Home advantage could prove decisive in Monopoli - Avellino battle

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Date: Sun 15.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani (8000 seats)

Monopoli perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Avellino can look both up and down from their 11th position.

Monopoli and Avellino should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Monopoli form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani as Monopoli have scored 17 goals to get 21 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Serie C: Girone C are 7-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). Monopoli has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani. We remember; it was Reggina.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Vittorio Antonino not having conceded a league goal in 232 minutes.

A good away victory last time out for Monopoli, who won 1-0 against Picerno (placed 16th). Ahead of that match, Monopoli won a home game hosting Virtus Francavilla (3-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Monopoli have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won 9 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Monopoli have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani with 17 goals in 9 league matches. Monopoli have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Avellino form and stats

The visitors are W4-D0-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone C.

The supporters enjoyed Avellino's previous game versus Sicula Leonzio (placed 19th), a Serie C: Girone C 3-1 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Viterbese Castrense.

Avellino are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 1 draw and 5 defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Avellino have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Avellino have conceded 12 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Monopoli missing players

Avellino missing players

Monopoli Avellino
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 4 Played P 1 8 18
12 7 3 Won W 1 4 7
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
5 2 1 Lost L 0 4 9
27 17 6 Scored S 1 8 22
14 6 1 Conceded C 0 12 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
67% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 62% 67%
44% 56% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 44%
6% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 39%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 11%
39% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 44%
44% 56% 75% Clean Sheets C S 100% 38% 28%
17% 11% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 33%
 
4.8 4.8 5 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.4 4.3
2.8 3.2 2.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 12 5.1 3.9
2.3 2 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 3.1 2.6
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 2
 
194 88 30 Total Shots T S 1 63 188
65 32 13 Shots on Target S O 1 24 72
42% 53% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 33% 31%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Avellino have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Avellino haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Monopoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Monopoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Monopoli have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Avellino have scored away.
  • Monopoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Reggina 17 13 4 0 40 9 9 9 0 0 23 3 8 4 4 0 14 6 31 43
2 Monopoli 18 12 1 5 27 14 9 7 0 2 17 6 9 5 1 3 10 8 13 37
3 Bari 1908 18 10 6 2 30 13 9 4 4 1 16 9 9 6 2 1 14 4 17 36
4 Potenza Calcio 18 11 3 4 23 13 9 6 2 1 9 3 9 5 1 3 14 10 10 36
5 Ternana 18 11 3 4 26 18 9 5 1 3 11 9 9 6 2 1 15 9 8 36
6 Catania 17 8 3 6 27 26 9 6 3 0 13 4 8 2 0 6 14 22 1 27
7 Casertana 18 6 7 5 26 22 8 5 2 1 18 9 10 1 5 4 8 13 4 25
8 Catanzaro 17 7 4 6 25 21 9 6 1 2 18 10 8 1 3 4 7 11 4 25
9 Vibonese 17 6 6 5 36 24 8 5 2 1 20 5 9 1 4 4 16 19 12 24
10 Teramo 18 6 6 6 20 22 9 5 3 1 14 10 9 1 3 5 6 12 -2 24
11 Avellino 18 7 2 9 22 28 10 3 2 5 14 16 8 4 0 4 8 12 -6 23
12 Virtus Francavilla 18 5 7 6 23 25 9 3 3 3 15 13 9 2 4 3 8 12 -2 22
13 Paganese 17 5 6 6 27 24 8 3 4 1 16 9 9 2 2 5 11 15 3 21
14 Viterbese Castrense 18 6 3 9 25 25 9 5 1 3 16 9 9 1 2 6 9 16 0 21
15 Cavese 18 5 6 7 14 27 9 3 5 1 10 8 9 2 1 6 4 19 -13 21
16 Picerno 18 4 5 9 19 25 9 3 3 3 11 9 9 1 2 6 8 16 -6 17
17 Bisceglie 18 2 7 9 14 27 8 0 4 4 5 13 10 2 3 5 9 14 -13 13
18 FC Rieti 17 3 4 10 21 41 9 1 3 5 12 18 8 2 1 5 9 20 -20 13
19 Sicula Leonzio 18 2 5 11 18 36 9 2 2 5 13 20 9 0 3 6 5 16 -18 11
20 Rende 18 2 4 12 11 34 9 2 1 6 6 11 9 0 3 6 5 23 -23 10

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.