Potenza Calcio opposes Taranto fray

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Alfredo Viviani (6000 seats)

Serie C: Girone C: Potenza Calcio are 2 points short of Taranto, but are motivated to go all in. Get ready!

Insights:
  • Potenza Calcio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Taranto have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Serie C: Girone C

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Potenza Calcio form and stats

4 victories, 7 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Potenza Calcio have to build on here at Stadio Comunale Alfredo Viviani in the Serie C: Girone C.

It's back home for Potenza, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Turris away with the result 1-0. Hadziosmanovic found the net in that victory. Sweet to taste a league victory after five matches without.

Before that, Potenza Calcio drew at home versus Picerno.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Potenza handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 7 draws and 1 defeat.

Potenza Calcio have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Comunale Alfredo Viviani with 22 goals in 13 league matches. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Taranto form and stats

Taranto have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone C, after 2-3-9 (14 played).

Boccadamo was the last player to score for the away team. Taranto haven't scored a league goal in the last 183 minutes. The Taranto goalkeeper Gianmarco Vannucchi is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 315 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Taranto's last game was the home draw against Audace Cerignola (0-0).

A 0-0 draw at Juve Stabia's stadium before that.

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, 5 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

Low-scoring game? 11 of this team's latest 12 league fixtures have had two goals or less.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Taranto's away games in the league this season with only {7 goals} from 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Taranto struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Taranto - Potenza Calcio 2-0 was the score in these teams' last h2h match, played this season. Statistics for the former nine meetings involving these two participants are: four wins for Potenza, one draw and four wins for Taranto. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Potenza CalcioS. Caturano
S. Caturano
13 goals
Potenza CalcioA. Di Grazia
A. Di Grazia
6 goals
TarantoC. Tommasini
C. Tommasini
4 goals

Potenza Calcio missing players

Taranto missing players

Potenza Calcio Taranto
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 13 4 Played P 4 14 28
6 4 1 Won W 1 2 9
15 7 2 Drew D 1 3 8
7 2 1 Lost L 2 9 11
33 22 8 Scored S 3 7 20
45 19 7 Conceded C 6 23 31
82% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 79% 75%
79% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 64% 54%
54% 69% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 39%
36% 46% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 11%
14% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 4%
61% 85% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 29% 25%
25% 15% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 29% 46%
32% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 64% 54%
 
3.3 3.9 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 2.7 2.9
5.6 5.2 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.5 4.1
3.2 2.8 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 3.1 3.4
5 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.1 10.4 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 5 5.5 6.6
4.4 4.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 1.8 2.6
27% 37% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 28% 28%
 
12.4 12.3 14 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 8.6 8.5
5 5.2 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.7 3.3
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Potenza Calcio have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Potenza Calcio have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Taranto have scored away.
  • Taranto have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Taranto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Taranto have the fewest scored goals (7) 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 28 23 4 1 74 10 15 15 0 0 51 4 13 8 4 1 23 6 64 73
2 Crotone 28 19 6 3 44 23 13 10 3 0 17 3 15 9 3 3 27 20 21 63
3 Pescara 28 14 6 8 40 29 15 7 3 5 20 17 13 7 3 3 20 12 11 48
4 Foggia 28 12 7 9 42 33 14 7 3 4 21 16 14 5 4 5 21 17 9 43
5 Audace Cerignola 28 11 9 8 34 30 14 8 3 3 24 12 14 3 6 5 10 18 4 42
6 Picerno 28 11 9 8 31 28 14 8 3 3 19 11 14 3 6 5 12 17 3 42
7 Monopoli 28 11 6 11 32 33 14 8 0 6 18 13 14 3 6 5 14 20 -1 39
8 Juve Stabia 28 10 7 11 23 26 13 5 4 4 13 10 15 5 3 7 10 16 -3 37
9 Avellino 28 9 9 10 31 30 14 6 6 2 16 8 14 3 3 8 15 22 1 36
10 Latina 28 9 9 10 28 35 13 6 3 4 11 13 15 3 6 6 17 22 -7 36
11 SSC Giugliano 28 8 11 9 36 38 14 5 6 3 23 18 14 3 5 6 13 20 -2 35
12 Virtus Francavilla 28 10 5 13 36 39 14 10 2 2 27 12 14 0 3 11 9 27 -3 35
13 Taranto 28 9 8 11 20 31 14 7 5 2 13 8 14 2 3 9 7 23 -11 35
14 Gelbison 28 7 12 9 21 26 14 4 6 4 13 13 14 3 6 5 8 13 -5 33
15 Potenza Calcio 28 6 15 7 33 45 13 4 7 2 22 19 15 2 8 5 11 26 -12 33
16 Nuova Monterosi 28 7 9 12 30 36 14 3 7 4 16 16 14 4 2 8 14 20 -6 30
17 Turris 28 6 8 14 30 45 15 2 6 7 16 26 13 4 2 7 14 19 -15 26
18 ACR Messina 28 7 5 16 26 41 15 5 4 6 18 17 13 2 1 10 8 24 -15 26
19 Viterbese 28 6 8 14 27 39 14 4 4 6 17 22 14 2 4 8 10 17 -12 24
20 Fidelis Andria 28 3 11 14 18 39 14 3 7 4 10 13 14 0 4 10 8 26 -21 20

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.