Serie C: Girone C preview: Can Foggia edge out victory against Virtus Francavilla?

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Thu 15.September
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria (25000 seats)

This could be another intriguing run-in at Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria in the Serie C: Girone C. Foggia is in 19th place and receive Virtus Francavilla in 9th spot. Read all about the game here!

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 Virtus Francavilla.

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Foggia form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Serie C: Girone C game of the season here at Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria. Last season these fans witnessed 10 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses from Foggia's 18 home games.

The club members are hoping that Foggia will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the match against Picerno (placed 12th).

Ahead of that match, Foggia lost 1-3 at home to Latina.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Foggia handle that role? We have found 18 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Foggia as they are travelling to their away game against Potenza Calcio in the Serie C: Girone C. That match is three days after this one.

Foggia has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 3 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Virtus Francavilla form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Serie C: Girone C away game of the season. During their previous season 18 away games resulted in 4 wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats.

Impressive finishing from Patierno secured the home win 1-0 against Messina in their previous game. That win felt good as this team had gone four league games without winning.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Turris Neapolis that ended 2-2.

Francavilla are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 10 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

After this away game Virtus Francavilla return home for a Serie C: Girone C game against Gelbison. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Virtus Francavilla have the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Foggia have avoided a loss in the last 6 fixtures (4-2-0) facing Virtus Francavilla.

Top Goalscorers

FoggiaD. Vuthaj
D. Vuthaj
1 goals
Virtus FrancavillaP. Maiorino
P. Maiorino
1 goals
Virtus FrancavillaC. Patierno
C. Patierno
1 goals

Foggia missing players

Virtus Francavilla missing players

Foggia Virtus Francavilla
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
1 1 1 Scored S 0 2 3
6 3 3 Conceded C 0 2 2
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8.5 6 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 11 7.5
2.5 1 1 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 4
1.5 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.5 11 11 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13 12
5.5 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4.5
9% 25% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 33%
 
10 14 14 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9 10
4.5 5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 4
Foggia Last season Virtus Francavilla
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
13 10   Won W   4 16
15 5   Drew D   4 8
8 3   Lost L   10 12
62 40   Scored S   10 48
51 26   Conceded C   20 38
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 89%
89% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   33% 50%
50% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 50%
39% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 25%
19% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 11%
72% 72%   BTTS BTTS   28% 42%
19% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 36%
11% 6%   Failed to Score F T   56% 33%
 
5 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 3.4
4.7 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 4.1
2.4 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.6 3.2
3 1   Red cards R C   6 6
 
11.5 11.7   Shots (avg) S (   7 7.3
4.6 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.1 3
38% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 45%
 
9 8.6   Shots against (avg) S A   9 9.4
3.9 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 4

  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 3 3 0 0 12 0 2 2 0 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 12 9
2 Crotone 3 3 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 5 2 5 9
3 Turris Neapolis 3 2 1 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 7
4 Monopoli 3 2 0 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 6
5 Juve Stabia 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 6
6 Pescara 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 6
7 Audace Cerignola 3 2 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 4 -1 6
8 Nuova Monterosi 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
9 Virtus Francavilla 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
10 SSC Giugliano 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
11 Potenza Calcio 3 0 3 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 3
12 Picerno 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -1 3
13 Latina 3 1 0 2 4 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 6 -4 3
14 Fidelis Andria 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 2
15 Viterbese Castrense 3 0 2 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 2
16 Gelbison 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 2
17 Avellino 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 1
18 Messina 3 0 1 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
19 Foggia 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 0
20 Taranto 3 0 0 3 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 6 -7 0
Last season 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 36 22 9 5 52 26 18 12 3 3 31 15 18 10 6 2 21 11 26 75
2 Catanzaro 36 19 10 7 57 26 18 11 4 3 32 12 18 8 6 4 25 14 31 67
3 Palermo 36 18 12 6 64 33 18 13 5 0 42 9 18 5 7 6 22 24 31 66
4 Avellino 36 17 13 6 45 26 18 9 8 1 28 14 18 8 5 5 17 12 19 64
5 Monopoli 36 17 8 11 38 31 18 11 4 3 23 10 18 6 4 8 15 21 7 59
6 Virtus Francavilla 36 16 8 12 48 38 18 12 4 2 38 18 18 4 4 10 10 20 10 56
7 Foggia 36 13 15 8 62 51 18 10 5 3 40 26 18 3 10 5 22 25 11 52
8 Turris Neapolis 36 16 4 16 52 49 18 10 0 8 30 20 18 6 4 8 22 29 3 52
9 Nuova Monterosi 36 13 12 11 40 38 18 8 5 5 22 16 18 5 7 6 18 22 2 51
10 Picerno 36 14 8 14 41 45 18 9 3 6 24 16 18 5 5 8 17 29 -4 50
11 Juve Stabia 36 13 12 11 44 36 18 10 6 2 31 11 18 3 6 9 13 25 8 49
12 Latina 36 12 9 15 37 42 18 8 6 4 22 15 18 4 3 11 15 27 -5 45
13 Campobasso 36 11 11 14 51 62 18 5 7 6 25 25 18 6 4 8 26 37 -11 44
14 Taranto 36 8 15 13 31 40 18 6 10 2 16 8 18 2 5 11 15 32 -9 39
15 Messina 36 10 9 17 40 57 18 7 4 7 20 20 18 3 5 10 20 37 -17 39
16 Potenza Calcio 36 8 13 15 37 51 18 5 9 4 22 19 18 3 4 11 15 32 -14 37
17 Fidelis Andria 36 6 12 18 26 45 18 3 7 8 13 21 18 3 5 10 13 24 -19 30
18 Paganese 36 6 8 22 36 69 18 6 3 9 24 31 18 0 5 13 12 38 -33 26
19 Vibonese 36 3 12 21 24 60 18 3 7 8 13 23 18 0 5 13 11 37 -36 21
20 Catania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4

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.