Catanzaro will not envision any favours from hosts Virtus Francavilla in this Serie C: Girone C fixture. Here's your thorough preview!
- Virtus Francavilla have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Catanzaro have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Serie C: Girone C
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Virtus Francavilla form and stats
20 points is a decent return from 9 Serie C: Girone C games here at Stadio Giovanni Paolo II for Virtus Francavilla. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Two home wins in a row for Francavilla bring valid hopes of a third.
A nice win for Virtus Francavilla last time playing, versus Juve Stabia. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with Mastropietro (2) and Perez scoring for the victors.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Foggia (0-1).A decent goal production from Francavilla in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. Francavilla have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Catanzaro form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Serie C: Girone C, on their Serie C: Girone C travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Catanzaro's last game was the home draw against Vibonese (1-1). The draw against Vibonese came from a losing position. The Catanzaro manager Vivarini brought on Carlini as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
A 1-1 draw at Calcio Padova's stadium before that.The visitors have scored 8 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Catanzaro are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The latest registered history involving both these contenders is the Catanzaro - Virtus Francavilla 3-1 played previously this season. Francavilla-Catanzaro H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Virtus Francavilla three wins, Catanzaro five wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Maiorino 6 goals |  M. Carlini 6 goals | F. Vázquez 6 goals |
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| Virtus Francavilla | Catanzaro | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 26 |
| 16 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 95% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 84% |
| 47% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 79% |
| 42% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 32% |
| 16% | 11% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 37% | 44% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 53% |
| 42% | 56% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 56% | 42% |
| 26% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 21% |
| 3.2 | 3 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.1 | 11.2 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
| 41% | 56% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 23% | 28% |
| 9.7 | 8.9 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 7.3 | 7.2 |
| 3.8 | 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
- Catanzaro have created more than twice as many corners as Virtus Francavilla.
- Catanzaro have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have the most clean sheets (5) away in Serie C: Girone C
- Catanzaro have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Virtus Francavilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Virtus Francavilla have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 |