Foggia favourites for feisty fight facing Picerno

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 13.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria (25000 seats)

This league campaign has been a rollercoaster for these sides so far, good and bad giving mid-table spots so far. Pave the way for Foggia - Picerno!

Insights:
  • Foggia have the most points from losing position (13) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Foggia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Picerno have scored away.

This arena has grass, which is not Picerno's usual surface at their own football stadium. When appearing on grass Picerno have performed like this: Played 44 matches yielding 15 wins, 11 draws and 18 defeats with the goal numbers 47-62 (scored/conceded).

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

8-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie C: Girone C numbers at home for Foggia so far this season.

Foggia's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-2 versus Picerno (placed 11th). The home side are looking to build on that result.

Before that, Foggia played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Taranto.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Foggia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won seven times, drawn six and lost three.

The Foggia manager Zeman has got the team scoring with 31 from 15 home games in the league. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Picerno form and stats

The visitors are W4-D5-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone C.

Picerno are travelling again after losing away to Foggia in their previous match (2-3).

A 1-1 draw at Nuova Monterosi's stadium before that.

Picerno are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, three draws and five defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

The attacking power of Picerno when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 16 league matches away. 23 goals have been conceded by Picerno in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have played earlier this season: Foggia - Picerno 3-2. Previous two meetings between these contenders: Foggia won one, Picerno triumphed in zero and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Ferrante with 2 goals scored against Picerno in these 2 meetings.

Top Goalscorers

FoggiaJ. Ferrante
J. Ferrante
14 goals
FoggiaA. Curcio
A. Curcio
9 goals
PicernoR. Ferreira da Silva
R. Ferreira da Silva
6 goals

Foggia missing players

Picerno missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Foggia Picerno
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 16 30
11 8 0 Won W 3 4 11
13 5 2 Drew D 1 5 7
7 2 2 Lost L 1 7 12
48 31 3 Scored S 6 14 30
40 18 7 Conceded C 6 23 34
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 93%
87% 87% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 75% 60%
48% 53% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 25% 23%
32% 47% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 13%
13% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 19% 13%
71% 73% 75% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 33%
19% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 19% 30%
13% 7% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 44% 43%
 
4.9 4.3 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 2.9 3
4.8 4.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.8 4.9
2.5 2.4 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.6 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 5 7
 
11 11.4 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.4 6.3 6.8
4.2 4.9 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.4 2.7
37% 42% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 36% 37%
 
9.2 8.7 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.4 9.7 9.6
3.8 3.5 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.4
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Foggia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Foggia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Picerno have scored away.
  • Foggia have the most points from losing position (13) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Foggia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Picerno have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bari 1908 31 19 8 4 53 28 15 10 3 2 32 16 16 9 5 2 21 12 25 65
2 Catanzaro 31 15 10 6 41 21 16 9 5 2 27 11 15 6 5 4 14 10 20 55
3 Virtus Francavilla 31 16 6 9 43 27 16 12 3 1 33 12 15 4 3 8 10 15 16 54
4 Avellino 30 13 13 4 40 23 15 7 7 1 23 12 15 6 6 3 17 11 17 52
5 Monopoli 31 15 7 9 34 25 15 9 4 2 18 6 16 6 3 7 16 19 9 52
6 Palermo 30 14 9 7 46 28 15 11 4 0 32 6 15 3 5 7 14 22 18 51
7 Turris 31 15 3 13 49 43 15 8 0 7 26 17 16 7 3 6 23 26 6 48
8 Foggia 31 11 13 7 48 40 15 8 5 2 31 18 16 3 8 5 17 22 8 44
9 Latina 31 12 7 12 37 38 16 9 4 3 23 14 15 3 3 9 14 24 -1 43
10 Juve Stabia 31 11 9 11 36 35 16 8 5 3 22 12 15 3 4 8 14 23 1 42
11 Picerno 30 11 7 12 30 34 14 7 2 5 16 11 16 4 5 7 14 23 -4 40
12 Catania 30 12 7 11 48 43 15 7 1 7 22 20 15 5 6 4 26 23 5 39
13 Nuova Monterosi 31 9 10 12 34 43 15 6 4 5 19 19 16 3 6 7 15 24 -9 37
14 Taranto 30 8 12 10 28 33 15 6 8 1 17 9 15 2 4 9 11 24 -5 36
15 Campobasso 30 9 9 12 38 48 16 3 6 7 20 26 14 6 3 5 18 22 -10 36
16 ACR Messina 31 8 8 15 36 53 15 5 5 5 17 17 16 3 3 10 19 36 -17 32
17 Paganese 30 8 6 16 30 49 15 7 2 6 20 21 15 1 4 10 10 28 -19 30
18 Potenza Calcio 30 6 9 15 29 45 15 5 6 4 18 15 15 1 3 11 11 30 -16 27
19 Fidelis Andria 31 5 9 17 24 42 16 2 6 8 13 22 15 3 3 9 11 20 -18 24
20 Vibonese 31 3 10 18 22 48 16 3 6 7 13 20 15 0 4 11 9 28 -26 19

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 Bari 1908 31 19 8 4 53 28 15 10 3 2 32 16 16 9 5 2 21 12 25 65
2 Catanzaro 31 15 10 6 41 21 16 9 5 2 27 11 15 6 5 4 14 10 20 55
3 Virtus Francavilla 31 16 6 9 43 27 16 12 3 1 33 12 15 4 3 8 10 15 16 54
4 Avellino 30 13 13 4 40 23 15 7 7 1 23 12 15 6 6 3 17 11 17 52
5 Monopoli 31 15 7 9 34 25 15 9 4 2 18 6 16 6 3 7 16 19 9 52
6 Palermo 30 14 9 7 46 28 15 11 4 0 32 6 15 3 5 7 14 22 18 51
7 Turris 31 15 3 13 49 43 15 8 0 7 26 17 16 7 3 6 23 26 6 48
8 Foggia 31 11 13 7 48 40 15 8 5 2 31 18 16 3 8 5 17 22 8 44
9 Latina 31 12 7 12 37 38 16 9 4 3 23 14 15 3 3 9 14 24 -1 43
10 Juve Stabia 31 11 9 11 36 35 16 8 5 3 22 12 15 3 4 8 14 23 1 42
11 Picerno 30 11 7 12 30 34 14 7 2 5 16 11 16 4 5 7 14 23 -4 40
12 Catania 30 12 7 11 48 43 15 7 1 7 22 20 15 5 6 4 26 23 5 39
13 Nuova Monterosi 31 9 10 12 34 43 15 6 4 5 19 19 16 3 6 7 15 24 -9 37
14 Taranto 30 8 12 10 28 33 15 6 8 1 17 9 15 2 4 9 11 24 -5 36
15 Campobasso 30 9 9 12 38 48 16 3 6 7 20 26 14 6 3 5 18 22 -10 36
16 ACR Messina 31 8 8 15 36 53 15 5 5 5 17 17 16 3 3 10 19 36 -17 32
17 Paganese 30 8 6 16 30 49 15 7 2 6 20 21 15 1 4 10 10 28 -19 30
18 Potenza Calcio 30 6 9 15 29 45 15 5 6 4 18 15 15 1 3 11 11 30 -16 27
19 Fidelis Andria 31 5 9 17 24 42 16 2 6 8 13 22 15 3 3 9 11 20 -18 24
20 Vibonese 31 3 10 18 22 48 16 3 6 7 13 20 15 0 4 11 9 28 -26 19

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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.