Foggia and Gelbison supporters look forward to Serie C: Girone C clash at Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 05.February
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria (25000 seats)

Foggia are thought of as expected winners of this home match against Gelbison, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or could we be eyeing a possible shock?

Insights:
  • Foggia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gelbison have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Serie C: Girone C

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Foggia and Gelbison.

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Foggia form and stats

Foggia have collected 20 points from their Serie C: Girone C home games so far after 6-2-4. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Tommaso Emanuele Nobile not having conceded a league goal in 353 minutes.

Foggia's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Taranto (placed 13th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Pescara.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Foggia matches with similar probabilities have ended with 7 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats (from 7 games).

Foggia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. Foggia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Gelbison form and stats

There's been little loot from Gelbison's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 12 away games in the Serie C: Girone C. Gelbison only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 5 draws.

Gelbison have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 204 minutes ago. Loreto was the goal scorer. 283 minutes! That's how long the Gelbison goalkeeper Dario Anatrella and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Gelbison's last game was the home draw against Audace Cerignola (0-0).

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

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Gelbison playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 3 home wins.

Low-scoring game? 9 of this team's last 11 league fixtures have contained two or less goals.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Gelbison's away games in the league this season with only {6 goals} from 12 matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Gelbison - Foggia 2-0 written in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Foggia one win, zero draws and Gelbison one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FoggiaA. Garattoni
A. Garattoni
5 goals
FoggiaR. Ogunseye
R. Ogunseye
5 goals
GelbisonC. De Sena
C. De Sena
5 goals

Foggia missing players

Gelbison missing players

Foggia Gelbison
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 4 12 25
11 6 3 Won W 0 2 6
5 2 0 Drew D 1 5 11
9 4 0 Lost L 3 5 8
37 17 7 Scored S 2 6 18
31 15 1 Conceded C 7 12 23
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 72%
76% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 42% 48%
48% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 25% 24%
32% 42% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 12%
16% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
48% 42% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 32%
32% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 42% 52%
24% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 44%
 
4.8 3.6 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.2 3.5
3.8 3.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.4 4
2 2.1 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3 3
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
11 10.3 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5.2 8 8.5
4.3 3.7 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.6 3
34% 39% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 19% 24%
 
7.6 8.6 5.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 9.7 10.4
3.5 3.4 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.1 3.5
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Foggia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Foggia have scored more than double the goals of Gelbison.
  • Foggia have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Gelbison have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gelbison have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Gelbison have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) 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 25 21 4 0 64 9 13 13 0 0 41 4 12 8 4 0 23 5 55 67
2 Crotone 25 18 5 2 40 18 12 10 2 0 16 2 13 8 3 2 24 16 22 59
3 Pescara 25 13 4 8 34 28 13 6 2 5 14 16 12 7 2 3 20 12 6 43
4 Foggia 25 11 5 9 37 31 12 6 2 4 17 15 13 5 3 5 20 16 6 38
5 Monopoli 25 10 6 9 30 25 13 7 0 6 16 13 12 3 6 3 14 12 5 36
6 Juve Stabia 25 10 6 9 23 22 12 5 3 4 13 10 13 5 3 5 10 12 1 36
7 Audace Cerignola 25 9 8 8 30 29 13 7 3 3 21 11 12 2 5 5 9 18 1 35
8 Picerno 25 9 8 8 27 26 12 6 3 3 17 11 13 3 5 5 10 15 1 35
9 SSC Giugliano 25 8 10 7 34 31 13 5 6 2 23 16 12 3 4 5 11 15 3 34
10 Avellino 25 8 9 8 27 24 12 5 6 1 13 5 13 3 3 7 14 19 3 33
11 Latina 25 8 9 8 26 32 12 5 3 4 9 12 13 3 6 4 17 20 -6 33
12 Virtus Francavilla 25 9 5 11 30 34 12 9 2 1 22 9 13 0 3 10 8 25 -4 32
13 Taranto 25 8 6 11 19 31 12 6 4 2 12 8 13 2 2 9 7 23 -12 30
14 Gelbison 25 6 11 8 18 23 13 4 6 3 12 11 12 2 5 5 6 12 -5 29
15 Potenza Calcio 25 5 14 6 30 38 12 4 6 2 20 17 13 1 8 4 10 21 -8 29
16 Nuova Monterosi 25 6 9 10 28 33 13 3 7 3 16 15 12 3 2 7 12 18 -5 27
17 Turris 25 5 8 12 28 42 13 1 6 6 14 25 12 4 2 6 14 17 -14 23
18 ACR Messina 25 6 4 15 24 39 13 5 3 5 18 16 12 1 1 10 6 23 -15 22
19 Fidelis Andria 25 3 9 13 18 35 13 3 6 4 10 13 12 0 3 9 8 22 -17 18
20 Viterbese 25 3 8 14 22 39 12 2 4 6 14 22 13 1 4 8 8 17 -17 15

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.