Victories have not come easily for Gelbison so far, and that also applies to ACR Messina. These weathered teams would do anything for some important points here.
- Gelbison have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Serie C: Girone C
- ACR Messina have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Serie C: Girone C
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Gelbison form and stats
Gelbison have played 13 Serie C: Girone C games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-6-3 (wins-draws-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Gelbison.
An away draw last time out for Gelbison, facing Foggia in a game that ended 1-1.
Before that, Gelbison drew at home versus Audace Cerignola.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Gelbison have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Low-scoring affair? Looking at this club's last 12 league matches, 10 have had two goals or less.
Gelbison aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Giovanni Maria Fattori in the league, with only {12 goals} from 13 games. From these home matches, Gelbison have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Gelbison has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 4 times.
ACR Messina form and stats
ACR Messina have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone C, after 1-1-10 (12 played).
Messina failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Audace Cerignola (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-1. That loss was their first after five consecutive league fixtures winning points.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to SSC Giugliano.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with ACR Messina playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 3 ACR Messina wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from ACR Messina's away games in the league this season with only {6 goals} from 12 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. ACR Messina's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips. When ACR Messina is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Potenza Calcio, Turris, Viterbese, Messina, Nuova Monterosi and Fidelis Andria.
Head 2 Head
ACR Messina - Gelbison 0-1 was the product when these sides last played each other, also in this season. Gelbison-ACR Messina H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Gelbison two wins, ACR Messina one win, four draws. two of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  I. Baldé Baldé 6 goals |  C. De Sena 5 goals | L. Catania 4 goals |
Gelbison missing players
ACR Messina missing players
| Gelbison | ACR Messina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 19 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 24 |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 23 | 40 |
| 73% | 69% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 54% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 65% |
| 23% | 23% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 58% | 46% |
| 12% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 19% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 35% | 31% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 42% |
| 50% | 62% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 42% | 38% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 75% | 50% |
| 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 1.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5 | 5.4 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8.3 | 8.9 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.3 |
| 2.9 | 3.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| 25% | 28% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 19% | 32% |
| 10.5 | 11.2 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 12.2 | 10.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
- ACR Messina have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- ACR Messina have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- ACR Messina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- ACR Messina have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Serie C: Girone C
- ACR Messina have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Serie C: Girone C
- ACR Messina have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Serie C: Girone C
- ACR Messina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 59 | 70 |
| 2 | Crotone | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 20 | 60 |
| 3 | Pescara | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 46 |
| 4 | Foggia | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 40 |
| 5 | Audace Cerignola | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 38 |
| 6 | Picerno | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 38 |
| 7 | Avellino | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 36 |
| 8 | Monopoli | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 36 |
| 9 | Juve Stabia | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 36 |
| 10 | Virtus Francavilla | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -1 | 35 |
| 11 | SSC Giugliano | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 34 |
| 12 | Latina | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 21 | -7 | 33 |
| 13 | Taranto | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 23 | -11 | 33 |
| 14 | Gelbison | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 30 |
| 15 | Potenza Calcio | 26 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 30 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 26 | -13 | 29 |
| 16 | Nuova Monterosi | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -7 | 27 |
| 17 | Turris | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -12 | 26 |
| 18 | ACR Messina | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 23 | -16 | 22 |
| 19 | Viterbese | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 18 |
| 20 | Fidelis Andria | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 26 | -21 | 18 |
