Football preview: Pescara odds-on when Monopoli arrive

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 16.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia (23800 seats)

The league standings shows that 11 points separate the pair of opponents in this Serie C: Girone C fixture. Pescara have both the points- and home stadium advantage.

Insights:
  • Pescara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Pescara and Monopoli.

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Pescara form and stats

10 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Pescara have to build on here at Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia in the Serie C: Girone C. Pescara are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

The Pescara club members enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Monopoli and win 2-1.

Heartbreak before that as Pescara lost 0-3 at Taranto's place.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Pescara matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat (from 8 games).

Goals are plenty in this club's league games, with 5 in a row containing three or more goals (over 2.5).

A decent goal production from Pescara in their home games so far, with 31 goals from 19 league matches. 22 goals have been conceded.

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Monopoli form and stats

5 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses. That’s the product of Monopoli playing as the away team in the Serie C: Girone C this season.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Monopoli, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Pescara (placed 3rd).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Potenza Calcio at their stadium, the result 2-1.

The visitors have scored 18 goals from 19 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Monopoli have conceded 26 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the sides faced each other earlier this campaign; Pescara - Monopoli 2-1. Head to head totals (for the prior two meetings): Pescara won two games, zero matches ended with a tie and Monopoli got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zero.

Top Goalscorers

PescaraF. Lescano
F. Lescano
17 goals
MonopoliE. Starita
E. Starita
9 goals
MonopoliG. Manzari
G. Manzari
8 goals

Pescara missing players

Monopoli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Pescara Monopoli
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 19 6 Played P 5 19 37
18 10 2 Won W 2 5 15
8 4 3 Drew D 0 6 6
11 5 1 Lost L 3 8 16
55 31 14 Scored S 5 18 44
42 22 8 Conceded C 11 26 47
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 79% 89%
68% 74% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 68% 70%
57% 58% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 42% 49%
32% 37% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 21% 22%
11% 11% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 11% 11%
46% 42% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 42% 49%
27% 32% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 26% 27%
32% 26% 17% Failed to Score F T 60% 53% 35%
 
4 3.8 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.3 4.5
4.4 3.9 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 3.7 3.7
2.2 2.2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 2.8 2.7
5 3 2 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
9.7 9 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 11.4 8.9 9.2
3.7 4 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.1 3.4
40% 41% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 31% 35%
 
8.3 7.8 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 11.3 9.9
3.3 3.8 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.9 3.9
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Pescara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pescara haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Catanzaro 37 30 6 1 100 18 19 18 1 0 62 8 18 12 5 1 38 10 82 96
2 Crotone 37 22 11 4 54 30 18 12 5 1 22 7 19 10 6 3 32 23 24 77
3 Pescara 37 18 8 11 55 42 19 10 4 5 31 22 18 8 4 6 24 20 13 62
4 Picerno 37 15 14 8 40 31 18 9 6 3 22 12 19 6 8 5 18 19 9 59
5 Audace Cerignola 37 16 11 10 46 39 19 12 4 3 33 16 18 4 7 7 13 23 7 59
6 Foggia 37 17 7 13 56 44 18 10 3 5 28 18 19 7 4 8 28 26 12 58
7 Monopoli 37 15 6 16 44 47 18 10 0 8 26 21 19 5 6 8 18 26 -3 51
8 SSC Giugliano 37 11 13 13 50 58 19 7 7 5 32 31 18 4 6 8 18 27 -8 46
9 Latina 37 11 13 13 37 45 18 7 6 5 15 17 19 4 7 8 22 28 -8 46
10 Virtus Francavilla 37 13 6 18 46 52 19 12 3 4 35 19 18 1 3 14 11 33 -6 45
11 Potenza Calcio 37 9 18 10 46 55 18 7 7 4 31 24 19 2 11 6 15 31 -9 45
12 Taranto 37 11 12 14 26 36 18 9 6 3 19 11 19 2 6 11 7 25 -10 45
13 Juve Stabia 37 12 9 16 35 47 18 7 5 6 20 20 19 5 4 10 15 27 -12 45
14 Avellino 37 11 10 16 42 47 18 7 6 5 19 14 19 4 4 11 23 33 -5 43
15 Turris 37 11 10 16 40 52 19 6 6 7 24 28 18 5 4 9 16 24 -12 43
16 ACR Messina 37 11 7 19 32 47 19 7 4 8 20 19 18 4 3 11 12 28 -15 40
17 Nuova Monterosi 37 9 14 14 37 45 19 3 12 4 18 18 18 6 2 10 19 27 -8 39
18 Gelbison 37 7 15 15 24 38 19 4 7 8 15 21 18 3 8 7 9 17 -14 36
19 Fidelis Andria 37 6 15 16 28 47 19 5 9 5 14 15 18 1 6 11 14 32 -19 33
20 Viterbese 37 7 11 19 33 51 18 4 7 7 19 25 19 3 4 12 14 26 -18 30

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 Catanzaro 37 30 6 1 100 18 19 18 1 0 62 8 18 12 5 1 38 10 82 96
2 Crotone 37 22 11 4 54 30 18 12 5 1 22 7 19 10 6 3 32 23 24 77
3 Pescara 37 18 8 11 55 42 19 10 4 5 31 22 18 8 4 6 24 20 13 62
4 Picerno 37 15 14 8 40 31 18 9 6 3 22 12 19 6 8 5 18 19 9 59
5 Audace Cerignola 37 16 11 10 46 39 19 12 4 3 33 16 18 4 7 7 13 23 7 59
6 Foggia 37 17 7 13 56 44 18 10 3 5 28 18 19 7 4 8 28 26 12 58
7 Monopoli 37 15 6 16 44 47 18 10 0 8 26 21 19 5 6 8 18 26 -3 51
8 SSC Giugliano 37 11 13 13 50 58 19 7 7 5 32 31 18 4 6 8 18 27 -8 46
9 Latina 37 11 13 13 37 45 18 7 6 5 15 17 19 4 7 8 22 28 -8 46
10 Virtus Francavilla 37 13 6 18 46 52 19 12 3 4 35 19 18 1 3 14 11 33 -6 45
11 Potenza Calcio 37 9 18 10 46 55 18 7 7 4 31 24 19 2 11 6 15 31 -9 45
12 Taranto 37 11 12 14 26 36 18 9 6 3 19 11 19 2 6 11 7 25 -10 45
13 Juve Stabia 37 12 9 16 35 47 18 7 5 6 20 20 19 5 4 10 15 27 -12 45
14 Avellino 37 11 10 16 42 47 18 7 6 5 19 14 19 4 4 11 23 33 -5 43
15 Turris 37 11 10 16 40 52 19 6 6 7 24 28 18 5 4 9 16 24 -12 43
16 ACR Messina 37 11 7 19 32 47 19 7 4 8 20 19 18 4 3 11 12 28 -15 40
17 Nuova Monterosi 37 9 14 14 37 45 19 3 12 4 18 18 18 6 2 10 19 27 -8 39
18 Gelbison 37 7 15 15 24 38 19 4 7 8 15 21 18 3 8 7 9 17 -14 36
19 Fidelis Andria 37 6 15 16 28 47 19 5 9 5 14 15 18 1 6 11 14 32 -19 33
20 Viterbese 37 7 11 19 33 51 18 4 7 7 19 25 19 3 4 12 14 26 -18 30

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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.