Serie C: Girone C preview: Can Picerno edge out victory against Gelbison?

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sat 25.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Donato Curcio (400 seats)

Picerno are considered as favourites to win this home fixture against Gelbison, if the league positions are anything to judge by. Or could we be looking at a possible?

Insights:
  • Picerno have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gelbison have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Serie C: Girone C

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Gelbison 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 2-0-3 (win-draw-loss) from five matches.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Picerno form and stats

The story so far in the Serie C: Girone C for Picerno at their home stadium (Stadio Comunale Donato Curcio) is 9 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

The Picerno goalkeeper Mirko Albertazzi is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 293 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie C: Girone C.

Picerno enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Avellino's place. The match ended 2-0 with Santarcangelo scoring.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Audace Cerignola in a game that was won 2-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Picerno handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Low-scoring affair? Looking at this club's last 12 league matches, 10 have contained two goals or less.

Picerno has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. From these home matches, Picerno have conceded only 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Gelbison form and stats

There's been little loot from Gelbison's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 16 away games in the Serie C: Girone C. Gelbison only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 7 draws. It's a growing despair in Gelbison as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Gelbison aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 216 league minutes without a goal. Cargnelutti was the last player to find the net.

The manager Esposito was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Stadio G. Morra. Gelbison suffered a 0-2 loss to Catanzaro (placed 1st).

A 0-1 defeat away at Turris before that.

We have checked recent matches where Gelbison have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 4 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 9 of this club's most recent 11 league fixtures have had two or less goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gelbison as they have only managed to score 9 times from 16 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (15 so far).

Head 2 Head

Picerno have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when facing Gelbison.

Gelbison - Picerno 0-0 was the end result in these teams' latest H2H fixture, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

GelbisonC. De Sena
C. De Sena
8 goals
PicernoE. Esposito
E. Esposito
7 goals
PicernoF. Golfo
F. Golfo
4 goals

Picerno missing players

Gelbison missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Picerno Gelbison
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
14 9 3 Won W 1 3 7
11 4 1 Drew D 2 7 14
8 3 1 Lost L 2 6 12
38 22 6 Scored S 4 9 24
30 12 3 Conceded C 7 15 33
94% 94% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 81% 79%
58% 62% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 44% 55%
33% 44% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 19% 24%
18% 12% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 9%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
45% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 38% 39%
33% 38% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 38% 42%
27% 19% 40% Failed to Score F T 20% 44% 39%
 
4.3 4.3 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.9 3.3
3.5 2.8 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 4.9 4.4
2.7 3.1 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 3.2 2.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
9.2 10.3 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 5.2 7.6 8.4
4 4.2 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.5 2.9
29% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 22% 25%
 
9 7.6 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.3 10
3.2 2.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 2.9 3.3
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Gelbison have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Gelbison have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Gelbison have the most matches under the total-line (25) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Picerno have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Picerno have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gelbison have scored 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 33 27 5 1 88 13 17 17 0 0 58 5 16 10 5 1 30 8 75 86
2 Crotone 33 20 10 3 49 27 16 11 5 0 21 6 17 9 5 3 28 21 22 70
3 Pescara 33 16 7 10 47 35 17 8 4 5 25 20 16 8 3 5 22 15 12 55
4 Picerno 33 14 11 8 38 30 16 9 4 3 22 12 17 5 7 5 16 18 8 53
5 Foggia 33 15 7 11 50 40 16 9 3 4 24 16 17 6 4 7 26 24 10 52
6 Audace Cerignola 33 14 9 10 41 36 17 11 3 3 30 14 16 3 6 7 11 22 5 51
7 Monopoli 33 13 6 14 38 41 17 9 0 8 23 20 16 4 6 6 15 21 -3 45
8 Virtus Francavilla 33 12 6 15 41 43 16 11 3 2 31 14 17 1 3 13 10 29 -2 42
9 Avellino 33 11 9 13 39 41 17 7 6 4 19 13 16 4 3 9 20 28 -2 42
10 Latina 33 10 12 11 31 38 16 6 5 5 11 15 17 4 7 6 20 23 -7 42
11 Juve Stabia 33 11 8 14 30 39 16 6 4 6 17 18 17 5 4 8 13 21 -9 41
12 Potenza Calcio 33 8 17 8 37 47 16 6 7 3 25 20 17 2 10 5 12 27 -10 41
13 SSC Giugliano 33 9 13 11 43 46 16 5 7 4 25 22 17 4 6 7 18 24 -3 40
14 Taranto 33 10 10 13 21 33 16 8 5 3 14 9 17 2 5 10 7 24 -12 40
15 ACR Messina 33 10 6 17 31 43 17 6 4 7 19 18 16 4 2 10 12 25 -12 36
16 Gelbison 33 7 14 12 24 33 17 4 7 6 15 18 16 3 7 6 9 15 -9 35
17 Turris 33 8 10 15 34 49 17 4 6 7 19 27 16 4 4 8 15 22 -15 34
18 Nuova Monterosi 33 7 12 14 33 43 17 3 10 4 17 17 16 4 2 10 16 26 -10 33
19 Viterbese 33 6 10 17 30 47 16 4 6 6 18 23 17 2 4 11 12 24 -17 26
20 Fidelis Andria 33 4 14 15 21 42 17 3 9 5 11 15 16 1 5 10 10 27 -21 26

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 33 27 5 1 88 13 17 17 0 0 58 5 16 10 5 1 30 8 75 86
2 Crotone 33 20 10 3 49 27 16 11 5 0 21 6 17 9 5 3 28 21 22 70
3 Pescara 33 16 7 10 47 35 17 8 4 5 25 20 16 8 3 5 22 15 12 55
4 Picerno 33 14 11 8 38 30 16 9 4 3 22 12 17 5 7 5 16 18 8 53
5 Foggia 33 15 7 11 50 40 16 9 3 4 24 16 17 6 4 7 26 24 10 52
6 Audace Cerignola 33 14 9 10 41 36 17 11 3 3 30 14 16 3 6 7 11 22 5 51
7 Monopoli 33 13 6 14 38 41 17 9 0 8 23 20 16 4 6 6 15 21 -3 45
8 Virtus Francavilla 33 12 6 15 41 43 16 11 3 2 31 14 17 1 3 13 10 29 -2 42
9 Avellino 33 11 9 13 39 41 17 7 6 4 19 13 16 4 3 9 20 28 -2 42
10 Latina 33 10 12 11 31 38 16 6 5 5 11 15 17 4 7 6 20 23 -7 42
11 Juve Stabia 33 11 8 14 30 39 16 6 4 6 17 18 17 5 4 8 13 21 -9 41
12 Potenza Calcio 33 8 17 8 37 47 16 6 7 3 25 20 17 2 10 5 12 27 -10 41
13 SSC Giugliano 33 9 13 11 43 46 16 5 7 4 25 22 17 4 6 7 18 24 -3 40
14 Taranto 33 10 10 13 21 33 16 8 5 3 14 9 17 2 5 10 7 24 -12 40
15 ACR Messina 33 10 6 17 31 43 17 6 4 7 19 18 16 4 2 10 12 25 -12 36
16 Gelbison 33 7 14 12 24 33 17 4 7 6 15 18 16 3 7 6 9 15 -9 35
17 Turris 33 8 10 15 34 49 17 4 6 7 19 27 16 4 4 8 15 22 -15 34
18 Nuova Monterosi 33 7 12 14 33 43 17 3 10 4 17 17 16 4 2 10 16 26 -10 33
19 Viterbese 33 6 10 17 30 47 16 4 6 6 18 23 17 2 4 11 12 24 -17 26
20 Fidelis Andria 33 4 14 15 21 42 17 3 9 5 11 15 16 1 5 10 10 27 -21 26

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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.