Serie C: Girone C forecast and guide: Turris odds-on thought to top Taranto

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Wed 22.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Amerigo Liguori (4000 seats)

The standings reveals that 6 points divide the pair of combatants in this Serie C: Girone C game. Turris have both the points- and home ground advantage.

Insights:
  • Turris have the most scored goals (36) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Taranto have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Turris and Taranto.

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Turris form and stats

Turris have played 9 Serie C: Girone C games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-0-4 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for Turris, facing Paganese in a game that ended 1-1.

Before that, Turris had a home game versus ACR Messina which ended with a victory 5-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Turris have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost three.

Goals decide football matches and Turris are scoring many of them at home; 18 on target from 9 league matches. Turris have conceded 10 in these home matches.

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Taranto form and stats

Taranto have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone C, after 1-2-6 (9 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Taranto, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Impressive finishing from Falcone and Saraniti secured the home win 2-0 against Picerno in their previous game.

Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Bari 1908's place.

Taranto are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, three draws and three defeats. From a total of six matches.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Taranto's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 16 goals from these trips. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H game ended Taranto - Turris 0-0, played this season. Stats for the last seven meetings between these two participants are: three wins for Turris, one draw and three wins for Taranto. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

TurrisL. Giannone
L. Giannone
10 goals
TurrisE. Santaniello
E. Santaniello
8 goals
TurrisV. Leonetti
V. Leonetti
7 goals

Turris missing players

Taranto missing players

Turris Taranto
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 4 9 19
10 5 2 Won W 0 1 7
3 0 0 Drew D 0 2 6
6 4 1 Lost L 4 6 6
36 18 5 Scored S 2 7 21
22 10 3 Conceded C 10 16 21
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 74%
74% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 68%
63% 78% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 56% 47%
37% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 22% 21%
26% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
58% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 47%
32% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 42%
21% 11% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 37%
 
4.5 5.1 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.7 4.1
5.4 5.6 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.9 4.2
2.4 2.6 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 4 2.9
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12 14.7 18 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.2 7.5
5.5 6.3 7.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.7 3.1
34% 32% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 29% 36%
 
12.5 14 15.3 Shots against (avg) S A 8 9.2 8.1
4 3.9 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.3 2.8
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Taranto have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Taranto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Turris have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Turris have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Taranto have scored away.
  • Turris have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Turris have the most scored goals (36) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Turris have the most scored goals in the first half (17) 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 19 12 5 2 34 15 9 7 2 0 21 7 10 5 3 2 13 8 19 41
2 Monopoli 19 10 4 5 23 14 10 7 2 1 14 3 9 3 2 4 9 11 9 34
3 Turris 19 10 3 6 36 22 9 5 0 4 18 10 10 5 3 2 18 12 14 33
4 Palermo 19 9 6 4 25 15 10 7 3 0 17 3 9 2 3 4 8 12 10 33
5 Catanzaro 19 8 8 3 26 13 10 5 4 1 18 8 9 3 4 2 8 5 13 32
6 Avellino 19 7 11 1 22 14 10 4 6 0 13 7 9 3 5 1 9 7 8 32
7 Virtus Francavilla 19 9 3 7 22 16 9 6 2 1 15 5 10 3 1 6 7 11 6 30
8 Foggia 19 8 8 3 30 20 9 6 2 1 19 8 10 2 6 2 11 12 10 28
9 Taranto 19 7 6 6 21 21 10 6 4 0 14 5 9 1 2 6 7 16 0 27
10 Picerno 19 7 5 7 20 23 9 4 2 3 11 8 10 3 3 4 9 15 -3 26
11 Juve Stabia 19 6 7 6 22 22 9 4 4 1 11 6 10 2 3 5 11 16 0 25
12 Catania 19 7 5 7 32 30 9 5 1 3 17 13 10 2 4 4 15 17 2 24
13 Latina 19 6 4 9 21 25 10 6 2 2 16 8 9 0 2 7 5 17 -4 22
14 Campobasso 19 5 6 8 25 34 9 1 4 4 13 17 10 4 2 4 12 17 -9 21
15 Paganese 19 6 3 10 20 32 10 6 2 2 16 11 9 0 1 8 4 21 -12 21
16 Nuova Monterosi 19 4 8 7 18 28 9 3 3 3 10 13 10 1 5 4 8 15 -10 20
17 Potenza Calcio 19 3 6 10 15 26 10 3 4 3 10 8 9 0 2 7 5 18 -11 15
18 Fidelis Andria 19 4 3 12 16 31 10 1 3 6 7 17 9 3 0 6 9 14 -15 15
19 Vibonese 19 2 8 9 13 25 10 2 4 4 9 13 9 0 4 5 4 12 -12 14
20 ACR Messina 19 3 5 11 19 34 9 2 3 4 9 12 10 1 2 7 10 22 -15 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.