It's only the second fixture in the Serie C: Girone C for these sides. And it's all to play for here at Stadio Comunale Donato Curcio as Picerno welcome Taranto. Read this preview!
Taranto play their home games on grass, while this fixture takes place on artifical turf. Relevant results for Taranto when featuring on artifical turf are 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats from five matches. They have managed to score {4 goals} and conceded 7 times in these fixtures.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Picerno form and stats
The season before, Picerno's league stats were 15 wins, 14 draws and 9 losses, resulting in 6th spot in the Serie C: Girone C. During these 38 matches they scored {40 goals} and gave away 34. Appearing at home in the last season Picerno delivered 9-6-4 (win-draw-lost) with {22 goals} and 15 conceded.
Happy days for Picerno in their previous game, a fixture away at Virtus Francavilla (placed 16th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. The victory against Virtus Francavilla came after Diop's winning goal. The Picerno manager Longo was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 69th minute.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Pescara (0-3).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Picerno handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Taranto form and stats
Let's have a look at how Taranto performed last season in the Serie C: Girone C: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 13 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 26 and conceded {36 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 6 and lost 11 with 7/25 goals scored/conceded.
Taranto have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Gianmarco Vannucchi. It's been 445 minutes since they last conceded in Serie C: Girone C.
Kanoute and Lui scored in Taranto's previous match, the home game against Foggia that ended 2-0.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Messina.Taranto are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 8 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Picerno two wins, six draws and Taranto two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
![]() M. Antonini Lui 1 goals | ![]() M. Kanoute 1 goals |
Picerno missing players
Taranto missing players
| Picerno | Taranto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Picerno | Last season | Taranto | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 11 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Drew | D | 6 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 11 | 14 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Scored | S | 7 | 26 | ||
| 34 | 15 | Conceded | C | 25 | 36 | ||
| 89% | 84% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 68% | 71% | ||
| 55% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 47% | 45% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 37% | 34% | ||
| 16% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 5% | 3% | ||
| 42% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 21% | 21% | ||
| 37% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 37% | 50% | ||
| 32% | 32% | Failed to Score | F T | 74% | 58% | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.4 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.6 | ||
| 26% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 27% | ||
| 9.2 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 8.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Turris Neapolis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Latina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Juve Stabia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Taranto | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Picerno | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | SSC Giugliano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Crotone | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Potenza Calcio | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Audace Cerignola | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Messina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Monopoli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Sorrento | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Nuova Monterosi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Casertana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Brindisi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Virtus Francavilla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Catania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Benevento | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Foggia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Avellino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 102 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 8 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 13 | 81 | 96 |
| 2 | Crotone | 38 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 57 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 23 | 26 | 80 |
| 3 | Pescara | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 65 |
| 4 | Foggia | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 60 | 44 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 16 | 61 |
| 5 | Audace Cerignola | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 48 | 41 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 60 |
| 6 | Picerno | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 40 | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 59 |
| 7 | Monopoli | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 46 | 48 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 26 | -2 | 54 |
| 8 | Latina | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 46 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 28 | -7 | 49 |
| 9 | Potenza Calcio | 38 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 49 | 57 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 31 | -8 | 48 |
| 10 | SSC Giugliano | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 51 | 61 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 31 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 30 | -10 | 46 |
| 11 | Taranto | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 26 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 25 | -10 | 46 |
| 12 | Juve Stabia | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 49 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 27 | -12 | 46 |
| 13 | Virtus Francavilla | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 47 | 54 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 35 | -7 | 45 |
| 14 | Avellino | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 42 | 49 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 33 | -7 | 43 |
| 15 | Turris Neapolis | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 56 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 28 | -16 | 43 |
| 16 | Nuova Monterosi | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 39 | 45 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 27 | -6 | 42 |
| 17 | Messina | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 47 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 28 | -15 | 41 |
| 18 | Gelbison | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 25 | 40 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 19 | -15 | 36 |
| 19 | Viterbese Castrense | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 52 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 26 | -17 | 33 |
| 20 | Fidelis Andria | 38 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 29 | 49 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 34 | -20 | 33 |