Evenly matched teams: Latina vs Virtus Francavilla match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Wed 16.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Domenico Francioni (8000 seats)

It's only been three sleeps since Latina met Fidelis Andria and the scoreline was 1-1. What will the score be versus Virtus Francavilla?

Insights:
  • Latina have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Virtus Francavilla have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither Latina nor Virtus Francavilla as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Latina form and stats

9 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Latina have to build on here at Stadio Comunale Domenico Francioni in the Serie C: Girone C.

Latina drew their last game, 1-1 away at Fidelis Andria (placed 19th).

Preceding that match was the home game against Potenza Calcio that was lost 0-3.

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 Latina have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost one.

The manager Donato will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Campobasso in only four days.

Latina has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Latina have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Virtus Francavilla form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Virtus Francavilla so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-8 (win-draw-lose). Francavilla seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Virtus Francavilla played 3-3 against Paganese in their previous match.

Prior to that match, the Virtus Francavilla manager Taurino faced defeat when travelling to Bari 1908 and losing 1-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Virtus Francavilla in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Virtus Francavilla, five draws and four defeats.

A new game in only four days for Francavilla, the Serie C: Girone C home match versus Picerno. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Virtus Francavilla as they have only managed to score 10 times from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Virtus Francavilla - Latina 2-1 was the end result in these sides' latest h2h fixture, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (Latina wins - draws - Virtus Francavilla wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LatinaC. Carletti
C. Carletti
11 goals
Virtus FrancavillaP. Maiorino
P. Maiorino
9 goals
LatinaJ. Andrade Siqueira
J. Andrade Siqueira
7 goals

Latina missing players

Virtus Francavilla missing players

Latina Virtus Francavilla
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 16 3 Played P 3 15 31
12 9 1 Won W 1 4 16
7 4 1 Drew D 0 3 6
12 3 1 Lost L 2 8 9
37 23 1 Scored S 1 10 43
38 14 2 Conceded C 2 15 27
90% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 90%
71% 56% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 52%
42% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 48%
26% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 19%
10% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
45% 31% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 45%
32% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 39%
32% 31% 67% Failed to Score F T 67% 47% 26%
 
4.7 4.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3 3.3
4.3 4.1 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.5 4.4
2.7 2.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 3.7 3.2
5 3 2 Red cards R C 0 5 5
 
8.8 9.8 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5.7 6.1 6.7
3.6 4.2 1.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.2 3
33% 34% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 30% 47%
 
9.7 9.8 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 14.3 9.3 9.5
3.6 3.6 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.3 4.1
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Latina have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Virtus Francavilla have scored away.

  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

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.