The visiting Catanzaro side should be favourites in this visit to Virtus Francavilla, as the away team holds a 10 point advantage from their ten league games this season.
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 Francavilla and Catanzaro.
Virtus Francavilla form and stats
Overall Serie C: Girone C stats at home this season for Virtus Francavilla are 1-1-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Francavilla faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ternana (0-1). Ahead of that match, Francavilla lost 1-3 at home to Casertana.
Virtus Francavilla has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Francavilla with 10 goals conceded in these matches.
Catanzaro form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie C: Girone C travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Catanzaro go into this game after a win, the home game against Teramo that ended 1-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Avellino at their stadium, the result 3-1.
Catanzaro are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Catanzaro struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Virtus Francavilla-Catanzaro H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Francavilla four wins, Catanzaro three wins, two draws. four of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Perez 11 goals |  F. Vázquez 10 goals |
Virtus Francavilla missing players
Catanzaro missing players
| Virtus Francavilla | Catanzaro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 15 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 60% | 80% |
| 60% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| 60% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 40% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 10% | 20% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 60% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.5 | 4.6 | 6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 92 | 54 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 41 | 70 |
| 38 | 24 | 2 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 29% | 29% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 45% | 45% |
- Catanzaro have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Virtus Francavilla has the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in Serie C: Girone C
- Virtus Francavilla has the most points from losing position (7) 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 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 24 |
| 2 | Bari 1908 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 20 |
| 3 | Catanzaro | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Teramo | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Avellino | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Turris Neapolis | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Juve Stabia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Foggia | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Paganese | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 10 | Vibonese | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 11 | Catania | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 12 | Casertana | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 13 | Monopoli | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Potenza Calcio | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 15 | Virtus Francavilla | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 16 | Bisceglie | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | Viterbese Castrense | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 18 | Cavese | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -11 | 5 |
| 19 | Palermo | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 20 | Trapani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | -1 |