Turris clashes with ACR Messina face-off

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sat 25.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Amerigo Liguori (4000 seats)

Turris are opening their away dressing room to ACR Messina for another vital fixture after their 1-3 result versus 3rd-placed Pescara.

Insights:
  • Turris have the most conceded goals (49) in Serie C: Girone C
  • ACR Messina have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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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Turris form and stats

The overall Serie C: Girone C stats playing at home this season for Turris are 4-6-7 (wins-draws-losses). When Turris hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Turris, Gelbison, Viterbese, Nuova Monterosi, Taranto and Fidelis Andria), they have won 3 of 4 matches! The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadio Amerigo Liguori.

Turris faced defeat in their previous match, away at Pescara (1-3). The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated through four league fixtures.

Before that, Turris had a home game versus Gelbison which ended with a victory 1-0.

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 Turris have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 3.

It should be noted that a look at the 10 latest league matches shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Turris are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 17 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Turris has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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ACR Messina form and stats

ACR Messina have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone C, after 4-2-10 (16 played).

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 212 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Two trips in a row for Messina, whose manager Raciti could celebrate last time after the win against Potenza Calcio.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Pescara.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by ACR Messina in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for ACR Messina, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this club's last 11 league fixtures have had two or less goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting ACR Messina as they have only managed to score 12 times from 16 away games in the league. As for defending, Messina rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. When ACR Messina is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Gelbison, Viterbese, ACR Messina, Nuova Monterosi, Taranto and Fidelis Andria.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head match ended ACR Messina - Turris 0-1, earlier this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's four Turris victories, zero draws and one ACR Messina win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

TurrisV. Leonetti
V. Leonetti
10 goals
TurrisR. Maniero
R. Maniero
10 goals
ACR MessinaI. Baldé Baldé
I. Baldé Baldé
7 goals

Turris missing players

ACR Messina missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Turris ACR Messina
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 17 4 Played P 4 16 33
8 4 3 Won W 2 4 10
10 6 1 Drew D 1 2 6
15 7 0 Lost L 1 10 17
34 19 5 Scored S 6 12 31
49 27 1 Conceded C 6 25 43
85% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
67% 76% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 61%
45% 53% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 39%
30% 35% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 12% 15%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
52% 59% 25% BTTS BTTS 75% 31% 39%
30% 24% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 18%
33% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 56% 45%
 
4.1 5.1 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.1 3.8
4.1 3.7 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.2 5.3
2.4 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.8 2.9
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
9.8 10.8 7.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.2 7.6 8.3
3.7 4.1 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.7 2.8
28% 28% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 28% 33%
 
11.8 12 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12 10.5
5.1 4.9 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.5 4.2
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • 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.
  • ACR Messina haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Turris have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Turris have the most conceded goals (27) at home in Serie C: Girone C
  • Turris have the most conceded goals (49) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Turris have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in Serie C: Girone C
  • Turris have won significantly more corners at home than 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 33 27 5 1 88 13 17 17 0 0 58 5 16 10 5 1 30 8 75 86
2 Crotone 33 20 10 3 49 27 16 11 5 0 21 6 17 9 5 3 28 21 22 70
3 Pescara 33 16 7 10 47 35 17 8 4 5 25 20 16 8 3 5 22 15 12 55
4 Picerno 33 14 11 8 38 30 16 9 4 3 22 12 17 5 7 5 16 18 8 53
5 Foggia 33 15 7 11 50 40 16 9 3 4 24 16 17 6 4 7 26 24 10 52
6 Audace Cerignola 33 14 9 10 41 36 17 11 3 3 30 14 16 3 6 7 11 22 5 51
7 Monopoli 33 13 6 14 38 41 17 9 0 8 23 20 16 4 6 6 15 21 -3 45
8 Virtus Francavilla 33 12 6 15 41 43 16 11 3 2 31 14 17 1 3 13 10 29 -2 42
9 Avellino 33 11 9 13 39 41 17 7 6 4 19 13 16 4 3 9 20 28 -2 42
10 Latina 33 10 12 11 31 38 16 6 5 5 11 15 17 4 7 6 20 23 -7 42
11 Juve Stabia 33 11 8 14 30 39 16 6 4 6 17 18 17 5 4 8 13 21 -9 41
12 Potenza Calcio 33 8 17 8 37 47 16 6 7 3 25 20 17 2 10 5 12 27 -10 41
13 SSC Giugliano 33 9 13 11 43 46 16 5 7 4 25 22 17 4 6 7 18 24 -3 40
14 Taranto 33 10 10 13 21 33 16 8 5 3 14 9 17 2 5 10 7 24 -12 40
15 ACR Messina 33 10 6 17 31 43 17 6 4 7 19 18 16 4 2 10 12 25 -12 36
16 Gelbison 33 7 14 12 24 33 17 4 7 6 15 18 16 3 7 6 9 15 -9 35
17 Turris 33 8 10 15 34 49 17 4 6 7 19 27 16 4 4 8 15 22 -15 34
18 Nuova Monterosi 33 7 12 14 33 43 17 3 10 4 17 17 16 4 2 10 16 26 -10 33
19 Viterbese 33 6 10 17 30 47 16 4 6 6 18 23 17 2 4 11 12 24 -17 26
20 Fidelis Andria 33 4 14 15 21 42 17 3 9 5 11 15 16 1 5 10 10 27 -21 26

Table
  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 33 27 5 1 88 13 17 17 0 0 58 5 16 10 5 1 30 8 75 86
2 Crotone 33 20 10 3 49 27 16 11 5 0 21 6 17 9 5 3 28 21 22 70
3 Pescara 33 16 7 10 47 35 17 8 4 5 25 20 16 8 3 5 22 15 12 55
4 Picerno 33 14 11 8 38 30 16 9 4 3 22 12 17 5 7 5 16 18 8 53
5 Foggia 33 15 7 11 50 40 16 9 3 4 24 16 17 6 4 7 26 24 10 52
6 Audace Cerignola 33 14 9 10 41 36 17 11 3 3 30 14 16 3 6 7 11 22 5 51
7 Monopoli 33 13 6 14 38 41 17 9 0 8 23 20 16 4 6 6 15 21 -3 45
8 Virtus Francavilla 33 12 6 15 41 43 16 11 3 2 31 14 17 1 3 13 10 29 -2 42
9 Avellino 33 11 9 13 39 41 17 7 6 4 19 13 16 4 3 9 20 28 -2 42
10 Latina 33 10 12 11 31 38 16 6 5 5 11 15 17 4 7 6 20 23 -7 42
11 Juve Stabia 33 11 8 14 30 39 16 6 4 6 17 18 17 5 4 8 13 21 -9 41
12 Potenza Calcio 33 8 17 8 37 47 16 6 7 3 25 20 17 2 10 5 12 27 -10 41
13 SSC Giugliano 33 9 13 11 43 46 16 5 7 4 25 22 17 4 6 7 18 24 -3 40
14 Taranto 33 10 10 13 21 33 16 8 5 3 14 9 17 2 5 10 7 24 -12 40
15 ACR Messina 33 10 6 17 31 43 17 6 4 7 19 18 16 4 2 10 12 25 -12 36
16 Gelbison 33 7 14 12 24 33 17 4 7 6 15 18 16 3 7 6 9 15 -9 35
17 Turris 33 8 10 15 34 49 17 4 6 7 19 27 16 4 4 8 15 22 -15 34
18 Nuova Monterosi 33 7 12 14 33 43 17 3 10 4 17 17 16 4 2 10 16 26 -10 33
19 Viterbese 33 6 10 17 30 47 16 4 6 6 18 23 17 2 4 11 12 24 -17 26
20 Fidelis Andria 33 4 14 15 21 42 17 3 9 5 11 15 16 1 5 10 10 27 -21 26

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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.