Paganese will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Catanzaro.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Paganese form and stats
The story so far in the Serie C: Girone C for Paganese at their home stadium is 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
A good away victory last time out for Paganese, who won 3-1 against Casertana (placed 10th). 2-2 away at Bisceglie before that.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Paganese as they have a new game in only four days, a Serie C: Girone C match thankfully also at home. Catania are visiting.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (15 in 7 games), Paganese's attacking play is working. Paganese's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Catanzaro form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Catanzaro so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
The manager G. Grassadonia was unhappy after their last game, a Serie C: Girone C match played at their home ground Stadio Nicola Ceravolo. Catanzaro suffered a 1-3 loss to Ternana (placed 3rd). A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Casertana.
The schedule is very tough for Catanzaro now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Serie C: Girone C game at Vibonese is waiting in only four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Catanzaro as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Catanzaro in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Paganese 1 win, 3 draws and Catanzaro 6 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Fischnaller 13 goals |
Paganese missing players
Catanzaro missing players
| Paganese | Catanzaro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 26 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 23 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 86% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 88% |
| 62% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 56% |
| 44% | 57% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 14% | 31% |
| 6% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 69% | 71% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 62% |
| 6% | 14% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 25% | 14% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 19% |
| 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5 | 5.8 |
| 4.6 | 5.6 | 4.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 139 | 66 | 21 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 61 | 194 |
| 58 | 30 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 19 | 60 |
| 45% | 50% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 32% | 40% |
- Catanzaro haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Paganese has the most points from losing position (13)
- Paganese have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Catanzaro have scored away.
- Paganese 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 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 30 | 40 |
| 2 | Potenza Calcio | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 36 |
| 3 | Ternana | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 36 |
| 4 | Monopoli | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 34 |
| 5 | Bari 1908 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 6 | Catanzaro | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 7 | Catania | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Vibonese | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 23 |
| 9 | Teramo | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 10 | Casertana | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 22 |
| 11 | Viterbese Castrense | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Cavese | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | -12 | 21 |
| 13 | Paganese | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 20 |
| 14 | Avellino | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 20 |
| 15 | Virtus Francavilla | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 16 | Picerno | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 17 |
| 17 | Bisceglie | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -13 | 12 |
| 18 | FC Rieti | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -20 | 12 |
| 19 | Sicula Leonzio | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -16 | 11 |
| 20 | Rende | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 22 | -22 | 10 |