Can Paganese beat Viterbese Castrense?

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Date: Sat 21.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Paganese in 12th and Viterbese Castrense in 13th place.

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.

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Paganese form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie C: Girone C, Paganese have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 9 games.

In their previous game, the manager A. Erra led his Paganese to a defeat in the Serie C: Girone C match away at Potenza Calcio. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Ahead of that match, Paganese won a home game hosting Catania (3-1).

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 Paganese have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 1 Lost 1.

The Paganese manager A. Erra has got the team scoring with 19 from 9 home games in the league. On the other hand, Paganese have conceded 10 goals.

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Viterbese Castrense form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Viterbese Castrense so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-6 (win-draw-lose). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on A. Calabro, the Viterbese Castrense manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Viterbese Castrense won their last game, 2-1 versus Virtus Francavilla played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Reggina's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Viterbese Castrense in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Viterbese Castrense, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

Viterbese Castrense have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Viterbese Castrense have conceded 16 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Viterbese Castrense - Paganese 2-1. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: 1 - 1 - 2 (Paganese wins - draws - Viterbese Castrense wins). As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Viterbese CastrenseM. Pacilli
M. Pacilli
7 goals

Paganese missing players

Viterbese Castrense missing players

Paganese Viterbese Castrense
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 3 9 19
6 4 2 Won W 0 1 7
6 4 1 Drew D 2 2 3
7 1 0 Lost L 1 6 9
30 19 8 Scored S 3 9 27
26 10 4 Conceded C 4 16 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
84% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 68%
58% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 58%
42% 56% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 26%
5% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
68% 78% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 58%
5% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
26% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 44% 32%
 
3.7 3.7 4.7 Corners For (avg) C F 1.7 2.2 3.2
4.4 5.2 5.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 7.3 6.4 5.2
2.2 1.8 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.7 3 2.7
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 3
 
145 69 22 Total Shots T S 17 66 168
61 32 12 Shots on Target S O 11 33 78
44% 50% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 27% 35%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Paganese has the most points from losing position (13)
  • Paganese have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Viterbese Castrense have scored away.
  • Paganese haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Viterbese Castrense have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Viterbese Castrense have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Viterbese Castrense have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Viterbese Castrense 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 18 14 4 0 42 10 9 9 0 0 23 3 9 5 4 0 16 7 32 46
2 Bari 1908 19 11 6 2 33 13 9 4 4 1 16 9 10 7 2 1 17 4 20 39
3 Potenza Calcio 19 12 3 4 24 13 10 7 2 1 10 3 9 5 1 3 14 10 11 39
4 Monopoli 19 12 1 6 27 16 10 7 0 3 17 8 9 5 1 3 10 8 11 37
5 Ternana 19 11 4 4 27 19 9 5 1 3 11 9 10 6 3 1 16 10 8 37
6 Catanzaro 19 8 5 6 26 21 10 7 1 2 19 10 9 1 4 4 7 11 5 29
7 Catania 19 8 4 7 29 30 9 6 3 0 13 4 10 2 1 7 16 26 -1 28
8 Vibonese 19 6 8 5 37 25 9 5 3 1 20 5 10 1 5 4 17 20 12 26
9 Avellino 19 8 2 9 24 28 10 3 2 5 14 16 9 5 0 4 10 12 -4 26
10 Casertana 19 6 7 6 26 25 9 5 2 2 18 12 10 1 5 4 8 13 1 25
11 Teramo 19 6 7 6 21 23 10 5 4 1 15 11 9 1 3 5 6 12 -2 25
12 Paganese 19 6 6 7 30 26 9 4 4 1 19 10 10 2 2 6 11 16 4 24
13 Viterbese Castrense 19 7 3 9 27 26 10 6 1 3 18 10 9 1 2 6 9 16 1 24
14 Virtus Francavilla 19 5 7 7 24 27 9 3 3 3 15 13 10 2 4 4 9 14 -3 22
15 Cavese 19 5 7 7 15 28 10 3 6 1 11 9 9 2 1 6 4 19 -13 22
16 Picerno 19 4 5 10 19 26 9 3 3 3 11 9 10 1 2 7 8 17 -7 17
17 Bisceglie 19 2 8 9 15 28 9 0 5 4 6 14 10 2 3 5 9 14 -13 14
18 FC Rieti 18 3 4 11 21 42 9 1 3 5 12 18 9 2 1 6 9 21 -21 13
19 Rende 19 3 4 12 12 34 10 3 1 6 7 11 9 0 3 6 5 23 -22 13
20 Sicula Leonzio 19 2 5 12 19 38 10 2 2 6 14 22 9 0 3 6 5 16 -19 11

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.