Evenly matched teams: Virtus Francavilla vs Juve Stabia match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Wed 15.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giovanni Paolo II (2000 seats)

This is where the action is, this is Serie C: Girone C and this is Virtus Francavilla - Juve Stabia. Get our complete match guide!

Insights:
  • Virtus Francavilla have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Virtus Francavilla have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Juve Stabia have scored away.

Francavilla's stadium, Stadio Giovanni Paolo II, has a grass surface. Juve Stabia have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Juve Stabia when playing on grass; 12 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses from 35 matches. They have scored {35 goals} in these games and conceded 43.

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.

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Virtus Francavilla form and stats

Virtus Francavilla are steadily winning Serie C: Girone C games and points here at Stadio Giovanni Paolo II. 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 15 games.

No payout for Virtus Francavilla in their previous match, an away game at Audace Cerignola that ended in defeat 0-1.

Before that, Virtus Francavilla drew at home versus Potenza Calcio.

This is expected to be a close game, with Francavilla perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Virtus Francavilla as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Virtus Francavilla has won 6 of these, drawn 5 and lost 4.

Virtus Francavilla are traveling soon after this match as the Serie C: Girone C match at Taranto awaits in four days.

Virtus Francavilla have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Giovanni Paolo II with 28 goals in 15 league matches. Francavilla are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Giovanni Paolo II in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 15 matches.

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Juve Stabia form and stats

The visitors are W5-D4-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Serie C: Girone C.

Impressive finishing from Pandolfi (2) secured the home win 2-1 against SSC Giugliano in their previous game. Eureka; their first victory in the league after six matches not winning.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Pescara that ended 2-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Juve Stabia playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were 5 Juve Stabia wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats.

After this away game Juve Stabia return home for a Serie C: Girone C game against Latina. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Stabia when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 16 league matches away. 18 goals have been conceded by Juve Stabia in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent archived history between these teams is the Juve Stabia - Virtus Francavilla 2-0 played not long ago this season. Head to head data (for the last ten meetings): Francavilla won two games, three matches ended in a draw and Juve Stabia have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

Virtus FrancavillaC. Patierno
C. Patierno
16 goals
Virtus FrancavillaM. Otávio Mendes
M. Otávio Mendes
6 goals
Virtus FrancavillaP. Maiorino
P. Maiorino
5 goals

Virtus Francavilla missing players

Juve Stabia missing players

Virtus Francavilla Juve Stabia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 16 31
11 10 1 Won W 1 5 11
6 3 2 Drew D 2 4 8
14 2 1 Lost L 1 7 12
38 28 7 Scored S 1 12 28
41 13 5 Conceded C 1 18 33
94% 93% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 88% 84%
71% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 44% 55%
55% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 32%
23% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 16%
13% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
52% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 32%
26% 40% 25% Clean Sheets C S 75% 38% 45%
29% 7% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 50% 39%
 
5.1 5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.7 4.1
4.3 4.9 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5 4.3
3.2 3.5 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.9 2.7
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
9.5 10.3 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 7.9 9.5
3.5 4.3 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3 3.7
36% 44% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 25% 24%
 
10.8 11.1 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 11.8 11.7
4 3.9 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 4.6 4.5
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • 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.
  • Virtus Francavilla have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Juve Stabia have scored away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Catanzaro 31 25 5 1 83 13 16 16 0 0 55 5 15 9 5 1 28 8 70 80
2 Crotone 31 19 9 3 46 25 15 10 5 0 18 4 16 9 4 3 28 21 21 66
3 Pescara 31 15 7 9 44 33 16 7 4 5 22 19 15 8 3 4 22 14 11 52
4 Foggia 31 14 7 10 47 36 15 8 3 4 23 16 16 6 4 6 24 20 11 49
5 Audace Cerignola 31 13 9 9 37 32 16 10 3 3 26 12 15 3 6 6 11 20 5 48
6 Picerno 31 12 11 8 34 30 15 8 4 3 20 12 16 4 7 5 14 18 4 47
7 Monopoli 31 13 6 12 37 37 16 9 0 7 22 17 15 4 6 5 15 20 0 45
8 Juve Stabia 31 11 8 12 28 33 15 6 4 5 16 15 16 5 4 7 12 18 -5 41
9 Potenza Calcio 31 8 16 7 37 46 15 6 7 2 25 19 16 2 9 5 12 27 -9 40
10 Avellino 31 10 9 12 35 37 16 7 6 3 19 11 15 3 3 9 16 26 -2 39
11 Virtus Francavilla 31 11 6 14 38 41 15 10 3 2 28 13 16 1 3 12 10 28 -3 39
12 Latina 31 9 11 11 28 37 15 6 4 5 11 15 16 3 7 6 17 22 -9 38
13 SSC Giugliano 31 8 13 10 38 41 15 5 7 3 23 18 16 3 6 7 15 23 -3 37
14 Taranto 31 9 9 13 20 33 15 7 5 3 13 9 16 2 4 10 7 24 -13 36
15 Gelbison 31 7 14 10 24 30 16 4 7 5 15 16 15 3 7 5 9 14 -6 35
16 Nuova Monterosi 31 7 11 13 33 40 16 3 9 4 17 17 15 4 2 9 16 23 -7 32
17 Turris 31 7 10 14 32 46 16 3 6 7 18 27 15 4 4 7 14 19 -14 31
18 ACR Messina 31 8 6 17 29 43 16 5 4 7 18 18 15 3 2 10 11 25 -14 30
19 Viterbese 31 6 9 16 28 44 15 4 5 6 18 23 16 2 4 10 10 21 -16 25
20 Fidelis Andria 31 4 12 15 21 42 16 3 8 5 11 15 15 1 4 10 10 27 -21 24

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.