Home advantage could prove decisive in Pescara - SSC Giugliano battle

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 19.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia (23800 seats)

The league table reveals that 13 points separate the pair of combatants in this Serie C: Girone C match. Pescara carry both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Pescara haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • SSC Giugliano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Both squads have had adequate rest since their last competitive action. Let's look for an enthusiastic game!

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Pescara form and stats

The story so far in the Serie C: Girone C for Pescara at their home stadium (Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia) is 7 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Alessandro Plizzari not having conceded a league goal in 315 minutes.

An away draw last time out for Pescara, facing Fidelis Andria in a game that ended 0-0.

Before that, Pescara had a home game versus Potenza Calcio which ended with a victory 5-0.

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 1 win, 4 draws and 1 defeat (from 6 games).

It should be taken into account that a look at the 11 latest league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Pescara are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. Pescara's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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SSC Giugliano form and stats

There's been little loot from SSC Giugliano's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the Serie C: Girone C. SSC Giugliano only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws.

The manager Napoli was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue. Giugliano suffered a 0-2 loss to Nuova Monterosi (placed 14th).

Prior to that match, the SSC Giugliano manager Napoli faced defeat when travelling to Virtus Francavilla and losing 1-4.

Take note! Both teams have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's latest 11 league games.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Giugliano have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the contenders met earlier this campaign; SSC Giugliano - Pescara 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

PescaraF. Lescano
F. Lescano
9 goals
SSC GiuglianoF. Salvemini
F. Salvemini
7 goals
PescaraL. Mora
L. Mora
5 goals

Pescara missing players

SSC Giugliano missing players

Pescara SSC Giugliano
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 4 Played P 2 13 27
14 7 1 Won W 0 3 8
5 2 1 Drew D 0 4 10
8 5 2 Lost L 2 6 9
39 19 3 Scored S 0 12 35
28 16 5 Conceded C 4 19 37
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
63% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 81%
52% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 41%
30% 29% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 30%
11% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 15%
37% 21% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 46% 59%
37% 43% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 23% 19%
33% 36% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 31% 22%
 
3.9 4.1 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 3.2 3.7
3.6 3 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.2 4.9
2.1 2.1 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.2 2.8
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.3 8 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 1 7.2 9.3
3.5 3.5 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 2.8 3.7
40% 39% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 35%
 
7.8 7 6 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.8 9.1
3 3.3 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.3 4
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Pescara haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • SSC Giugliano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 27 22 4 1 68 10 14 14 0 0 45 4 13 8 4 1 23 6 58 70
2 Crotone 27 18 6 3 42 22 13 10 3 0 17 3 14 8 3 3 25 19 20 60
3 Pescara 27 14 5 8 39 28 14 7 2 5 19 16 13 7 3 3 20 12 11 47
4 Audace Cerignola 27 11 8 8 34 30 14 8 3 3 24 12 13 3 5 5 10 18 4 41
5 Foggia 27 11 7 9 39 33 13 6 3 4 18 16 14 5 4 5 21 17 6 40
6 Monopoli 27 11 6 10 32 27 14 8 0 6 18 13 13 3 6 4 14 14 5 39
7 Picerno 27 10 9 8 30 28 13 7 3 3 18 11 14 3 6 5 12 17 2 39
8 Juve Stabia 27 10 7 10 23 23 13 5 4 4 13 10 14 5 3 6 10 13 0 37
9 Avellino 27 9 9 9 31 28 13 6 6 1 16 6 14 3 3 8 15 22 3 36
10 Latina 27 9 9 9 28 34 13 6 3 4 11 13 14 3 6 5 17 21 -6 36
11 Virtus Francavilla 27 10 5 12 35 37 13 10 2 1 26 10 14 0 3 11 9 27 -2 35
12 SSC Giugliano 27 8 10 9 35 37 14 5 6 3 23 18 13 3 4 6 12 19 -2 34
13 Taranto 27 9 7 11 20 31 13 7 4 2 13 8 14 2 3 9 7 23 -11 34
14 Nuova Monterosi 27 7 9 11 30 35 13 3 7 3 16 15 14 4 2 8 14 20 -5 30
15 Gelbison 27 6 12 9 20 26 14 4 6 4 13 13 13 2 6 5 7 13 -6 30
16 Potenza Calcio 27 5 15 7 32 45 13 4 7 2 22 19 14 1 8 5 10 26 -13 30
17 Turris 27 6 8 13 30 44 14 2 6 6 16 25 13 4 2 7 14 19 -14 26
18 ACR Messina 27 7 4 16 26 41 14 5 3 6 18 17 13 2 1 10 8 24 -15 25
19 Viterbese 27 5 8 14 25 39 14 4 4 6 17 22 13 1 4 8 8 17 -14 21
20 Fidelis Andria 27 3 10 14 18 39 14 3 7 4 10 13 13 0 3 10 8 26 -21 19

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.