Monopoli vs Catanzaro match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 17.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani (8000 seats)

The visiting Catanzaro side should be favourites in this visit to Monopoli, as the away team holds a 14 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Monopoli has the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in Serie C: Girone C

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Monopoli form and stats

With 1 Serie C: Girone C win, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Monopoli are certainly not brimming with confidence. The Monopoli manager G. Scienza might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Monopoli lost their last game at Ternana (placed 1st) after a 1-2 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home game against Potenza Calcio that was lost 0-1.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Monopoli here at Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 8 games). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Catanzaro form and stats

2-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Catanzaro in their Serie C: Girone C matches away.

Catanzaro are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Catania (placed 8th). Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Juve Stabia.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Catanzaro have scored 10 goals in 9 league games away. 12 goals have been conceded by Catanzaro in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Monopoli wins - draws - Catanzaro wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Monopoli missing players

Catanzaro missing players

Monopoli Catanzaro
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 2 9 17
4 1 0 Won W 1 2 8
4 2 1 Drew D 0 4 6
9 5 2 Lost L 1 3 3
16 6 2 Scored S 4 10 25
25 11 5 Conceded C 3 12 18
94% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 88%
76% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 71%
47% 25% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 53%
18% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 29%
6% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 6%
47% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 65%
24% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 29%
35% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 3 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 2.4
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9 7.1 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 7 7.1
3.2 1.9 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.1 2.4
29% 40% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 53% 56%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Monopoli has the most conceded goals in the first half (15) 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 17 13 4 0 43 12 10 7 3 0 21 4 7 6 1 0 22 8 31 43
2 Bari 1908 17 10 5 2 31 14 8 4 3 1 14 7 9 6 2 1 17 7 17 35
3 Catanzaro 17 8 6 3 25 18 8 6 2 0 15 6 9 2 4 3 10 12 7 30
4 Avellino 17 8 4 5 26 20 9 4 2 3 17 12 8 4 2 2 9 8 6 28
5 Teramo 17 7 7 3 20 14 8 5 3 0 12 4 9 2 4 3 8 10 6 28
6 Foggia 17 8 4 5 24 19 8 3 3 2 11 9 9 5 1 3 13 10 5 28
7 Turris Neapolis 17 6 8 3 22 21 8 3 3 2 8 9 9 3 5 1 14 12 1 26
8 Catania 16 7 5 4 21 18 8 3 4 1 10 7 8 4 1 3 9 10 3 24
9 Palermo 17 6 6 5 18 17 9 4 3 2 13 9 8 2 3 3 5 8 1 24
10 Juve Stabia 16 6 5 5 17 14 8 5 1 2 12 6 8 1 4 3 5 8 3 23
11 Vibonese 17 4 8 5 20 19 9 2 5 2 12 10 8 2 3 3 8 9 1 20
12 Virtus Francavilla 17 4 7 6 19 21 9 3 3 3 12 13 8 1 4 3 7 8 -2 19
13 Casertana 16 5 3 8 20 29 9 2 2 5 10 19 7 3 1 3 10 10 -9 18
14 Monopoli 17 4 4 9 16 25 8 1 2 5 6 11 9 3 2 4 10 14 -9 16
15 Potenza Calcio 18 4 4 10 18 29 9 2 3 4 13 17 9 2 1 6 5 12 -11 16
16 Viterbese Castrense 15 3 6 6 19 23 6 0 2 4 3 9 9 3 4 2 15 12 -4 15
17 Bisceglie 16 3 5 8 15 25 7 2 2 3 6 8 9 1 3 5 9 17 -10 14
18 Paganese 17 2 6 9 13 26 9 0 4 5 4 15 8 2 2 4 9 11 -13 12
19 Cavese 17 1 5 11 10 27 9 0 1 8 2 15 8 1 4 3 8 12 -17 8
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.