Football preview: Home fans have big expectations when Pescara greet Potenza Calcio

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 05.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia (23800 seats)

A victory to the home team is predicted from this game if the league standings is a guide to future results. The Pescara club members are hopeful that the gulf between 3rd and Potenza Calcio's 15th place in the table will show on the arena.

Insights:
  • Pescara haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Potenza Calcio have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Pescara form and stats

6 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Pescara have to build on here at Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia in the Serie C: Girone C.

Monache was the last player to score a league goal for Pescara and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Pescara haven't scored in 180 minutes.

Pescara drew their last game, 0-0 away at Nuova Monterosi (placed 16th).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Foggia (0-4).

The Pescara fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 13 matches. On the other hand, Pescara have conceded 16 goals.

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Potenza Calcio form and stats

There's been little loot from Potenza Calcio's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 13 away games in the Serie C: Girone C. Potenza Calcio only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 8 draws.

The manager Raffaele was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Stadio Comunale Alfredo Viviani. Potenza Calcio suffered a 2-4 loss to Avellino (placed 10th). A mental game with heaps of goals last time out for Potenza Calcio, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that entertaining match, will this match be as much fun?

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Crotone that ended 0-0.

The attacking power of Potenza when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 13 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Potenza Calcio rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Potenza Calcio - Pescara 1-3 was the outcome when this pair of contenders formerly did battle, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Potenza CalcioS. Caturano
S. Caturano
12 goals
PescaraF. Lescano
F. Lescano
8 goals
PescaraL. Mora
L. Mora
5 goals

Pescara missing players

Potenza Calcio missing players

Pescara Potenza Calcio
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 13 5 Played P 5 13 25
13 6 4 Won W 1 1 5
4 2 1 Drew D 2 8 14
8 5 0 Lost L 2 4 6
34 14 9 Scored S 3 10 30
28 16 3 Conceded C 10 21 38
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 69% 80%
64% 62% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 69% 80%
52% 46% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 38% 52%
28% 23% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 23% 32%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 15% 12%
40% 23% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 46% 64%
32% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 40% 31% 24%
32% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 54% 32%
 
4 4.2 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 2.8 3.4
3.4 2.9 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 6.1 5.7
2 2.1 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.4 3.5 3.1
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 4 4
 
9 7.6 6.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.5 9.6
3.4 3.1 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.2 4.3
39% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 18% 28%
 
7.8 6.9 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.6 12.2 12.2
3.1 3.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.4 4.7 4.8
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Pescara haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Potenza Calcio have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Potenza Calcio have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Potenza Calcio have won significantly less corners away then 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 25 21 4 0 64 9 13 13 0 0 41 4 12 8 4 0 23 5 55 67
2 Crotone 25 18 5 2 40 18 12 10 2 0 16 2 13 8 3 2 24 16 22 59
3 Pescara 25 13 4 8 34 28 13 6 2 5 14 16 12 7 2 3 20 12 6 43
4 Foggia 25 11 5 9 37 31 12 6 2 4 17 15 13 5 3 5 20 16 6 38
5 Monopoli 25 10 6 9 30 25 13 7 0 6 16 13 12 3 6 3 14 12 5 36
6 Juve Stabia 25 10 6 9 23 22 12 5 3 4 13 10 13 5 3 5 10 12 1 36
7 Audace Cerignola 25 9 8 8 30 29 13 7 3 3 21 11 12 2 5 5 9 18 1 35
8 Picerno 25 9 8 8 27 26 12 6 3 3 17 11 13 3 5 5 10 15 1 35
9 SSC Giugliano 25 8 10 7 34 31 13 5 6 2 23 16 12 3 4 5 11 15 3 34
10 Avellino 25 8 9 8 27 24 12 5 6 1 13 5 13 3 3 7 14 19 3 33
11 Latina 25 8 9 8 26 32 12 5 3 4 9 12 13 3 6 4 17 20 -6 33
12 Virtus Francavilla 25 9 5 11 30 34 12 9 2 1 22 9 13 0 3 10 8 25 -4 32
13 Taranto 25 8 6 11 19 31 12 6 4 2 12 8 13 2 2 9 7 23 -12 30
14 Gelbison 25 6 11 8 18 23 13 4 6 3 12 11 12 2 5 5 6 12 -5 29
15 Potenza Calcio 25 5 14 6 30 38 12 4 6 2 20 17 13 1 8 4 10 21 -8 29
16 Nuova Monterosi 25 6 9 10 28 33 13 3 7 3 16 15 12 3 2 7 12 18 -5 27
17 Turris 25 5 8 12 28 42 13 1 6 6 14 25 12 4 2 6 14 17 -14 23
18 ACR Messina 25 6 4 15 24 39 13 5 3 5 18 16 12 1 1 10 6 23 -15 22
19 Fidelis Andria 25 3 9 13 18 35 13 3 6 4 10 13 12 0 3 9 8 22 -17 18
20 Viterbese 25 3 8 14 22 39 12 2 4 6 14 22 13 1 4 8 8 17 -17 15

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.