Virtus Francavilla manager B. Trocini looking for three points in Bisceglie showdown

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 20.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giovanni Paolo II (2000 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Virtus Francavilla are in the 12th position while the guesting Bisceglie worry at 17th.

Insights:
  • Virtus Francavilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bisceglie has the most conceded goals (14) away in Serie C: Girone C

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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Virtus Francavilla form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie C: Girone C, Virtus Francavilla have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games.

Virtus Francavilla are confident in defense, having played 232 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Virtus Francavilla shared the glory with Cavese in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Avellino in a game that was won 1-0.

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 Virtus Francavilla have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won three times, drawn zero and lost zero.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Francavilla as they are travelling to their away game against Viterbese Castrense in the Serie C: Girone C. That match is three days after this one.

Francavilla are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. Francavilla have conceded 12 from these games.

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Bisceglie form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bisceglie, who have the most conceded goals (14) away in Serie C: Girone C, so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Bisceglie, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Palermo game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Bisceglie's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Bisceglie might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Catanzaro proved too strong as Bisceglie slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans. Prior to that match, the Bisceglie manager G. Mancini faced defeat when travelling to Avellino and losing 2-4.

Bisceglie are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, four draws and nine defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

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

Bisceglie have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. The Bisceglie manager G. Mancini has some worries about the defense as 14 goals have been conceded in these travels. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last seven meetings between the teams: Francavilla won four, Bisceglie won one and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Virtus FrancavillaL. Perez
L. Perez
11 goals

Virtus Francavilla missing players

Bisceglie missing players

Virtus Francavilla Bisceglie
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 8 1 Played P 2 7 13
3 2 1 Won W 0 1 2
6 3 0 Drew D 0 2 4
6 3 0 Lost L 2 4 7
15 10 2 Scored S 0 7 12
18 12 1 Conceded C 4 14 22
87% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 86% 77%
40% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 46%
27% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 23%
7% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 8%
60% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 62%
20% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 43% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.5 4.2 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
8.7 9.8 7 Shots (avg) S ( 3 6.6 5.8
3.7 4.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 2.7 2.2
27% 30% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 37% 43%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Bisceglie has the most conceded goals (14) away in Serie C: Girone C
  • Bisceglie have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Bisceglie have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bisceglie haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 15 12 3 0 39 9 8 6 2 0 17 1 7 6 1 0 22 8 30 39
2 Bari 1908 14 9 3 2 25 11 6 3 2 1 9 5 8 6 1 1 16 6 14 30
3 Catanzaro 15 8 4 3 22 15 7 6 1 0 13 4 8 2 3 3 9 11 7 28
4 Teramo 14 7 5 2 18 11 6 5 1 0 10 2 8 2 4 2 8 9 7 26
5 Avellino 14 7 3 4 23 15 8 3 2 3 16 12 6 4 1 1 7 3 8 24
6 Foggia 15 7 3 5 19 17 7 3 2 2 10 8 8 4 1 3 9 9 2 24
7 Juve Stabia 14 6 3 5 14 11 8 5 1 2 12 6 6 1 2 3 2 5 3 21
8 Turris Neapolis 14 5 6 3 17 18 7 2 3 2 6 9 7 3 3 1 11 9 -1 21
9 Catania 13 6 4 3 17 14 7 3 3 1 9 6 6 3 1 2 6 7 3 20
10 Palermo 14 5 4 5 16 16 8 4 2 2 12 8 6 1 2 3 4 8 0 19
11 Vibonese 14 4 6 4 19 17 7 2 3 2 11 9 7 2 3 2 8 8 2 18
12 Virtus Francavilla 15 3 6 6 15 18 8 2 3 3 10 12 7 1 3 3 5 6 -3 15
13 Casertana 14 4 3 7 17 24 7 1 2 4 7 14 7 3 1 3 10 10 -7 15
14 Monopoli 14 3 4 7 12 22 7 1 2 4 6 10 7 2 2 3 6 12 -10 13
15 Paganese 14 2 6 6 12 18 7 0 4 3 3 8 7 2 2 3 9 10 -6 12
16 Viterbese Castrense 13 2 5 6 14 21 5 0 1 4 1 7 8 2 4 2 12 12 -7 11
17 Bisceglie 13 2 4 7 12 22 6 1 2 3 5 8 7 1 2 4 7 14 -10 10
18 Potenza Calcio 15 2 4 9 16 28 7 1 3 3 12 16 8 1 1 6 4 12 -12 10
19 Cavese 14 1 4 9 9 23 8 0 1 7 2 14 6 1 3 2 7 9 -14 7
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.