Serie C: Girone C match prediction: Little separates Palermo and Avellino in quality

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Renzo Barbera (36349 seats)

4th position in the Serie C: Girone C table for Palermo at present, a potent campaign. The home team ticketholders pray for more joy as 9th-placed Avellino visit Stadio Renzo Barbera.

Insights:
  • Palermo have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Serie C: Girone C
  • Avellino have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Serie C: Girone C

Both teams have had plentiful rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's look for an in-your-face game!

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Palermo form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie C: Girone C, Palermo, who have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Serie C: Girone C, have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. Palermo are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

Palermo are returning here after visiting Vibonese in a Serie C: Girone C game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. G. Fella (2) and E. Soleri scored the goal(s).

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Virtus Francavilla.

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

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Palermo as they are travelling to their away game against Catanzaro in the Coppa Italia Serie C. That match is three days after this one.

The Palermo fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. Palermo have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.

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Avellino form and stats

0-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Avellino, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Serie C: Girone C, in their Serie C: Girone C matches away. Visiting Avellino has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Avellino won their last game, 3-0 versus Paganese played at home.

A 2-2 draw at Catania's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Avellino playing away and similar expectations, we found 19 relevant matches. Results were seven Avellino wins, seven draws and five defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Avellino as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. Avellino have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the previous nine meetings involving these two squads are: six wins for Palermo, zero draws and three wins for Avellino. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

PalermoM. Brunori Sandri
M. Brunori Sandri
4 goals
PalermoE. Soleri
E. Soleri
4 goals
AvellinoL. Gagliano
L. Gagliano
3 goals

Palermo missing players

Avellino missing players

Palermo Avellino
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 5 11
5 4 1 Won W 0 0 3
4 1 0 Drew D 1 4 7
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
15 9 3 Scored S 0 4 11
10 1 1 Conceded C 0 5 7
82% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 60% 73%
73% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 55%
45% 40% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 27%
27% 20% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 9%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
45% 20% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 45%
45% 80% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 55%
27% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 27%
 
3.9 4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5.8 5.4
5.2 5.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 2.8 2.6
2.7 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 2.7
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
10.1 9.8 9 Shots (avg) S ( 6 9.4 10.8
3.3 4 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 4.1
42% 45% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 24%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Avellino have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Avellino have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Avellino have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Avellino have yet to win a game away.
  • Palermo have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Palermo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Palermo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Avellino have scored away.
  • Palermo have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home 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 Bari 1908 12 8 3 1 22 11 6 4 2 0 13 5 6 4 1 1 9 6 11 27
2 Catanzaro 12 5 5 2 17 8 6 3 2 1 12 6 6 2 3 1 5 2 9 20
3 Monopoli 11 6 1 4 16 10 6 4 1 1 9 3 5 2 0 3 5 7 6 19
4 Palermo 11 5 4 2 15 10 5 4 1 0 9 1 6 1 3 2 6 9 5 19
5 Foggia 11 4 5 2 15 11 6 3 2 1 10 6 5 1 3 1 5 5 4 17
6 Virtus Francavilla 11 5 2 4 12 10 5 3 2 0 8 2 6 2 0 4 3 6 2 17
7 Taranto 11 4 5 2 10 8 6 3 3 0 7 2 5 1 2 2 3 6 2 17
8 Turris Neapolis 11 5 1 5 21 16 5 2 0 3 9 7 6 3 1 2 12 9 5 16
9 Avellino 11 3 7 1 11 7 6 3 3 0 7 2 5 0 4 1 4 5 4 16
10 Catania 11 4 3 4 18 17 5 2 1 2 11 10 6 2 2 2 7 7 1 15
11 Campobasso 11 4 3 4 15 17 5 1 1 3 5 8 6 3 2 1 10 9 -2 15
12 Picerno 11 4 3 4 9 11 5 2 1 2 4 3 6 2 2 2 5 8 -2 15
13 Juve Stabia 11 3 5 3 11 10 5 1 3 1 3 3 6 2 2 2 8 7 1 14
14 Paganese 11 4 2 5 13 17 6 4 1 1 10 7 5 0 1 4 1 9 -4 14
15 Nuova Monterosi 11 3 4 4 11 19 6 2 2 2 7 9 5 1 2 2 4 8 -8 13
16 Potenza Calcio 11 2 4 5 11 16 6 2 2 2 8 7 5 0 2 3 3 9 -5 10
17 ACR Messina 11 2 3 6 13 20 5 1 2 2 3 6 6 1 1 4 10 14 -7 9
18 Fidelis Andria 11 2 3 6 9 18 6 1 3 2 4 7 5 1 0 4 5 10 -9 9
19 Latina 11 2 2 7 10 16 5 2 1 2 6 4 6 0 1 5 3 12 -6 8
20 Vibonese 11 1 5 5 7 14 6 1 2 3 6 11 5 0 3 2 1 3 -7 8

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.