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

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 22.November
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria (25000 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Foggia are in the 8th position while the guesting Virtus Francavilla worry at 15th.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Serie C: Girone C match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Teramo.

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Foggia form and stats

Overall Serie C: Girone C stats at home this season for Foggia are 2-1-2 (wins-draw-losses).

No payout for Foggia in their previous match, an away game at Teramo that ended in defeat 0-2. Before that match, a win away at Cavese.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Foggia's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won four matches, drawn one and lost one.

The manager M. Marchionni will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Vibonese in only three days.

Foggia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Foggia have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Virtus Francavilla form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Virtus Francavilla playing as the away team in the Serie C: Girone C this season.

Virtus Francavilla played 1-1 against Catanzaro in their previous match. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Ternana wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Francavilla when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing zero times, drawing zero and winning two games.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Francavilla as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Francavilla have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Foggia-Virtus Francavilla H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Foggia two wins, Virtus Francavilla zero wins, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Virtus FrancavillaL. Perez
L. Perez
11 goals

Foggia missing players

Virtus Francavilla missing players

Foggia Virtus Francavilla
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 2 5 11
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
5 2 1 Lost L 1 3 6
11 7 3 Scored S 1 4 12
13 7 3 Conceded C 2 5 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 80% 91%
80% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 40% 64%
40% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 55%
20% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
40% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 64%
40% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 9%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 60% 36%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.8 4 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 3.6
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
87 43 11 Total Shots T S 15 38 102
33 14 4 Shots on Target S O 9 14 40
33% 50% 75% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 29% 30%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Foggia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Foggia have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Foggia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Virtus Francavilla has the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Virtus Francavilla has the most points from losing position (8) 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 Ternana 11 8 3 0 28 6 6 4 2 0 11 1 5 4 1 0 17 5 22 27
2 Teramo 10 7 2 1 14 4 5 5 0 0 8 0 5 2 2 1 6 4 10 23
3 Bari 1908 10 6 2 2 21 11 4 2 1 1 8 5 6 4 1 1 13 6 10 20
4 Catanzaro 11 5 4 2 14 11 5 4 1 0 8 2 6 1 3 2 6 9 3 19
5 Turris 10 4 4 2 14 14 6 2 2 2 5 8 4 2 2 0 9 6 0 16
6 Avellino 8 4 3 1 12 8 4 1 2 1 6 6 4 3 1 0 6 2 4 15
7 Juve Stabia 11 4 2 5 9 10 5 3 0 2 7 5 6 1 2 3 2 5 -1 14
8 Foggia 10 4 1 5 11 13 5 2 1 2 7 7 5 2 0 3 4 6 -2 13
9 Vibonese 8 3 3 2 12 9 5 2 2 1 8 5 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 12
10 Catania 9 4 2 3 9 11 4 2 1 1 5 5 5 2 1 2 4 6 -2 12
11 Palermo 9 3 3 3 8 10 4 2 1 1 4 4 5 1 2 2 4 6 -2 12
12 Paganese 11 2 4 5 10 15 5 0 3 2 2 6 6 2 1 3 8 9 -5 10
13 Casertana 9 2 3 4 14 17 4 0 2 2 5 9 5 2 1 2 9 8 -3 9
14 Monopoli 8 2 3 3 6 9 5 0 2 3 2 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 -3 9
15 Virtus Francavilla 11 2 3 6 12 16 6 1 2 3 8 11 5 1 1 3 4 5 -4 9
16 Potenza Calcio 11 2 3 6 13 21 5 1 3 1 10 12 6 1 0 5 3 9 -8 9
17 Bisceglie 6 2 1 3 6 6 3 1 0 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 4 3 0 7
18 Viterbese Castrense 9 1 4 4 7 11 4 0 1 3 1 6 5 1 3 1 6 5 -4 7
19 Cavese 10 1 2 7 7 19 6 0 0 6 2 13 4 1 2 1 5 6 -12 5
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.