Virtus Francavilla vs Avellino match preview: Even contest expected at Stadio Giovanni Paolo II

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 06.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giovanni Paolo II (2000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadio Giovanni Paolo II haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Virtus Francavilla languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting Avellino will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Virtus Francavilla has the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Avellino has the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Serie C: Girone C

The visiting Avellino played their last game only four days ago, a Serie C: Girone C match. That game, against Potenza Calcio, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Avellino.

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Virtus Francavilla form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie C: Girone C this season. Virtus Francavilla have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Stadio Giovanni Paolo II. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Virtus Francavilla. Two draws in a row at home now for Virtus Francavilla.

Francavilla drew their last game, also a home match. Teramo (placed 3rd) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Before that, Francavilla played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Foggia.

Francavilla has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.

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Avellino form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Serie C: Girone C, on their Serie C: Girone C travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Avellino, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Potenza Calcio (placed 17th) in the Serie C: Girone C last time out. A 1-2 loss hosting Catania before that.

After this away game Avellino return home for a Serie C: Girone C game against Bisceglie. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Avellino find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. Avellino's manager P. Braglia has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: one win for Virtus Francavilla, one draw and zero wins for Avellino. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Virtus FrancavillaL. Perez
L. Perez
11 goals
AvellinoA. Di Paolantonio
A. Di Paolantonio
8 goals

Virtus Francavilla missing players

Avellino missing players

Virtus Francavilla Avellino
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 7 1 Played P 2 5 10
2 1 0 Won W 2 4 5
5 3 1 Drew D 0 1 3
6 3 0 Lost L 0 0 2
14 9 2 Scored S 2 7 14
18 12 2 Conceded C 0 2 10
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
69% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 70%
46% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 50%
31% 43% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 30%
8% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
69% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 60%
8% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 60% 40%
31% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.3 4.3 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9 10.3 6 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.2 9.8
3.8 4.4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3 3.8
29% 29% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 47% 35%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Avellino has the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Serie C: Girone C
  • Avellino have not yet lost a game away.
  • Avellino have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Avellino have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Avellino haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Virtus Francavilla has the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Virtus Francavilla has the most points from losing position (9) in Serie C: Girone C
  • Virtus Francavilla have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Virtus Francavilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Virtus Francavilla 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 Ternana 13 10 3 0 34 8 7 5 2 0 14 1 6 5 1 0 20 7 26 33
2 Bari 1908 12 8 2 2 24 11 5 3 1 1 9 5 7 5 1 1 15 6 13 26
3 Teramo 12 7 3 2 15 8 5 5 0 0 8 0 7 2 3 2 7 8 7 24
4 Catanzaro 13 6 4 3 16 13 6 5 1 0 10 3 7 1 3 3 6 10 3 22
5 Turris 12 5 5 2 15 14 6 2 2 2 5 8 6 3 3 0 10 6 1 20
6 Catania 12 6 3 3 14 12 6 3 2 1 8 5 6 3 1 2 6 7 2 19
7 Avellino 10 5 3 2 14 10 5 1 2 2 7 8 5 4 1 0 7 2 4 18
8 Juve Stabia 13 5 3 5 12 11 7 4 1 2 10 6 6 1 2 3 2 5 1 18
9 Foggia 13 5 3 5 14 15 6 2 2 2 8 8 7 3 1 3 6 7 -1 18
10 Vibonese 12 4 4 4 17 15 7 2 3 2 11 9 5 2 1 2 6 6 2 16
11 Palermo 12 4 4 4 14 14 7 3 2 2 10 8 5 1 2 2 4 6 0 16
12 Monopoli 11 3 4 4 9 13 6 1 2 3 4 7 5 2 2 1 5 6 -4 13
13 Paganese 13 2 6 5 12 17 6 0 4 2 3 7 7 2 2 3 9 10 -5 12
14 Casertana 12 3 3 6 15 21 6 0 2 4 5 13 6 3 1 2 10 8 -6 12
15 Virtus Francavilla 13 2 5 6 14 18 7 1 3 3 9 12 6 1 2 3 5 6 -4 11
16 Bisceglie 10 2 4 4 9 12 5 1 2 2 4 5 5 1 2 2 5 7 -3 10
17 Potenza Calcio 13 2 4 7 14 23 6 1 3 2 10 13 7 1 1 5 4 10 -9 10
18 Viterbese Castrense 12 1 5 6 10 17 5 0 1 4 1 7 7 1 4 2 9 10 -7 8
19 Cavese 12 1 2 9 8 22 7 0 0 7 2 14 5 1 2 2 6 8 -14 5
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.