Delightful dogfight as daring Foggia duel with determined Monopoli

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Wed 15.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria (25000 seats)

Foggia are flying at 4th, while Monopoli are bringing up the rear 4 points behind in the league standings. Can they shorten the gap?

Insights:
  • Foggia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Foggia form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie C: Girone C, Foggia have managed 8 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 15 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Foggia after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Foggia are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Avellino. Up until that game this team had gone eight consecutive league games without losing. The defeat against Avellino was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by Gaudio).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Viterbese in a game that was won 2-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Foggia handle that role? We have found 20 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

The manager Somma will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Audace Cerignola in only four days.

The Foggia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 15 league matches. 16 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Monopoli form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie C: Girone C travels is 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

Monopoli might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Fidelis Andria proved too strong as Monopoli slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani.

Preceding that game was the away victory against ACR Messina with the score of 1-0.

We have checked recent matches where Monopoli have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Monopoli are hosting SSC Giugliano in the Serie C: Girone C only four days away.

As opposed to that, Monopoli have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The 8 latest games featuring these teams have all finished as Foggia wins. More of the same or streak broken?

Here's the end result when the participants met previously this campaign; Monopoli - Foggia 0-2.

Top Goalscorers

FoggiaR. Ogunseye
R. Ogunseye
9 goals
MonopoliE. Starita
E. Starita
8 goals
FoggiaA. Garattoni
A. Garattoni
7 goals

Foggia missing players

Monopoli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Foggia Monopoli
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 4 15 31
14 8 3 Won W 2 4 13
7 3 1 Drew D 0 6 6
10 4 1 Lost L 2 5 12
47 23 9 Scored S 5 15 37
36 16 4 Conceded C 10 20 37
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 73% 87%
77% 73% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 68%
45% 47% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 40% 45%
29% 33% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 19%
16% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 13% 13%
48% 40% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 45%
35% 53% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 32%
19% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 53% 35%
 
4.8 3.9 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.1 4.5
4.1 3.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.1 3.7
2.2 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 2.7 2.6
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
10.8 10.5 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 9.5 9.4
4.3 3.8 5.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 3.2 3.3
36% 40% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 31% 36%
 
8.4 8.4 8.4 Shots against (avg) S A 16 11.5 9.7
3.7 3.3 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.8 4.9 3.7
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Foggia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Foggia have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  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 31 25 5 1 83 13 16 16 0 0 55 5 15 9 5 1 28 8 70 80
2 Crotone 31 19 9 3 46 25 15 10 5 0 18 4 16 9 4 3 28 21 21 66
3 Pescara 31 15 7 9 44 33 16 7 4 5 22 19 15 8 3 4 22 14 11 52
4 Foggia 31 14 7 10 47 36 15 8 3 4 23 16 16 6 4 6 24 20 11 49
5 Audace Cerignola 31 13 9 9 37 32 16 10 3 3 26 12 15 3 6 6 11 20 5 48
6 Picerno 31 12 11 8 34 30 15 8 4 3 20 12 16 4 7 5 14 18 4 47
7 Monopoli 31 13 6 12 37 37 16 9 0 7 22 17 15 4 6 5 15 20 0 45
8 Juve Stabia 31 11 8 12 28 33 15 6 4 5 16 15 16 5 4 7 12 18 -5 41
9 Potenza Calcio 31 8 16 7 37 46 15 6 7 2 25 19 16 2 9 5 12 27 -9 40
10 Avellino 31 10 9 12 35 37 16 7 6 3 19 11 15 3 3 9 16 26 -2 39
11 Virtus Francavilla 31 11 6 14 38 41 15 10 3 2 28 13 16 1 3 12 10 28 -3 39
12 Latina 31 9 11 11 28 37 15 6 4 5 11 15 16 3 7 6 17 22 -9 38
13 SSC Giugliano 31 8 13 10 38 41 15 5 7 3 23 18 16 3 6 7 15 23 -3 37
14 Taranto 31 9 9 13 20 33 15 7 5 3 13 9 16 2 4 10 7 24 -13 36
15 Gelbison 31 7 14 10 24 30 16 4 7 5 15 16 15 3 7 5 9 14 -6 35
16 Nuova Monterosi 31 7 11 13 33 40 16 3 9 4 17 17 15 4 2 9 16 23 -7 32
17 Turris 31 7 10 14 32 46 16 3 6 7 18 27 15 4 4 7 14 19 -14 31
18 ACR Messina 31 8 6 17 29 43 16 5 4 7 18 18 15 3 2 10 11 25 -14 30
19 Viterbese 31 6 9 16 28 44 15 4 5 6 18 23 16 2 4 10 10 21 -16 25
20 Fidelis Andria 31 4 12 15 21 42 16 3 8 5 11 15 15 1 4 10 10 27 -21 24

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 Catanzaro 31 25 5 1 83 13 16 16 0 0 55 5 15 9 5 1 28 8 70 80
2 Crotone 31 19 9 3 46 25 15 10 5 0 18 4 16 9 4 3 28 21 21 66
3 Pescara 31 15 7 9 44 33 16 7 4 5 22 19 15 8 3 4 22 14 11 52
4 Foggia 31 14 7 10 47 36 15 8 3 4 23 16 16 6 4 6 24 20 11 49
5 Audace Cerignola 31 13 9 9 37 32 16 10 3 3 26 12 15 3 6 6 11 20 5 48
6 Picerno 31 12 11 8 34 30 15 8 4 3 20 12 16 4 7 5 14 18 4 47
7 Monopoli 31 13 6 12 37 37 16 9 0 7 22 17 15 4 6 5 15 20 0 45
8 Juve Stabia 31 11 8 12 28 33 15 6 4 5 16 15 16 5 4 7 12 18 -5 41
9 Potenza Calcio 31 8 16 7 37 46 15 6 7 2 25 19 16 2 9 5 12 27 -9 40
10 Avellino 31 10 9 12 35 37 16 7 6 3 19 11 15 3 3 9 16 26 -2 39
11 Virtus Francavilla 31 11 6 14 38 41 15 10 3 2 28 13 16 1 3 12 10 28 -3 39
12 Latina 31 9 11 11 28 37 15 6 4 5 11 15 16 3 7 6 17 22 -9 38
13 SSC Giugliano 31 8 13 10 38 41 15 5 7 3 23 18 16 3 6 7 15 23 -3 37
14 Taranto 31 9 9 13 20 33 15 7 5 3 13 9 16 2 4 10 7 24 -13 36
15 Gelbison 31 7 14 10 24 30 16 4 7 5 15 16 15 3 7 5 9 14 -6 35
16 Nuova Monterosi 31 7 11 13 33 40 16 3 9 4 17 17 15 4 2 9 16 23 -7 32
17 Turris 31 7 10 14 32 46 16 3 6 7 18 27 15 4 4 7 14 19 -14 31
18 ACR Messina 31 8 6 17 29 43 16 5 4 7 18 18 15 3 2 10 11 25 -14 30
19 Viterbese 31 6 9 16 28 44 15 4 5 6 18 23 16 2 4 10 10 21 -16 25
20 Fidelis Andria 31 4 12 15 21 42 16 3 8 5 11 15 15 1 4 10 10 27 -21 24

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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.