15 6 12 2 6 4 9 12 6 34
7 Catania 19 9 6 4 27 21 10 5 4 1 15 9 9 4 2 3 10 11 6 31
8 Juve Stabia 22 8 6 8 23 24 12 6 2 4 15 12 10 2 4 4 8 12 -1 30
9 Casertana 22 9 3 10 28 36 10 3 2 5 11 19 12 6 1 5 17 17 -8 30
10 Virtus Francavilla 22 7 7 8 27 29 11 4 3 4 15 15 11 3 4 4 12 14 -2 28
11 Turris Neapolis 22 6 10 6 26 31 11 3 5 3 11 14 11 3 5 3 15 17 -5 28
12 Palermo 22 6 9 7 21 22 12 4 5 3 16 13 10 2 4 4 5 9 -1 27
13 Viterbese Castrense 21 6 7 8 23 27 9 2 2 5 6 10 12 4 5 3 16 15 -4 25
14 Vibonese 22 4 10 8 23 26 11 2 6 3 14 13 11 2 4 5 9 13 -3 22
15 Monopoli 21 5 6 10 23 32 10 2 3 5 11 14 11 3 3 5 12 18 -9 21
16 Bisceglie 22 3 8 11 19 33 11 2 4 5 7 11 11 1 4 6 12 22 -14 17
17 Potenza Calcio 22 4 5 13 18 32 11 2 4 5 13 18 11 2 1 8 5 14 -14 17
18 Cavese 22 3 7 12 16 31 11 2 1 8 6 16 11 1 6 4 10 15 -15 16
19 Paganese 21 3 6 12 16 33 11 1 4 6 6 18 10 2 2 6 10 15 -17 15
20 Trapani 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 -1

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.