Stadio Renzo Barbera: Palermo vs Virtus Francavilla Serie C: Girone C pre-match guide

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Wed 20.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Renzo Barbera (36349 seats)

It's only been three days and nights since Palermo met Turris and the scoreline was 0-3. What will happen against Virtus Francavilla?

Insights:
  • Palermo have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Palermo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Virtus Francavilla have scored away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Palermo and Virtus Francavilla.

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Palermo form and stats

Overall Serie C: Girone C results at home this season for Palermo are 3-1-0 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Palermo after consecutive victories at their own ground.

In their previous game, the manager G. Filippi led his Palermo to a defeat in the Serie C: Girone C match away at Turris. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Renzo Barbera.

Before that, Palermo had a home game versus Foggia which ended with a victory 3-0.

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

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (8 in 4 games), Palermo's attacking play is working. Palermo have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.

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Virtus Francavilla form and stats

Playing away, Virtus Francavilla have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie C: Girone C this season.

Virtus Francavilla played 1-1 against Catania in their previous match.

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Avellino's place.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Bari 1908 in just four days.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Francavilla have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - zero - one (Palermo wins - draws - Virtus Francavilla wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PalermoM. Brunori Sandri
M. Brunori Sandri
3 goals
PalermoE. Soleri
E. Soleri
3 goals
Virtus FrancavillaP. Maiorino
P. Maiorino
3 goals

Palermo missing players

Virtus Francavilla missing players

Palermo Virtus Francavilla
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 1 5 9
3 3 1 Won W 0 2 4
4 1 1 Drew D 0 0 2
2 0 0 Lost L 1 3 3
11 8 3 Scored S 0 3 8
9 1 0 Conceded C 1 5 7
78% 75% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
78% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 20% 33%
44% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 22%
22% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 22%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 33%
44% 75% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 44%
33% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 33%
 
4 4.5 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.6 2.9
5.2 6.5 9.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5.2 4.3
2.8 3 4.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 6 3.4 3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
9.9 10 9 Shots (avg) S ( 5 7 5.8
3 4.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.6 2.4
41% 47% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 23% 36%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Palermo have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Palermo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 Virtus Francavilla have scored away.
  • Virtus Francavilla haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 9 7 2 0 19 6 4 3 1 0 10 3 5 4 1 0 9 3 13 23
2 Catanzaro 9 4 5 0 13 4 5 3 2 0 11 4 4 1 3 0 2 0 9 17
3 Turris 9 5 1 3 19 12 4 2 0 2 7 4 5 3 1 1 12 8 7 16
4 Foggia 9 4 3 2 13 9 5 3 1 1 9 5 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 15
5 Virtus Francavilla 9 4 2 3 8 7 4 2 2 0 5 2 5 2 0 3 3 5 1 14
6 Monopoli 9 4 1 4 11 9 5 3 1 1 8 3 4 1 0 3 3 6 2 13
7 Palermo 9 3 4 2 11 9 4 3 1 0 8 1 5 0 3 2 3 8 2 13
8 Taranto 9 3 4 2 7 6 5 2 3 0 5 1 4 1 1 2 2 5 1 13
9 Nuova Monterosi 9 3 4 2 10 11 5 2 2 1 6 5 4 1 2 1 4 6 -1 13
10 Avellino 9 2 6 1 6 5 5 2 3 0 4 2 4 0 3 1 2 3 1 12
11 Juve Stabia 9 2 5 2 10 9 4 0 3 1 2 3 5 2 2 1 8 6 1 11
12 Catania 9 3 2 4 12 14 4 2 0 2 9 8 5 1 2 2 3 6 -2 11
13 Campobasso 9 3 2 4 11 14 4 1 0 3 4 7 5 2 2 1 7 7 -3 11
14 Paganese 9 3 2 4 9 13 5 3 1 1 8 7 4 0 1 3 1 6 -4 11
15 Picerno 9 3 2 4 6 10 4 1 1 2 2 3 5 2 1 2 4 7 -4 11
16 Latina 9 2 2 5 8 12 4 2 1 1 6 2 5 0 1 4 2 10 -4 8
17 ACR Messina 9 2 2 5 13 19 4 1 1 2 3 6 5 1 1 3 10 13 -6 8
18 Potenza Calcio 9 1 4 4 9 13 5 1 2 2 6 6 4 0 2 2 3 7 -4 7
19 Vibonese 9 1 4 4 6 11 5 1 2 2 5 8 4 0 2 2 1 3 -5 7
20 Fidelis Andria 9 1 3 5 7 15 5 0 3 2 3 7 4 1 0 3 4 8 -8 6

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.