Home advantage could prove decisive in Monopoli - Gelbison battle

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 23.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani (8000 seats)

The odds favour Monopoli in this match against Gelbison, but the visitors will resist to the finish. Here's our complete match preview!

Insights:
  • Monopoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gelbison have the fewest scored goals (25) in Serie C: Girone C

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Monopoli form and stats

11 victories, 0 draws and 8 defeats. That’s what Monopoli have to build on here at Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani in the Serie C: Girone C. Monopoli has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The Monopoli fans enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Gelbison and win 2-1.

Heartbreak before that as Monopoli lost 1-2 at Pescara's place.

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 14 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.

Monopoli has scored 28 league goals at home this season, in 19 matches. Monopoli's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Gelbison form and stats

Gelbison have only collected 17 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone C, after 3-8-8 (19 played). With the Gelbison losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

Gelbison play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Monopoli (placed 7th).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Crotone.

We have checked recent matches where Gelbison have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

A tale of few goals? 9 of this team's latest 11 league rounds have contained two or less goals.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 19 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 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

The teams have played each other before in this season, with the final score Monopoli - Gelbison 2-1 logged in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Monopoli two wins, zero draws and Gelbison zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less. One of the profiles has been Starita with 2 goals scored against Gelbison in these 2 encounters.

Top Goalscorers

MonopoliE. Starita
E. Starita
10 goals
MonopoliG. Manzari
G. Manzari
8 goals
GelbisonC. De Sena
C. De Sena
8 goals

Monopoli missing players

Gelbison missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Monopoli Gelbison
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
38 19 6 Played P 6 19 38
16 11 4 Won W 0 3 7
6 0 0 Drew D 2 8 15
16 8 2 Lost L 4 8 16
46 28 10 Scored S 2 10 25
48 22 6 Conceded C 8 19 40
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 79% 79%
71% 74% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 47% 55%
50% 58% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 21% 24%
21% 21% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 5% 8%
11% 11% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
50% 58% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 37% 37%
26% 26% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 37% 39%
34% 16% 17% Failed to Score F T 67% 47% 45%
 
4.6 4.9 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.4 3.7
3.7 3.7 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.4 4.6
2.7 2.6 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.2 2.9
5 2 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
9.5 10.1 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10 7.7 8.4
3.6 4.1 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.8 3.1
34% 36% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 19% 22%
 
9.9 8.5 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.9 10.2
3.9 2.8 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.4 3.6
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Gelbison have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Gelbison have the fewest scored goals (25) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Gelbison have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Gelbison have the most matches under the total-line (29) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Monopoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Monopoli have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gelbison have scored away.
  • Monopoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 38 30 6 2 102 21 19 18 1 0 62 8 19 12 5 2 40 13 81 96
2 Crotone 38 23 11 4 57 31 19 13 5 1 25 8 19 10 6 3 32 23 26 80
3 Pescara 38 19 8 11 58 42 19 10 4 5 31 22 19 9 4 6 27 20 16 65
4 Foggia 38 18 7 13 60 44 19 11 3 5 32 18 19 7 4 8 28 26 16 61
5 Audace Cerignola 38 16 12 10 48 41 19 12 4 3 33 16 19 4 8 7 15 25 7 60
6 Picerno 38 15 14 9 40 34 19 9 6 4 22 15 19 6 8 5 18 19 6 59
7 Monopoli 38 16 6 16 46 48 19 11 0 8 28 22 19 5 6 8 18 26 -2 54
8 Latina 38 12 13 13 39 46 19 8 6 5 17 18 19 4 7 8 22 28 -7 49
9 Potenza Calcio 38 10 18 10 49 57 19 8 7 4 34 26 19 2 11 6 15 31 -8 48
10 SSC Giugliano 38 11 13 14 51 61 19 7 7 5 32 31 19 4 6 9 19 30 -10 46
11 Taranto 38 11 13 14 26 36 19 9 7 3 19 11 19 2 6 11 7 25 -10 46
12 Juve Stabia 38 12 10 16 37 49 19 7 6 6 22 22 19 5 4 10 15 27 -12 46
13 Virtus Francavilla 38 13 6 19 47 54 19 12 3 4 35 19 19 1 3 15 12 35 -7 45
14 Avellino 38 11 10 17 42 49 19 7 6 6 19 16 19 4 4 11 23 33 -7 43
15 Turris 38 11 10 17 40 56 19 6 6 7 24 28 19 5 4 10 16 28 -16 43
16 Nuova Monterosi 38 10 14 14 39 45 19 3 12 4 18 18 19 7 2 10 21 27 -6 42
17 ACR Messina 38 11 8 19 32 47 19 7 4 8 20 19 19 4 4 11 12 28 -15 41
18 Gelbison 38 7 15 16 25 40 19 4 7 8 15 21 19 3 8 8 10 19 -15 36
19 Viterbese 38 8 11 19 35 52 19 5 7 7 21 26 19 3 4 12 14 26 -17 33
20 Fidelis Andria 38 6 15 17 29 49 19 5 9 5 14 15 19 1 6 12 15 34 -20 33

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 38 30 6 2 102 21 19 18 1 0 62 8 19 12 5 2 40 13 81 96
2 Crotone 38 23 11 4 57 31 19 13 5 1 25 8 19 10 6 3 32 23 26 80
3 Pescara 38 19 8 11 58 42 19 10 4 5 31 22 19 9 4 6 27 20 16 65
4 Foggia 38 18 7 13 60 44 19 11 3 5 32 18 19 7 4 8 28 26 16 61
5 Audace Cerignola 38 16 12 10 48 41 19 12 4 3 33 16 19 4 8 7 15 25 7 60
6 Picerno 38 15 14 9 40 34 19 9 6 4 22 15 19 6 8 5 18 19 6 59
7 Monopoli 38 16 6 16 46 48 19 11 0 8 28 22 19 5 6 8 18 26 -2 54
8 Latina 38 12 13 13 39 46 19 8 6 5 17 18 19 4 7 8 22 28 -7 49
9 Potenza Calcio 38 10 18 10 49 57 19 8 7 4 34 26 19 2 11 6 15 31 -8 48
10 SSC Giugliano 38 11 13 14 51 61 19 7 7 5 32 31 19 4 6 9 19 30 -10 46
11 Taranto 38 11 13 14 26 36 19 9 7 3 19 11 19 2 6 11 7 25 -10 46
12 Juve Stabia 38 12 10 16 37 49 19 7 6 6 22 22 19 5 4 10 15 27 -12 46
13 Virtus Francavilla 38 13 6 19 47 54 19 12 3 4 35 19 19 1 3 15 12 35 -7 45
14 Avellino 38 11 10 17 42 49 19 7 6 6 19 16 19 4 4 11 23 33 -7 43
15 Turris 38 11 10 17 40 56 19 6 6 7 24 28 19 5 4 10 16 28 -16 43
16 Nuova Monterosi 38 10 14 14 39 45 19 3 12 4 18 18 19 7 2 10 21 27 -6 42
17 ACR Messina 38 11 8 19 32 47 19 7 4 8 20 19 19 4 4 11 12 28 -15 41
18 Gelbison 38 7 15 16 25 40 19 4 7 8 15 21 19 3 8 8 10 19 -15 36
19 Viterbese 38 8 11 19 35 52 19 5 7 7 21 26 19 3 4 12 14 26 -17 33
20 Fidelis Andria 38 6 15 17 29 49 19 5 9 5 14 15 19 1 6 12 15 34 -20 33

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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.