Serie C: Girone C match prediction: Little separates Taranto and Turris in quality

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 15.January
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Erasmo Iacovone (26384 seats)

On paper it looks like advantage Taranto in this match vs Turris, but the visitors will fight to the bitter end. Here's our match preview!

Insights:
  • Turris have the most conceded goals (38) 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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Taranto form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Comunale Erasmo Iacovone as Taranto have scored 12 goals to get 20 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Serie C: Girone C are 6-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 237 minutes without scoring a league goal. Romano was the last player to find the net.

Taranto faced defeat in their previous match, away at Catanzaro (0-1). The first setback in the shape of a loss after collecting points in five league fixtures.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Monopoli that ended 0-0.

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.

It should be added that a peek at the 17 most recent league matches reveals that 13 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Taranto has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. From these home matches, Taranto have conceded only 8 goals.

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Turris form and stats

4-1-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Turris in their Serie C: Girone C matches away.

There were no winners in Turris's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Juve Stabia (placed 4th).

A 1-3 defeat away at Virtus Francavilla before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Turris in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Turris, 4 draws and 9 defeats.

Betting related statistic: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 10 of this club's latest 13 league games.

The visiting Turris have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 10 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Turris have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have battled earlier this season: Turris - Taranto 2-1. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: four - one - four (Taranto wins - draws - Turris wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TurrisR. Maniero
R. Maniero
8 goals
TurrisV. Leonetti
V. Leonetti
7 goals
TarantoM. Guida
M. Guida
4 goals

Taranto missing players

Turris missing players

Taranto Turris
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 2 10 21
8 6 3 Won W 0 4 5
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 6
10 2 0 Lost L 2 5 10
19 12 5 Scored S 2 14 27
29 8 2 Conceded C 6 16 38
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
67% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 76%
52% 40% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 62%
14% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 30% 43%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 19%
33% 30% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 67%
33% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 24%
43% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 19%
 
2.9 3.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.2 4
4.2 4.2 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 3.1 3.4
3.7 4 5.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
6.9 7.7 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10.2 10.4
3 4 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.1 4.2
30% 30% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 34% 31%
 
8.7 9 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 11.2 11.9
3.7 3.3 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.2 5.1
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Turris have the most conceded goals (38) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Turris have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Turris have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Turris haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 21 18 3 0 57 8 11 11 0 0 36 4 10 7 3 0 21 4 49 57
2 Crotone 21 16 3 2 36 16 10 9 1 0 15 2 11 7 2 2 21 14 20 51
3 Pescara 21 12 3 6 33 23 11 5 2 4 13 12 10 7 1 2 20 11 10 39
4 Juve Stabia 21 9 6 6 20 16 10 5 3 2 11 5 11 4 3 4 9 11 4 33
5 Audace Cerignola 21 8 7 6 27 22 11 6 3 2 18 8 10 2 4 4 9 14 5 31
6 Picerno 21 8 6 7 22 22 10 5 2 3 13 9 11 3 4 4 9 13 0 30
7 Foggia 21 8 5 8 28 30 10 4 2 4 12 15 11 4 3 4 16 15 -2 29
8 Avellino 21 7 7 7 23 20 10 5 4 1 13 5 11 2 3 6 10 15 3 28
9 SSC Giugliano 21 7 7 7 28 27 11 5 4 2 20 13 10 2 3 5 8 14 1 28
10 Latina 21 7 7 7 24 30 10 4 3 3 8 11 11 3 4 4 16 19 -6 28
11 Taranto 21 8 3 10 19 29 10 6 2 2 12 8 11 2 1 8 7 21 -10 27
12 Monopoli 21 7 5 9 25 24 11 5 0 6 14 13 10 2 5 3 11 11 1 26
13 Potenza Calcio 21 4 13 4 25 30 10 3 6 1 15 12 11 1 7 3 10 18 -5 25
14 Virtus Francavilla 21 7 4 10 26 32 10 7 2 1 18 9 11 0 2 9 8 23 -6 25
15 Gelbison 21 5 9 7 15 20 11 3 5 3 10 11 10 2 4 4 5 9 -5 24
16 Nuova Monterosi 21 5 7 9 24 28 11 3 5 3 15 14 10 2 2 6 9 14 -4 22
17 Turris 21 5 6 10 27 38 11 1 5 5 13 22 10 4 1 5 14 16 -11 21
18 Viterbese 21 3 8 10 21 33 10 2 4 4 13 18 11 1 4 6 8 15 -12 17
19 Fidelis Andria 21 3 7 11 17 30 11 3 4 4 10 13 10 0 3 7 7 17 -13 16
20 ACR Messina 21 4 2 15 16 35 11 4 2 5 15 15 10 0 0 10 1 20 -19 14

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.