Evenly matched teams: Picerno vs Monopoli match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 06.February
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Donato Curcio (400 seats)

Picerno will aim to draw on their home advantage to give everything they have against today’s adversaries. The home team are currently 12 points behind Monopoli.

Insights:
  • Monopoli have the most clean sheets (11) in Serie C: Girone C

It should be mentioned that Monopoli play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Monopoli on artifical turf are 1 victory, 0 draws and 1 defeat from two games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 2-2. You can compare this with overall results below.

It's no vacation for neither Picerno nor Monopoli as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Picerno form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie C: Girone C, Picerno have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.

No payout for Picerno in their previous match, an away game at Catanzaro that ended in defeat 0-2.

1-1 away at ACR Messina before that.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Picerno have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won three, drawn four and lost five.

Picerno are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 11 games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Picerno have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Monopoli form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Monopoli playing as the away team in the Serie C: Girone C this season.

Impressive finishing from Borrelli secured the home win 2-1 against Turris in their previous game.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Virtus Francavilla.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Monopoli in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Monopoli, three draws and three defeats.

Monopoli have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 13 goals have been scored. 13 goals have been conceded by Monopoli in these games.

Head 2 Head

These sides faced each other earlier on this season: Monopoli - Picerno 2-0. Statistics for the previous two meetings involving these two contenders are: zero wins for Picerno, zero draws and two wins for Monopoli. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being from the last two duels.

Top Goalscorers

MonopoliE. Starita
E. Starita
10 goals
PicernoF. Gerardi
F. Gerardi
5 goals
MonopoliF. Grandolfo
F. Grandolfo
5 goals

Picerno missing players

Monopoli missing players

Picerno Monopoli
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 11 23
8 5 0 Won W 1 4 12
6 2 1 Drew D 0 3 6
9 4 3 Lost L 2 4 5
22 12 0 Scored S 3 13 29
27 9 3 Conceded C 3 13 17
91% 91% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 83%
61% 36% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 65%
22% 18% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 55% 43%
13% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 9%
13% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
35% 27% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 64% 43%
26% 36% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 48%
48% 45% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 26%
 
3 3.2 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 2.8 3.2
5.2 5.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.7 4.4
2.5 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.3 2.3
6 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
6.8 7.2 7.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 6.1 6
2.7 3 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.7 2.7
35% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 43% 47%
 
9.5 9.5 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 7 9.3 7.5
3.3 2.8 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3.6 2.5
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Monopoli have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Monopoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Monopoli have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Monopoli have the most clean sheets (11) 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 Bari 1908 23 15 6 2 42 19 11 8 3 0 26 10 12 7 3 2 16 9 23 51
2 Avellino 23 10 12 1 33 18 12 5 7 0 18 10 11 5 5 1 15 8 15 42
3 Monopoli 23 12 6 5 29 17 12 8 3 1 16 4 11 4 3 4 13 13 12 42
4 Virtus Francavilla 23 12 4 7 31 19 11 8 2 1 22 7 12 4 2 6 9 12 12 40
5 Turris 23 12 3 8 41 26 11 6 0 5 21 12 12 6 3 3 20 14 15 39
6 Catanzaro 23 10 9 4 31 16 12 6 5 1 20 8 11 4 4 3 11 8 15 39
7 Palermo 23 10 8 5 29 18 12 8 4 0 21 5 11 2 4 5 8 13 11 38
8 Taranto 23 8 9 6 25 24 12 6 6 0 16 7 11 2 3 6 9 17 1 33
9 Latina 23 9 5 9 27 27 12 7 3 2 17 8 11 2 2 7 10 19 0 32
10 Foggia 23 8 9 6 34 29 11 6 3 2 21 12 12 2 6 4 13 17 5 31
11 Juve Stabia 23 7 9 7 27 27 11 5 5 1 15 8 12 2 4 6 12 19 0 30
12 Picerno 23 8 6 9 22 27 11 5 2 4 12 9 12 3 4 5 10 18 -5 30
13 Catania 23 7 7 9 37 38 11 5 1 5 18 17 12 2 6 4 19 21 -1 26
14 Campobasso 23 6 8 9 27 38 11 1 5 5 13 20 12 5 3 4 14 18 -11 26
15 Nuova Monterosi 23 5 9 9 22 33 11 4 3 4 13 15 12 1 6 5 9 18 -11 24
16 Paganese 23 6 4 13 24 39 12 6 2 4 18 15 11 0 2 9 6 24 -15 22
17 ACR Messina 23 4 7 12 25 43 11 3 4 4 12 14 12 1 3 8 13 29 -18 19
18 Potenza Calcio 23 4 6 13 19 35 12 4 4 4 13 12 11 0 2 9 6 23 -16 18
19 Fidelis Andria 23 4 6 13 18 34 12 1 4 7 8 19 11 3 2 6 10 15 -16 18
20 Vibonese 23 2 9 12 14 30 12 2 5 5 10 15 11 0 4 7 4 15 -16 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.