Another all-action fixture in Serie C: Girone C as Turris welcome Monopoli

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 05.September
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Amerigo Liguori (4000 seats)

With the anxious opening fixture out of the way it’s time for the second Serie C: Girone C meeting of the season. Turris are ready to confront Monopoli in front of their home following.

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 season before, Turris's league results were 9 wins, 12 draws and 15 losses, providing 14th position in the Serie D: Girone G. From these 36 matches they scored 40 goals and let in 56. Playing at home in the former season Turris managed 6-6-6 (win-draw-lost) with 20 goals and 22 conceded.

Turris drew their last game, 0-0 away at Taranto (placed 15th).

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Latina.

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 five matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost two.

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Monopoli form and stats

Let's have a look at how Monopoli performed last season in the Serie C: Girone C: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 11 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded 51 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 6 and lost 8 with 19/27 goals scored/conceded.

O. Viteritti and E. Starita (2) scored in Monopoli's previous match, the home game against Catania that ended 3-0.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Potenza Calcio (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) in the Coppa Italia Serie C.

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 14 relevant matches. Results were six Monopoli wins, five draws and three defeats.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Turris zero wins, two draws and Monopoli two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

MonopoliE. Starita
E. Starita
2 goals
MonopoliO. Viteritti
O. Viteritti
1 goals

Turris missing players

Monopoli missing players

Turris Monopoli
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
9 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
4 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 8
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 60%
Turris Last season Monopoli
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
9 6   Won W   4 10
12 6   Drew D   6 11
15 6   Lost L   8 15
40 20   Scored S   19 43
56 22   Conceded C   27 51
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
83% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 75%
50% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   61% 50%
28% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 28%
6% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
61% 56%   BTTS BTTS   61% 61%
19% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   17% 17%
22% 22%   Failed to Score F T   28% 28%
 
3.9 4.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.9
4.4 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.3
2.6 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.3
5 2   Red cards R C   2 5
 
8.5 10.1   Shots (avg) S (   8.2 7.5
2.8 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 2.9
38% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 41%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Monopoli 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Catanzaro 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Palermo 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Messina 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 1
5 Paganese 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Avellino 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Bari 1908 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Campobasso 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Fidelis Andria 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Juve Stabia 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Potenza Calcio 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Foggia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Nuova Monterosi 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Picerno 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Taranto 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Turris 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Vibonese 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 Virtus Francavilla 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
19 Latina 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Catania 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ternana 36 28 6 2 95 32 18 14 3 1 51 15 18 14 3 1 44 17 63 90
2 Catanzaro 37 20 11 6 47 29 19 13 4 2 27 13 18 7 7 4 20 16 18 71
3 Avellino 36 20 8 8 53 33 18 12 3 3 33 13 18 8 5 5 20 20 20 68
4 Bari 1908 36 18 9 9 52 34 18 9 6 3 28 16 18 9 3 6 24 18 18 63
5 Juve Stabia 36 18 7 11 51 39 18 8 3 7 23 18 18 10 4 4 28 21 12 61
6 Catania 36 17 10 9 50 38 18 10 5 3 29 15 18 7 5 6 21 23 12 59
7 Palermo 36 14 11 11 44 40 18 7 6 5 26 22 18 7 5 6 18 18 4 53
8 Teramo 36 13 13 10 38 34 18 10 5 3 26 15 18 3 8 7 12 19 4 52
9 Foggia 36 14 9 13 36 39 18 6 7 5 17 17 18 8 2 8 19 22 -3 51
10 Casertana 37 14 6 17 50 59 18 6 3 9 24 30 19 8 3 8 26 29 -9 48
11 Monopoli 36 10 11 15 43 51 18 6 5 7 24 24 18 4 6 8 19 27 -8 41
12 Viterbese Castrense 36 9 13 14 36 42 18 5 5 8 18 21 18 4 8 6 18 21 -6 40
13 Potenza Calcio 36 10 9 17 38 52 18 5 6 7 21 27 18 5 3 10 17 25 -14 39
14 Turris 36 9 12 15 40 56 18 6 6 6 20 22 18 3 6 9 20 34 -16 39
15 Virtus Francavilla 36 9 11 16 32 44 18 5 6 7 19 22 18 4 5 9 13 22 -12 38
16 Vibonese 36 6 18 12 34 37 18 4 10 4 22 18 18 2 8 8 12 19 -3 36
17 Paganese 36 7 11 18 26 49 18 3 7 8 12 24 18 4 4 10 14 25 -23 32
18 Bisceglie 36 7 9 20 28 51 18 5 4 9 11 18 18 2 5 11 17 33 -23 30
19 Cavese 36 5 8 23 27 55 18 4 2 12 12 24 18 1 6 11 15 31 -28 23
20 Trapani 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -6 -1

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.