Taranto and Monopoli have both delivered a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golfing expression. Both teams hold mid-table spots in the Serie C: Girone C.
- Taranto haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
Taranto and Monopoli should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Taranto form and stats
Taranto are steadily winning Serie C: Girone C games and points here at Stadio Comunale Erasmo Iacovone. 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games.
It's back home for Taranto, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating ACR Messina away with the result 2-1.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Nuova Monterosi.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 Taranto have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 5 and lost 1.
Taranto has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Taranto have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Monopoli form and stats
2-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Monopoli in their Serie C: Girone C matches away.
Monopoli play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-1 victory visiting Gelbison (placed 13th). Those three points felt nice as this team had gone three league fixtures without winning. As mentioned above, Monopoli was the only team on the pitch versus Gelbison in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Pescara.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Monopoli playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 2 Monopoli wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Monopoli have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Monopoli have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this season, as the statistics show this recent game: Monopoli - Taranto 4-1. Taranto-Monopoli H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Taranto one win, Monopoli five wins, zero draws. two of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Guida 4 goals | C. Tommasini 4 goals |  E. Starita 4 goals |
Taranto missing players
Monopoli missing players
| Taranto | Monopoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 19 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 24 |
| 28 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 78% | 89% |
| 74% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 74% |
| 58% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | 47% |
| 16% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 16% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 11% | 11% |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 53% |
| 32% | 44% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 21% |
| 37% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 37% |
| 3.1 | 3.3 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 4.7 | 3.7 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 7.5 | 8.3 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 9.2 | 9.3 |
| 3.3 | 4.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| 31% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 35% | 36% |
| 9.5 | 9.8 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 12 | 9.5 |
| 4 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 5 | 3.6 |
- Taranto haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 47 | 51 |
| 2 | Crotone | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 45 |
| 3 | Pescara | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Juve Stabia | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 29 |
| 5 | SSC Giugliano | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 27 |
| 6 | Picerno | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 7 | Latina | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -2 | 27 |
| 8 | Foggia | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 26 |
| 9 | Taranto | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -9 | 26 |
| 10 | Monopoli | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 25 |
| 11 | Avellino | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 24 |
| 12 | Audace Cerignola | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| 13 | Gelbison | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 23 |
| 14 | Virtus Francavilla | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -7 | 22 |
| 15 | Nuova Monterosi | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 16 | Potenza Calcio | 19 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -6 | 21 |
| 17 | Turris | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -9 | 20 |
| 18 | Fidelis Andria | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 15 |
| 19 | Viterbese | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -13 | 13 |
| 20 | ACR Messina | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 19 | -19 | 11 |
