Football betting preview: Virtus Francavilla vs Catania

Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Date: Sun 14.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giovanni Paolo II (2000 seats)

Virtus Francavilla will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 14 points behind Catania.

Virtus Francavilla and Catania should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Virtus Francavilla form and stats

8-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Virtus Francavilla so far this season. The Virtus Francavilla fans aren't used to losing here at Stadio Giovanni Paolo II and will expect new points from this game. Virtus Francavilla has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

A good away victory last time out for Virtus Francavilla, who won 3-2 against Catanzaro. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Potenza Calcio.

The Virtus Francavilla fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 23 in 16 matches. From these home matches, Virtus Francavilla have conceded only 12 goals.

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Catania form and stats

Playing away, Catania have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 6 defeats so far this season.

The supporters enjoyed Catania's previous game versus Bisceglie, a Serie C: Girone C 2-1 win played at home. A loss against Viterbese Castrense was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The attacking power of Catania when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored in 16 matches. Catania have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Catania - Virtus Francavilla 1-0. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's 1 Virtus Francavilla victory, 0 draws and 4 Catania wins.

Top Goalscorers

M. Sarao
10 goals
F. Lodi
9 goals
A. Marotta
8 goals

Virtus Francavilla missing players

Catania missing players

Virtus Francavilla Catania
Total Home Statistic Away Total
32 16 Played 16 32
36 23 Scored 14 44
35 12 Conceded 17 25
91% 88% Over 0.5 75% 88%
56% 62% Over 1.5 56% 62%
38% 38% Over 2.5 38% 44%
22% 12% Over 3.5 12% 12%
12% 12% Over 4.5 6% 6%
41% 44% Both teams to score 38% 34%
38% 50% Clean Sheet 38% 47%
31% 19% Failed To Score 50% 31%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Juve Stabia 32 19 12 1 54 13 16 11 5 0 31 6 16 8 7 1 23 7 41 69
2 Trapani 32 19 8 5 52 26 16 14 1 1 34 10 16 5 7 4 18 16 26 65
3 Catania 32 18 6 8 44 25 16 13 1 2 30 8 16 5 5 6 14 17 19 60
4 Catanzaro 31 17 6 8 52 26 15 10 2 3 29 14 16 7 4 5 23 12 26 57
5 Potenza Calcio 32 12 14 6 41 29 16 7 8 1 21 12 16 5 6 5 20 17 12 50
6 Monopoli 32 11 13 8 34 27 16 5 8 3 11 8 16 6 5 5 23 19 7 46
7 Virtus Francavilla 32 13 7 12 36 35 16 8 5 3 23 12 16 5 2 9 13 23 1 46
8 Casertana 32 11 11 10 41 36 16 7 5 4 25 15 16 4 6 6 16 21 5 44
9 Reggina 32 12 8 12 38 33 16 7 4 5 21 18 16 5 4 7 17 15 5 44
10 Viterbese Castrense 30 12 8 10 34 31 15 7 5 3 21 13 15 5 3 7 13 18 3 44
11 Vibonese 32 10 12 10 31 30 16 8 6 2 17 7 16 2 6 8 14 23 1 42
12 Sicula Leonzio 33 11 9 13 30 35 16 6 3 7 16 17 17 5 6 6 14 18 -5 42
13 Rende 32 12 5 15 39 42 16 6 2 8 21 23 16 6 3 7 18 19 -3 41
14 Cavese 31 9 13 9 40 42 16 6 7 3 19 11 15 3 6 6 21 31 -2 40
15 FC Rieti 31 11 4 16 29 39 16 7 2 7 17 18 15 4 2 9 12 21 -10 37
16 Siracusa 32 10 6 16 30 38 16 7 3 6 19 15 16 3 3 10 11 23 -8 36
17 Bisceglie 33 6 11 16 17 35 16 5 8 3 11 9 17 1 3 13 6 26 -18 29
18 Matera 31 4 4 23 16 76 16 4 2 10 13 40 15 0 2 13 3 36 -60 16
19 Paganese 32 1 11 20 29 69 16 0 7 9 17 35 16 1 4 11 12 34 -40 14
20 Potenza 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3

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