Delightful dogfight as daring Virtus Francavilla duel with determined Nuova Monterosi

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 29.January
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giovanni Paolo II (2000 seats)

Virtus Francavilla - Nuova Monterosi: Serie C: Girone C dungeon sides hungry for points and greatness. Here are all the interesting stats and news before the fixture!

Insights:
  • Virtus Francavilla have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Nuova Monterosi haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

11-11-13 (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 35 matches are 40-43 (scored/conceded).

Both squads have had enough rest since their previous game. Let's wish for an energetic fixture!

L W L W W

Virtus Francavilla form and stats

26 points is a decent return from 11 Serie C: Girone C games here at Stadio Giovanni Paolo II for Virtus Francavilla. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. When Virtus Francavilla hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Turris, Virtus Francavilla, Gelbison, Viterbese, ACR Messina and Fidelis Andria), they have won 5 of 5 matches! After failing to beat Audace Cerignola here at Stadio Giovanni Paolo II, Virtus Francavilla has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

Francavilla are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Gelbison.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Foggia.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Virtus Francavilla handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

There will be little rest for Virtus Francavilla after this match as they are travelling to Fidelis Andria for a Serie C: Girone C game in only three days.

A decent goal production from Francavilla in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Virtus Francavilla have conceded only 9 goals.

D W D L D

Nuova Monterosi form and stats

There's been little loot from Nuova Monterosi's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the Serie C: Girone C. Nuova Monterosi only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.

Nuova Monterosi's last game was the home draw against Crotone (1-1). The draw against Crotone came from a losing position. The Monterosi manager Menichini brought on Costantino as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Juve Stabia.

We have checked recent matches where Nuova Monterosi have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 4 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

After this away game Nuova Monterosi return home for a Serie C: Girone C game against Pescara. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The visiting Monterosi have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 11 games. 15 goals have been conceded by Nuova Monterosi in these games.

Head 2 Head

Nuova Monterosi - Virtus Francavilla 2-1 was the outcome when these contenders previously did battle, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - one - two (Virtus Francavilla wins - draws - Nuova Monterosi wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FrancavillaC. Patierno
C. Patierno
12 goals
Nuova MonterosiR. Costantino
R. Costantino
8 goals
Virtus FrancavillaM. Otávio Mendes
M. Otávio Mendes
5 goals

Virtus Francavilla missing players

Nuova Monterosi missing players

Virtus Francavilla Nuova Monterosi
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 5 Played P 3 11 23
8 8 5 Won W 1 3 6
4 2 0 Drew D 0 2 8
11 1 0 Lost L 2 6 9
27 19 9 Scored S 3 12 28
34 9 3 Conceded C 4 15 30
96% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
74% 64% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 55% 61%
57% 55% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 48%
26% 27% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 30%
13% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 9% 9%
52% 55% 60% BTTS BTTS 33% 36% 48%
22% 45% 40% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 22%
30% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 45% 39%
 
5.2 4.4 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.5 3.8
4.3 4.9 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.5 4.5
3.1 3.6 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 3.1 2.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
9.9 9.8 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 11.3 9.6 9.3
3.5 4.1 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.5 4.1
33% 42% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 24% 29%
 
11.3 11.6 11.4 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.9 9.6
4.1 4 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.3 3.8
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Nuova Monterosi haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Catanzaro 23 20 3 0 62 8 12 12 0 0 40 4 11 8 3 0 22 4 54 63
2 Crotone 23 17 4 2 38 17 11 10 1 0 16 2 12 7 3 2 22 15 21 55
3 Pescara 23 13 3 7 34 24 12 6 2 4 14 12 11 7 1 3 20 12 10 42
4 Audace Cerignola 23 9 7 7 29 26 12 7 3 2 20 8 11 2 4 5 9 18 3 34
5 Juve Stabia 23 9 6 8 21 20 11 5 3 3 12 8 12 4 3 5 9 12 1 33
6 Foggia 23 9 5 9 31 31 11 5 2 4 15 15 12 4 3 5 16 16 0 32
7 Picerno 23 8 8 7 24 24 11 5 3 3 14 10 12 3 5 4 10 14 0 32
8 Monopoli 23 8 6 9 26 24 12 6 0 6 15 13 11 2 6 3 11 11 2 30
9 SSC Giugliano 23 7 9 7 30 29 12 5 5 2 21 14 11 2 4 5 9 15 1 30
10 Avellino 23 7 8 8 23 22 11 5 5 1 13 5 12 2 3 7 10 17 1 29
11 Latina 23 7 8 8 25 32 11 4 3 4 8 12 12 3 5 4 17 20 -7 29
12 Taranto 23 8 5 10 19 29 11 6 3 2 12 8 12 2 2 8 7 21 -10 29
13 Potenza Calcio 23 5 13 5 28 34 11 4 6 1 18 13 12 1 7 4 10 21 -6 28
14 Virtus Francavilla 23 8 4 11 27 34 11 8 2 1 19 9 12 0 2 10 8 25 -7 28
15 Gelbison 23 6 9 8 18 23 12 4 5 3 12 11 11 2 4 5 6 12 -5 27
16 Nuova Monterosi 23 6 8 9 28 30 12 3 6 3 16 15 11 3 2 6 12 15 -2 26
17 Turris 23 5 8 10 28 39 12 1 6 5 14 23 11 4 2 5 14 16 -11 23
18 ACR Messina 23 6 2 15 21 36 12 5 2 5 17 15 11 1 0 10 4 21 -15 20
19 Fidelis Andria 23 3 8 12 17 32 12 3 5 4 10 13 11 0 3 8 7 19 -15 17
20 Viterbese 23 3 8 12 22 37 11 2 4 5 14 21 12 1 4 7 8 16 -15 15

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.