Possible nail-biting contest in Monopoli - Foggia game

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 13.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani (8000 seats)

The visiting Foggia side should be favourites in this visit to Monopoli, as the away team holds a 8 point advantage from their 14 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Foggia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Monopoli and Foggia 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

Monopoli's struggle is real here at Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani with only 5 points collected from 6 Serie C: Girone C games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3.

Monopoli lost their last game at Casertana (placed 12th) after a 1-2 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Palermo.

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

Monopoli are traveling soon after this match as the Serie C: Girone C match at Avellino awaits in three days.

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 (4 from 6 games). 7 goals have been conceded.

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Foggia form and stats

The visitors are W3-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone C.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Foggia goalkeeper Ermanno Fumagalli is eager to challenge this, with his 246 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Foggia had fun at their own home (Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani) last time out, beating Palermo 2-0. F. D'Andrea and M. Rocca scored. Prior to that result Foggia won their away game at Viterbese Castrense. The scoreline was 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Foggia in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Foggia, two draws and three defeats.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 7 goals have been conceded by Foggia in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Monopoli won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Foggia has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / two

Monopoli missing players

Foggia missing players

Monopoli Foggia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 6 2 Played P 2 7 14
3 1 0 Won W 2 3 6
4 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
5 3 1 Lost L 0 3 5
10 4 0 Scored S 2 6 16
15 7 2 Conceded C 0 7 15
92% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 79%
33% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 29%
8% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 43%
25% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 43% 43%
33% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 3.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
8.3 6.8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 7.4 7.9
2.9 1.8 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.4 3.1
29% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 25% 36%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Foggia 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 Ternana 14 11 3 0 37 8 8 6 2 0 17 1 6 5 1 0 20 7 29 36
2 Bari 1908 13 9 2 2 25 11 5 3 1 1 9 5 8 6 1 1 16 6 14 29
3 Teramo 13 7 4 2 17 10 6 5 1 0 10 2 7 2 3 2 7 8 7 25
4 Catanzaro 14 7 4 3 19 14 7 6 1 0 13 4 7 1 3 3 6 10 5 25
5 Avellino 12 6 3 3 18 13 6 2 2 2 11 10 6 4 1 1 7 3 5 21
6 Foggia 14 6 3 5 16 15 7 3 2 2 10 8 7 3 1 3 6 7 1 21
7 Catania 13 6 4 3 15 13 7 3 3 1 9 6 6 3 1 2 6 7 2 20
8 Turris 13 5 5 3 16 17 6 2 2 2 5 8 7 3 3 1 11 9 -1 20
9 Juve Stabia 13 5 3 5 12 11 7 4 1 2 10 6 6 1 2 3 2 5 1 18
10 Vibonese 13 4 5 4 19 17 7 2 3 2 11 9 6 2 2 2 8 8 2 17
11 Palermo 13 4 4 5 14 16 7 3 2 2 10 8 6 1 2 3 4 8 -2 16
12 Casertana 13 4 3 6 17 22 7 1 2 4 7 14 6 3 1 2 10 8 -5 15
13 Virtus Francavilla 14 3 5 6 15 18 8 2 3 3 10 12 6 1 2 3 5 6 -3 14
14 Monopoli 12 3 4 5 10 15 6 1 2 3 4 7 6 2 2 2 6 8 -5 13
15 Paganese 14 2 6 6 12 18 7 0 4 3 3 8 7 2 2 3 9 10 -6 12
16 Viterbese Castrense 13 2 5 6 13 19 5 0 1 4 1 7 8 2 4 2 12 12 -6 11
17 Bisceglie 12 2 4 6 11 19 5 1 2 2 4 5 7 1 2 4 7 14 -8 10
18 Potenza Calcio 14 2 4 8 16 26 7 1 3 3 12 16 7 1 1 5 4 10 -10 10
19 Cavese 13 1 3 9 9 23 7 0 0 7 2 14 6 1 3 2 7 9 -14 6
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.