Get ready for a show! Today's starring roles are Picerno and Catanzaro, victory is the target and 1 1/2 hours the length.
- Picerno have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Catanzaro have the most scored goals (55) in Serie C: Girone C
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Catanzaro have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 2-3-0 (win-draw-loss) from five matches.
Both sides have had plentiful rest since their last game. Let's hope for an animated match!
Picerno form and stats
Picerno have played 9 Serie C: Girone C games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Picerno has won four games in a row. The Gelbison match was the last time out without a victory.
A good away victory last time out for Picerno, who won 1-0 against Pescara (placed 3rd).
Ahead of that match, Picerno won a home game hosting Virtus Francavilla (2-1).The Picerno fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. From these home matches, Picerno have conceded only 8 goals.
Catanzaro form and stats
Catanzaro have an excellent away record in the Serie C: Girone C so far with 6-3-0 from 9 games.
Catanzaro had fun at their own home (Stadio Comunale Donato Curcio) last time out, beating Potenza Calcio 6-1. As mentioned above, Catanzaro was the only team on the pitch versus Potenza Calcio in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task.
Before that, Catanzaro travelled to Foggia and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.Catanzaro have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 20 goals from 9 away matches. The Catanzaro defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({4 goals} in 9 games). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Catanzaro have won at least one point in the last 4 games (3-1-0) versus Picerno.The records show that this isn''t the first time these parties meet this season, as the history books show this recent match: Catanzaro - Picerno 4-0. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four duels.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Iemmello 12 goals | T. Biasci 9 goals | D. Sounas 7 goals |
Picerno missing players
Catanzaro missing players
| Picerno | Catanzaro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 20 | 55 |
| 19 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 89% | 89% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 53% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 84% |
| 42% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 74% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 44% | 47% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 42% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 22% | 26% |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 78% | 74% |
| 37% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.6 | 10.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.7 | 10.9 |
| 3.9 | 4.6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 25% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 43% | 52% |
| 9.2 | 7.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 6.4 | 5.5 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2 | 1.9 |
- Catanzaro have not yet lost a game.
- Catanzaro have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Catanzaro have scored more than double the goals of Picerno.
- Catanzaro have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the most clean sheets (14) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the most clean sheets (7) away in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the most scored goals (55) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the the best goal difference (+16) away in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the the best goal difference (+47) in Serie C: Girone C
- Picerno have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Catanzaro | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 47 | 51 |
| 2 | Crotone | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 45 |
| 3 | Pescara | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Juve Stabia | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 29 |
| 5 | SSC Giugliano | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 27 |
| 6 | Picerno | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 7 | Latina | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -2 | 27 |
| 8 | Foggia | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 26 |
| 9 | Taranto | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -9 | 26 |
| 10 | Monopoli | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 25 |
| 11 | Avellino | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 24 |
| 12 | Audace Cerignola | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| 13 | Gelbison | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 23 |
| 14 | Virtus Francavilla | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -7 | 22 |
| 15 | Nuova Monterosi | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 16 | Potenza Calcio | 19 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -6 | 21 |
| 17 | Turris Neapolis | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -9 | 20 |
| 18 | Fidelis Andria | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 15 |
| 19 | Viterbese Castrense | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -13 | 13 |
| 20 | Messina | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 19 | -19 | 11 |
