Soccer match preview: Home supporters with big hopes before Pescara - Virtus Francavilla

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 02.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Adriatico-Giovanni Cornacchia (23800 seats)

It's advantage Pescara so far, with the 3rd place in the Serie C: Girone C table and welcoming Virtus Francavilla (who are in 8th).

Insights:
  • Pescara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Virtus Francavilla have the fewest points (6) away in Serie C: Girone C

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

When playing at home in the Serie C: Girone C, Pescara have managed 9 wins, 4 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 18 games. Two home wins in a row for Pescara bring valid hopes of a third.

A nice win for Pescara last time playing, versus Virtus Francavilla. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-1.

A 2-2 draw away before that, with Catanzaro the opponent.

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, 5 draws and 1 defeat (from 7 games).

The Pescara fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 18 league matches. Pescara have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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Virtus Francavilla form and stats

There's been little loot from Virtus Francavilla's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 18 away games in the Serie C: Girone C. Virtus Francavilla only have 1 win to counter their 14 defeats and 3 draws. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Calabro, the Virtus Francavilla manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Two away games in a row for Francavilla, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 versus Pescara.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Monopoli.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Virtus Francavilla when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 2 games.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Francavilla have conceded 33 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also played each other earlier on this season: Pescara - Virtus Francavilla 4-1. Pescara-Virtus Francavilla H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Pescara one win, Virtus Francavilla one win, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). One of the stars has been Lescano with 3 goals scored against Virtus Francavilla in these 2 meetings.

Top Goalscorers

Virtus FrancavillaC. Patierno
C. Patierno
17 goals
PescaraF. Lescano
F. Lescano
16 goals
Virtus FrancavillaP. Maiorino
P. Maiorino
7 goals

Pescara missing players

Virtus Francavilla missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Pescara Virtus Francavilla
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 18 5 Played P 5 18 35
17 9 2 Won W 0 1 13
8 4 3 Drew D 0 3 6
10 5 0 Lost L 5 14 16
53 29 11 Scored S 2 11 44
38 21 5 Conceded C 11 33 47
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
66% 72% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 71%
54% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 54%
34% 39% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 22% 26%
11% 11% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 11% 14%
46% 39% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 51%
29% 33% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 26%
31% 28% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 50% 29%
 
3.9 4 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 5.3 5.2
4.3 3.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 3.6 4.2
2.2 2.2 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 2.9 3.1
5 3 1 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
9.6 8.8 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 5.2 8.9 9.9
3.7 4 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.8 3.7
40% 40% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 22% 34%
 
8.4 7.9 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.4 10.3 10.5
3.2 3.8 4.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 4.3 4.1
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Pescara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pescara have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Virtus Francavilla have scored away.
  • Pescara haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Virtus Francavilla have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Virtus Francavilla have the fewest points (6) away in Serie C: Girone C
  • Virtus Francavilla have the most conceded goals (33) away in Serie C: Girone C
  • Virtus Francavilla have the the worst goal difference (-22) away in Serie C: Girone C

  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 35 28 6 1 94 15 18 17 1 0 60 7 17 11 5 1 34 8 79 90
2 Crotone 35 21 11 3 52 29 17 12 5 0 22 6 18 9 6 3 30 23 23 74
3 Pescara 35 17 8 10 53 38 18 9 4 5 29 21 17 8 4 5 24 17 15 59
4 Foggia 35 16 7 12 52 42 17 9 3 5 25 18 18 7 4 7 27 24 10 55
5 Picerno 35 14 13 8 39 31 17 9 5 3 22 12 18 5 8 5 17 19 8 55
6 Audace Cerignola 35 14 11 10 43 38 18 11 4 3 31 15 17 3 7 7 12 23 5 53
7 Monopoli 35 14 6 15 41 44 18 10 0 8 26 21 17 4 6 7 15 23 -3 48
8 Virtus Francavilla 35 13 6 16 44 47 17 12 3 2 33 14 18 1 3 14 11 33 -3 45
9 Potenza Calcio 35 9 18 8 43 50 17 7 7 3 30 22 18 2 11 5 13 28 -7 45
10 Juve Stabia 35 12 8 15 34 45 17 7 4 6 19 19 18 5 4 9 15 26 -11 44
11 Avellino 35 11 10 14 42 45 17 7 6 4 19 13 18 4 4 10 23 32 -3 43
12 SSC Giugliano 35 10 13 12 47 53 18 6 7 5 29 29 17 4 6 7 18 24 -6 43
13 Latina 35 10 13 12 34 43 17 6 6 5 13 17 18 4 7 7 21 26 -9 43
14 Taranto 35 10 11 14 23 36 17 8 6 3 16 11 18 2 5 11 7 25 -13 41
15 Turris 35 9 10 16 37 51 18 5 6 7 22 27 17 4 4 9 15 24 -14 37
16 Gelbison 35 7 15 13 24 34 18 4 7 7 15 19 17 3 8 6 9 15 -10 36
17 Messina 35 10 6 19 31 47 18 6 4 8 19 19 17 4 2 11 12 28 -16 36
18 Nuova Monterosi 35 8 13 14 36 45 18 3 11 4 18 18 17 5 2 10 18 27 -9 35
19 Viterbese 35 7 11 17 32 48 17 4 7 6 19 24 18 3 4 11 13 24 -16 30
20 Fidelis Andria 35 5 14 16 26 46 18 4 9 5 13 15 17 1 5 11 13 31 -20 29

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 35 28 6 1 94 15 18 17 1 0 60 7 17 11 5 1 34 8 79 90
2 Crotone 35 21 11 3 52 29 17 12 5 0 22 6 18 9 6 3 30 23 23 74
3 Pescara 35 17 8 10 53 38 18 9 4 5 29 21 17 8 4 5 24 17 15 59
4 Foggia 35 16 7 12 52 42 17 9 3 5 25 18 18 7 4 7 27 24 10 55
5 Picerno 35 14 13 8 39 31 17 9 5 3 22 12 18 5 8 5 17 19 8 55
6 Audace Cerignola 35 14 11 10 43 38 18 11 4 3 31 15 17 3 7 7 12 23 5 53
7 Monopoli 35 14 6 15 41 44 18 10 0 8 26 21 17 4 6 7 15 23 -3 48
8 Virtus Francavilla 35 13 6 16 44 47 17 12 3 2 33 14 18 1 3 14 11 33 -3 45
9 Potenza Calcio 35 9 18 8 43 50 17 7 7 3 30 22 18 2 11 5 13 28 -7 45
10 Juve Stabia 35 12 8 15 34 45 17 7 4 6 19 19 18 5 4 9 15 26 -11 44
11 Avellino 35 11 10 14 42 45 17 7 6 4 19 13 18 4 4 10 23 32 -3 43
12 SSC Giugliano 35 10 13 12 47 53 18 6 7 5 29 29 17 4 6 7 18 24 -6 43
13 Latina 35 10 13 12 34 43 17 6 6 5 13 17 18 4 7 7 21 26 -9 43
14 Taranto 35 10 11 14 23 36 17 8 6 3 16 11 18 2 5 11 7 25 -13 41
15 Turris 35 9 10 16 37 51 18 5 6 7 22 27 17 4 4 9 15 24 -14 37
16 Gelbison 35 7 15 13 24 34 18 4 7 7 15 19 17 3 8 6 9 15 -10 36
17 Messina 35 10 6 19 31 47 18 6 4 8 19 19 17 4 2 11 12 28 -16 36
18 Nuova Monterosi 35 8 13 14 36 45 18 3 11 4 18 18 17 5 2 10 18 27 -9 35
19 Viterbese 35 7 11 17 32 48 17 4 7 6 19 24 18 3 4 11 13 24 -16 30
20 Fidelis Andria 35 5 14 16 26 46 18 4 9 5 13 15 17 1 5 11 13 31 -20 29

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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.