Home advantage could prove decisive in Virtus Francavilla - Nuova Monterosi battle

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 05.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giovanni Paolo II (2000 seats)

Welcome to Serie C: Girone C and Virtus Francavilla - Nuova Monterosi. In this super-preview you'll find stats, scores, numbercrunching, trends and news!

Insights:
  • Virtus Francavilla have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Nuova Monterosi have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Serie C: Girone C

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

16-14-8 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Nuova Monterosi when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 38 matches are 47-38 (scored/conceded).

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Virtus Francavilla form and stats

Virtus Francavilla have performed here at Stadio Giovanni Paolo II this season with 4 wins from 7 Serie C: Girone C matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

The home team returns to Stadio Giovanni Paolo II after being equal after 90 minutes with Campobasso (placed 13th) on their last time out; the Serie C: Girone C game ended 2-2.

Before that game, the home loss against Turris with the scoreline 1-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Virtus Francavilla handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, zero draws and zero defeats.

Francavilla have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Giovanni Paolo II with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Virtus 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 5 from 7 matches.

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Nuova Monterosi form and stats

There's been little loot from Nuova Monterosi's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Serie C: Girone C. Nuova Monterosi only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 4 draws. The last three matches for Monterosi have all ended in a draw.

Nuova Monterosi's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Catanzaro that finished 1-1.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Vibonese that ended 0-0.

Monterosi 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, two draws and one defeat. From a total of five matches.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Nuova Monterosi have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Virtus FrancavillaP. Maiorino
P. Maiorino
6 goals
Nuova MonterosiR. Costantino
R. Costantino
4 goals
FrancavillaA. Caporale
A. Caporale
3 goals

Virtus Francavilla missing players

Nuova Monterosi missing players

Virtus Francavilla Nuova Monterosi
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 3 8 16
7 4 2 Won W 0 1 3
3 2 0 Drew D 2 4 7
6 1 0 Lost L 1 3 6
18 11 3 Scored S 1 5 14
15 5 1 Conceded C 3 11 24
94% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 75% 81%
50% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 75%
44% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 38%
19% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 31%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
44% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 56%
38% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 25% 25%
25% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 62% 38%
 
3.1 2.9 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 3.9 4.1
3.9 3.1 1 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 5.3 5.2
3.4 3.1 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.3 3.4 3.2
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
6.6 6.1 6.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 6 8.7
2.9 3 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 1.3 2.2
39% 52% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 22% 33%
 
9.4 8 7 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 9.7 11.1
3.8 2.1 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.3 3.5
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Nuova Monterosi have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Nuova Monterosi have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Serie C: Girone C
  • 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 Nuova Monterosi 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 Bari 1908 16 11 3 2 30 13 8 6 2 0 18 6 8 5 1 2 12 7 17 36
2 Monopoli 16 9 3 4 20 11 9 7 1 1 14 3 7 2 2 3 6 8 9 30
3 Palermo 16 8 5 3 23 12 8 6 2 0 15 2 8 2 3 3 8 10 11 29
4 Turris 16 9 1 6 30 21 8 4 0 4 13 10 8 5 1 2 17 11 9 28
5 Avellino 16 6 9 1 18 11 8 4 4 0 10 4 8 2 5 1 8 7 7 27
6 Catanzaro 16 6 7 3 21 11 8 4 3 1 15 7 8 2 4 2 6 4 10 25
7 Foggia 16 7 7 2 27 16 8 5 2 1 18 8 8 2 5 1 9 8 11 24
8 Virtus Francavilla 16 7 3 6 18 15 7 4 2 1 11 5 9 3 1 5 7 10 3 24
9 Taranto 16 6 5 5 18 18 8 5 3 0 12 5 8 1 2 5 6 13 0 23
10 Juve Stabia 16 5 7 4 18 16 8 3 4 1 8 6 8 2 3 3 10 10 2 22
11 Catania 16 6 4 6 28 27 8 4 1 3 15 13 8 2 3 3 13 14 1 22
12 Picerno 16 5 5 6 12 16 8 3 2 3 6 5 8 2 3 3 6 11 -4 20
13 Campobasso 16 4 6 6 23 30 8 1 4 3 12 15 8 3 2 3 11 15 -7 18
14 Latina 16 5 2 9 17 22 8 5 1 2 12 5 8 0 1 7 5 17 -5 17
15 Paganese 16 5 2 9 13 25 8 5 1 2 12 9 8 0 1 7 1 16 -12 17
16 Nuova Monterosi 16 3 7 6 14 24 8 2 3 3 9 13 8 1 4 3 5 11 -10 16
17 Fidelis Andria 16 4 3 9 13 25 8 1 3 4 4 12 8 3 0 5 9 13 -12 15
18 Potenza Calcio 16 3 5 8 15 22 8 3 3 2 10 7 8 0 2 6 5 15 -7 14
19 ACR Messina 16 3 3 10 17 27 8 2 2 4 7 10 8 1 1 6 10 17 -10 12
20 Vibonese 16 1 7 8 10 23 8 1 4 3 7 12 8 0 3 5 3 11 -13 10

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.