Serie C: Girone C preview: Can Juve Stabia edge out victory against Taranto?

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 12.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Romeo Menti (15200 seats)

No shortage of loss and gain for these two teams so far, situated in positions near the middle of the Serie C: Girone C table. Here's the Juve Stabia - Taranto latest:

Insights:
  • Juve Stabia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Taranto have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Both contenders have had time to rest since their last game. Let's aim for an animated game!

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Juve Stabia form and stats

The story so far in the Serie C: Girone C for Juve Stabia at their home stadium (Stadio Comunale Romeo Menti) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Stabia, their manager Pochesci and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Juve Stabia faced defeat in their previous match, away at Picerno (0-1).

Ahead of that match, Stabia lost 1-2 at home to Crotone.

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 Juve Stabia's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 9 games, won 6 matches, drawn 1 and lost 2.

It should be considered that a peek at the 25 most recent league fixtures reveals that 19 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Stabia has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. From these home matches, Juve Stabia have conceded only 10 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Taranto form and stats

Taranto have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone C, after 2-2-9 (13 played).

Taranto won their last game, 1-0 versus Latina played at home. Yippee; their first victory in the league after six games not winning. Boccadamo came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Latina last time out, making the manager Capuano feel like a tactical genius.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Foggia wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Taranto when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 1 game.

Low-scoring game? 9 of this club's most recent 10 league matches have contained two or less goals.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Taranto struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The squads have faced each other previously this season, with the final score Taranto - Stabia 2-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the former five meetings featuring these two teams are: two wins for Juve Stabia, two draws and one win for Taranto. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

TarantoC. Tommasini
C. Tommasini
4 goals
Juve StabiaL. Pandolfi
L. Pandolfi
3 goals
StabiaA. Silipo
A. Silipo
3 goals

Juve Stabia missing players

Taranto missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Juve Stabia Taranto
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 12 2 Played P 4 13 26
10 5 2 Won W 0 2 9
6 3 0 Drew D 0 2 6
10 4 0 Lost L 4 9 11
23 13 4 Scored S 1 7 20
23 10 0 Conceded C 12 23 31
85% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 81%
50% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 58%
23% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 54% 42%
12% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 15% 12%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 4%
27% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 31% 27%
50% 58% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 42%
38% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 75% 62% 50%
 
3.7 4.5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 2.7 3
4.5 3.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.5 4.1
2.8 2.3 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.2 3.5
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8.9 10.4 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 5.4 6.7
3.6 4.4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 1.8 2.7
25% 25% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 29% 29%
 
11.3 10.8 13 Shots against (avg) S A 7.8 8.1 8.3
4.2 3.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 3.7 3.3
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Juve Stabia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Juve Stabia have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Taranto have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Taranto 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 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

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 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

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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.