Serie C: Girone C fixture forecast and game guide for the Taranto vs Vibonese encounter

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 10.October
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Erasmo Iacovone (26384 seats)

Serie C: Girone C: Top-notch against below par, at least according to the table. Taranto - Vibonese. Home win or a shock result?

Insights:
  • Taranto have the most clean sheets (5) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Vibonese is in the worst form (0-2-4)

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

2-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie C: Girone C numbers at home for Taranto so far this season.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 202 minutes without scoring a league goal. G. Giovinco was the last player to find the net. The Taranto goalkeeper Niccolo Chiorra is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 270 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie C: Girone C.

An away draw last time out for Taranto, facing Virtus Francavilla in a game that ended 0-0.

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

Taranto are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. Defensively Taranto have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Vibonese form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Serie C: Girone C for Vibonese with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.

Vibonese's last game was the home draw against Potenza Calcio (1-1).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Paganese wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Vibonese are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. Vibonese have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the preceeding two meetings): Taranto won one game, zero matches ended in a draw and Vibonese have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one

Top Goalscorers

TarantoA. Saraniti
A. Saraniti
3 goals
TarantoG. Giovinco
G. Giovinco
2 goals
TarantoF. Benassai
F. Benassai
1 goals

Taranto missing players

Vibonese missing players

Taranto Vibonese
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 4 2 Played P 1 3 7
3 2 1 Won W 0 0 0
3 2 1 Drew D 0 1 3
1 0 0 Lost L 1 2 4
7 5 2 Scored S 0 1 4
3 1 0 Conceded C 1 3 11
57% 50% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
43% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 57%
29% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 29%
14% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
29% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 57%
71% 75% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
43% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 43%
 
4.1 4.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.3 2.7
6 7.2 8 Corners against (avg) C A 3 2.7 4
2.9 1.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
7.7 8.5 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.3 9.6
3.1 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.7 3.4
32% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 17%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Taranto have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Taranto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Taranto have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Vibonese have scored away.
  • Taranto have the most clean sheets (5) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Vibonese have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Vibonese have the the worst goal difference (-7) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Vibonese have yet to win a game.
  • Vibonese is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bari 1908 7 5 2 0 12 3 3 2 1 0 6 1 4 3 1 0 6 2 9 17
2 Turris 7 4 1 2 14 8 3 1 0 2 4 4 4 3 1 0 10 4 6 13
3 Monopoli 7 4 1 2 10 6 4 3 1 0 7 1 3 1 0 2 3 5 4 13
4 Virtus Francavilla 7 4 1 2 7 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 4 2 0 2 3 4 2 13
5 Foggia 7 3 3 1 12 6 4 2 1 1 8 5 3 1 2 0 4 1 6 12
6 Taranto 7 3 3 1 7 3 4 2 2 0 5 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 12
7 Juve Stabia 7 2 5 0 6 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 6 3 3 11
8 Paganese 7 3 2 2 9 10 4 3 1 0 8 5 3 0 1 2 1 5 -1 11
9 Palermo 7 2 4 1 8 6 3 2 1 0 5 1 4 0 3 1 3 5 2 10
10 Catanzaro 6 1 5 0 5 3 3 1 2 0 5 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 8
11 Avellino 7 1 5 1 4 4 4 1 3 0 3 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 8
12 Campobasso 7 2 2 3 8 10 3 1 0 2 3 4 4 1 2 1 5 6 -2 8
13 Picerno 7 2 2 3 3 5 4 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 -2 8
14 Catania 7 2 1 4 8 11 3 1 0 2 6 6 4 1 1 2 2 5 -3 7
15 Nuova Monterosi 7 1 4 2 6 10 4 1 2 1 5 5 3 0 2 1 1 5 -4 7
16 Fidelis Andria 6 1 2 3 5 9 4 0 2 2 2 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 -4 5
17 ACR Messina 7 1 2 4 9 14 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 0 1 3 7 11 -5 5
18 Latina 7 1 2 4 5 10 3 1 1 1 3 2 4 0 1 3 2 8 -5 5
19 Potenza Calcio 7 0 4 3 5 10 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 0 2 2 3 7 -5 4
20 Vibonese 7 0 3 4 4 11 4 0 2 2 3 8 3 0 1 2 1 3 -7 3

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.