Serie C: Girone C: Palermo - Catanzaro pre-match guide and the hard facts

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 19.September
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Renzo Barbera (36349 seats)

Look at this engrossing match in the Serie C: Girone C. Palermo is in the 10th spot after featuring in three matches. They greet Catanzaro who are placed 5th after three games.

It's no vacation for neither Palermo nor Catanzaro as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Palermo form and stats

The hosts won their first Serie C: Girone C game here at Stadio Renzo Barbera, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Palermo last season were 7 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses from 18 games.

The Palermo supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Monopoli in Coppa Italia Serie C and win 2-1.

Heartbreak before that as Palermo lost 1-3 at Taranto's place.

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 one match with the results: Won zero, drawn zero and lost one.

Early season league goal statistics from Palermo's 1 home game: 2 goals, 0 conceded.

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Catanzaro form and stats

One match played away so far in the Serie C: Girone C for Catanzaro and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses from 18 games.

Catanzaro go into this game after a win, the home game against Catania that ended 1-0.

A draw for Catanzaro before that, at their own venue hosting Potenza Calcio (1-1).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Catanzaro in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Catanzaro, four draws and six defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Catanzaro has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding two meetings): Palermo won zero games, one match ended in a draw and Catanzaro got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one

Top Goalscorers

PalermoE. Soleri
E. Soleri
2 goals
CatanzaroF. Vázquez
F. Vázquez
2 goals
PalermoA. Almici
A. Almici
1 goals

Palermo missing players

Catanzaro missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Palermo Catanzaro
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 2 0 Scored S 0 0 4
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 67%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 67%
33% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 33%
 
4.3 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 8
3.3 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3.3
2.7 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.3 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 10
3.3 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4.7
40% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 29%
Palermo Last season Catanzaro
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 37
14 7   Won W   7 20
11 6   Drew D   7 11
11 5   Lost L   4 6
44 26   Scored S   20 47
40 22   Conceded C   16 29
89% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 89%
67% 78%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   61% 59%
42% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   28% 35%
19% 22%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 16%
11% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 3%
53% 61%   BTTS BTTS   50% 43%
31% 28%   Clean Sheets C S   39% 46%
28% 17%   Failed to Score F T   28% 22%
 
5.5 6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.3 4.4
3.5 2.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4
2.8 3.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.5
7 1   Red cards R C   4 6
 
8.3 9   Shots (avg) S (   7.8 7
2.9 3.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.7 2.5
41% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   41% 51%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Monopoli 3 3 0 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 9
2 Bari 1908 3 2 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 5 7
3 Taranto 3 2 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 7
4 Virtus Francavilla 3 2 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 6
5 Catanzaro 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5
6 Juve Stabia 3 1 2 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 5
7 Foggia 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
8 Turris 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 4
9 Campobasso 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 4
10 Palermo 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 0 4
11 Latina 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 4
12 Paganese 3 1 1 1 5 6 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 4
13 Avellino 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
14 Catania 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -2 3
15 ACR Messina 3 0 2 1 6 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 5 6 -1 2
16 Picerno 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
17 Potenza Calcio 3 0 2 1 3 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 5 -3 2
18 Fidelis Andria 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 1
19 Vibonese 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
20 Nuova Monterosi 3 0 1 2 2 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 -5 1
Last season 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 36 28 6 2 95 32 18 14 3 1 51 15 18 14 3 1 44 17 63 90
2 Catanzaro 37 20 11 6 47 29 19 13 4 2 27 13 18 7 7 4 20 16 18 71
3 Avellino 36 20 8 8 53 33 18 12 3 3 33 13 18 8 5 5 20 20 20 68
4 Bari 1908 36 18 9 9 52 34 18 9 6 3 28 16 18 9 3 6 24 18 18 63
5 Juve Stabia 36 18 7 11 51 39 18 8 3 7 23 18 18 10 4 4 28 21 12 61
6 Catania 36 17 10 9 50 38 18 10 5 3 29 15 18 7 5 6 21 23 12 59
7 Palermo 36 14 11 11 44 40 18 7 6 5 26 22 18 7 5 6 18 18 4 53
8 Teramo 36 13 13 10 38 34 18 10 5 3 26 15 18 3 8 7 12 19 4 52
9 Foggia 36 14 9 13 36 39 18 6 7 5 17 17 18 8 2 8 19 22 -3 51
10 Casertana 37 14 6 17 50 59 18 6 3 9 24 30 19 8 3 8 26 29 -9 48
11 Monopoli 36 10 11 15 43 51 18 6 5 7 24 24 18 4 6 8 19 27 -8 41
12 Viterbese Castrense 36 9 13 14 36 42 18 5 5 8 18 21 18 4 8 6 18 21 -6 40
13 Potenza Calcio 36 10 9 17 38 52 18 5 6 7 21 27 18 5 3 10 17 25 -14 39
14 Turris 36 9 12 15 40 56 18 6 6 6 20 22 18 3 6 9 20 34 -16 39
15 Virtus Francavilla 36 9 11 16 32 44 18 5 6 7 19 22 18 4 5 9 13 22 -12 38
16 Vibonese 36 6 18 12 34 37 18 4 10 4 22 18 18 2 8 8 12 19 -3 36
17 Paganese 36 7 11 18 26 49 18 3 7 8 12 24 18 4 4 10 14 25 -23 32
18 Bisceglie 36 7 9 20 28 51 18 5 4 9 11 18 18 2 5 11 17 33 -23 30
19 Cavese 36 5 8 23 27 55 18 4 2 12 12 24 18 1 6 11 15 31 -28 23
20 Trapani 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 -1

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 Monopoli 3 3 0 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 9
2 Bari 1908 3 2 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 5 7
3 Taranto 3 2 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 7
4 Virtus Francavilla 3 2 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 6
5 Catanzaro 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5
6 Juve Stabia 3 1 2 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 5
7 Foggia 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
8 Turris 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 4
9 Campobasso 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 4
10 Palermo 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 0 4
11 Latina 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 4
12 Paganese 3 1 1 1 5 6 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 4
13 Avellino 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
14 Catania 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 -2 3
15 ACR Messina 3 0 2 1 6 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 5 6 -1 2
16 Picerno 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
17 Potenza Calcio 3 0 2 1 3 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 5 -3 2
18 Fidelis Andria 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 1
19 Vibonese 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
20 Nuova Monterosi 3 0 1 2 2 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 -5 1

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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.