Delightful dogfight as daring Turris duel with determined ACR Messina

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 12.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Amerigo Liguori (4000 seats)

Turris are enjoying their stay in the top positions while ACR Messina are more worried about staying out of trouble and relegation. Expected home win or surprise away points?

Insights:
  • Turris have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Serie C: Girone C
  • ACR Messina have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Serie C: Girone C

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Turris form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie C: Girone C, Turris have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 8 games.

Turris drew their last game, 0-0 away at Potenza Calcio (placed 17th).

Before that game, the home loss against Avellino with the scoreline 1-2.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Turris's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won zero matches, drawn one and lost zero.

Turris have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Amerigo Liguori with 13 goals in 8 league matches. On the other hand, Turris have conceded 10 goals.

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ACR Messina form and stats

There's been little loot from ACR Messina's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 9 away games in the Serie C: Girone C. ACR Messina only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.

Messina has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Taranto for a Serie C: Girone C game that ended a draw (0-0).

A loss against Fidelis Andria was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and ACR Messina playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.

Messina are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Messina have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Turris victory, zero draws and one ACR Messina win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

TurrisL. Giannone
L. Giannone
9 goals
TurrisV. Leonetti
V. Leonetti
6 goals
ACR MessinaA. Adorante
A. Adorante
6 goals

Turris missing players

ACR Messina missing players

Turris ACR Messina
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 2 9 17
9 4 0 Won W 0 1 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 2 4
6 4 1 Lost L 2 6 10
30 13 2 Scored S 1 10 17
21 10 3 Conceded C 4 17 27
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 88%
71% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 65%
65% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 41%
35% 25% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 29%
24% 12% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 18%
59% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 47%
29% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 24%
24% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 41%
 
4.8 5.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 3.2 3.3
5.5 5.5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.1 4.1
2.5 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3 3.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.1 15.1 17 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 7.3 7.1
5.5 6.4 10 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.6 3.3
32% 25% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 31% 33%
 
12.6 13.9 18 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.4 10.2
4.4 4.2 8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.6 4
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • ACR Messina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • ACR Messina have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Turris have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Turris have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Turris 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 Bari 1908 17 11 4 2 31 14 8 6 2 0 18 6 9 5 2 2 13 8 17 37
2 Palermo 17 9 5 3 25 13 9 7 2 0 17 3 8 2 3 3 8 10 12 32
3 Monopoli 17 9 3 5 21 13 9 7 1 1 14 3 8 2 2 4 7 10 8 30
4 Turris 17 9 2 6 30 21 8 4 0 4 13 10 9 5 2 2 17 11 9 29
5 Catanzaro 17 7 7 3 23 11 9 5 3 1 17 7 8 2 4 2 6 4 12 28
6 Avellino 17 6 10 1 19 12 9 4 5 0 11 5 8 2 5 1 8 7 7 28
7 Virtus Francavilla 17 8 3 6 19 15 8 5 2 1 12 5 9 3 1 5 7 10 4 27
8 Foggia 17 7 7 3 27 18 8 5 2 1 18 8 9 2 5 2 9 10 9 24
9 Taranto 17 6 6 5 18 18 9 5 4 0 12 5 8 1 2 5 6 13 0 24
10 Picerno 17 6 5 6 15 18 8 3 2 3 6 5 9 3 3 3 9 13 -3 23
11 Juve Stabia 17 5 7 5 19 19 8 3 4 1 8 6 9 2 3 4 11 13 0 22
12 Catania 17 6 4 7 28 28 8 4 1 3 15 13 9 2 3 4 13 15 0 20
13 Latina 17 6 2 9 18 22 9 6 1 2 13 5 8 0 1 7 5 17 -4 20
14 Paganese 17 6 2 9 16 26 9 6 1 2 15 10 8 0 1 7 1 16 -10 20
15 Campobasso 17 4 6 7 23 32 8 1 4 3 12 15 9 3 2 4 11 17 -9 18
16 Nuova Monterosi 17 3 7 7 14 25 8 2 3 3 9 13 9 1 4 4 5 12 -11 16
17 Potenza Calcio 17 3 6 8 15 22 9 3 4 2 10 7 8 0 2 6 5 15 -7 15
18 Fidelis Andria 17 4 3 10 15 28 9 1 3 5 6 15 8 3 0 5 9 13 -13 15
19 ACR Messina 17 3 4 10 17 27 8 2 2 4 7 10 9 1 2 6 10 17 -10 13
20 Vibonese 17 2 7 8 12 23 9 2 4 3 9 12 8 0 3 5 3 11 -11 13

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.