The home fans expect a win and three points in this game, and the home advantage could be decisive versus a stumbling visitor. Taranto are in 11th spot while the guesting ACR Messina lose sleep at 17th.
- Taranto have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Serie C: Girone C
- ACR Messina have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Taranto and ACR Messina.
Taranto form and stats
The story so far in the Serie C: Girone C for Taranto at their home stadium (Stadio Comunale Erasmo Iacovone) is 9 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 214 minutes without scoring a league goal. Bifulco was the last player to find the net. Nothing to worry about in defence for Taranto, as their goalkeeper Gianmarco Vannucchi has completely shut out the opponents for 355 minutes in the Serie C: Girone C.
The spoils were shared in Taranto's previous game, also at home. Visiting ACR Messina (placed 17th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Nuova Monterosi that finished 0-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Taranto perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Taranto as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Taranto has won 5 of these, drawn 7 and lost 1.
It should be taken into account that a glance at the 19 latest league games shows that 18 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Taranto are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Comunale Erasmo Iacovone in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 19 matches.
ACR Messina form and stats
There's been little loot from ACR Messina's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 19 away games in the Serie C: Girone C. ACR Messina only have 4 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 4 draws. Visiting Messina has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. ACR Messina goalkeeper Ermanno Fumagalli is eager to challenge this, with his 334 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Taranto (placed 11th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
Before that, Messina secured a home win against Juve Stabia with the score 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with ACR Messina playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 5 ACR Messina wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 10 of this team's latest 11 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 19 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 28 goals have been conceded by ACR Messina in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the participants faced each other earlier this season; Taranto - ACR Messina 0-0. The referee brandished his red card when these teams last met, and the criminal was Celesia (ACR Messina). Data for the preceeding six meetings featuring these two sides are: one win for Taranto, three draws and two wins for ACR Messina. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Tommasini 8 goals |  I. Baldé Baldé 7 goals | L. Catania 4 goals |
Taranto missing players
ACR Messina missing players
| Taranto | ACR Messina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 38 | 19 | 6 | Played | P | 6 | 19 | 38 |
| 11 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 14 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| 26 | 19 | 7 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 32 |
| 36 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 28 | 47 |
| 71% | 74% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 92% |
| 45% | 42% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 63% | 55% |
| 34% | 32% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 47% | 37% |
| 11% | 11% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 11% | 13% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 21% | 21% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 17% | 26% | 34% |
| 50% | 63% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 21% | 24% |
| 58% | 42% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 63% | 50% |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7.4 | 8.8 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 7.4 | 8.3 |
| 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| 27% | 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 24% | 30% |
| 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 12.7 | 10.9 |
| 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
- ACR Messina have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- ACR Messina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- ACR Messina have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Taranto have the fewest scored goals in the second half (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 | 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 | 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 | ACR 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 | 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 |
