Virtus Francavilla vs Picerno betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 03.Sep
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giovanni Paolo II (2000 seats)

Virtus Francavilla and Picerno match-goers have their most valued supporter clothes on for this first game week of a new Serie C: Girone C campaign. GO!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Picerno have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 10-12-12 (win-draw-loss) from 34 matches.

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Virtus Francavilla form and stats

The season before, Virtus Francavilla's league results were 13 wins, 6 draws and 19 losses, resulting in 13th place in the Serie C: Girone C. Over these 38 matches they scored {47 goals} and conceded 54. Playing at their own stadium in the previous season Virtus Francavilla delivered 12-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with {35 goals} and 19 conceded.

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Picerno form and stats

Let's have a look at how Picerno performed last season in the Serie C: Girone C: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 14 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded {34 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 8 and lost 5 with 18/19 goals scored/conceded.

It's a day of discovery for Picerno as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Picerno have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Picerno has scored {0 goals} and conceded 1 time.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: three - one - four (Virtus Francavilla wins - draws - Picerno wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Virtus Francavilla missing players

Picerno missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Virtus Francavilla Picerno
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Virtus Francavilla Last season Picerno
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
13 12   Won W   6 15
6 3   Drew D   8 14
19 4   Lost L   5 9
47 35   Scored S   18 40
54 19   Conceded C   19 34
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 89%
71% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   53% 55%
55% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   21% 32%
26% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 16%
16% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 3%
53% 58%   BTTS BTTS   42% 42%
24% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 37%
29% 11%   Failed to Score F T   32% 32%
 
5.2 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.8
4.5 5.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 3.7
3.1 3.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.7
4 1   Red cards R C   2 3
 
10 10.8   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 9.8
3.8 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.1
33% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 26%
 
10.9 11.5   Shots against (avg) S A   10.5 9.2
4.3 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Latina 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 SSC Giugliano 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Crotone 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
4 Audace Cerignola 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Messina 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
6 Benevento 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Juve Stabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Monopoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Casertana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Brindisi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Picerno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nuova Monterosi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Potenza Calcio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Foggia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Taranto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Turris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Virtus Francavilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Catania 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Sorrento 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Avellino 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season 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 38 30 6 2 102 21 19 18 1 0 62 8 19 12 5 2 40 13 81 96
2 Crotone 38 23 11 4 57 31 19 13 5 1 25 8 19 10 6 3 32 23 26 80
3 Pescara 38 19 8 11 58 42 19 10 4 5 31 22 19 9 4 6 27 20 16 65
4 Foggia 38 18 7 13 60 44 19 11 3 5 32 18 19 7 4 8 28 26 16 61
5 Audace Cerignola 38 16 12 10 48 41 19 12 4 3 33 16 19 4 8 7 15 25 7 60
6 Picerno 38 15 14 9 40 34 19 9 6 4 22 15 19 6 8 5 18 19 6 59
7 Monopoli 38 16 6 16 46 48 19 11 0 8 28 22 19 5 6 8 18 26 -2 54
8 Latina 38 12 13 13 39 46 19 8 6 5 17 18 19 4 7 8 22 28 -7 49
9 Potenza Calcio 38 10 18 10 49 57 19 8 7 4 34 26 19 2 11 6 15 31 -8 48
10 SSC Giugliano 38 11 13 14 51 61 19 7 7 5 32 31 19 4 6 9 19 30 -10 46
11 Taranto 38 11 13 14 26 36 19 9 7 3 19 11 19 2 6 11 7 25 -10 46
12 Juve Stabia 38 12 10 16 37 49 19 7 6 6 22 22 19 5 4 10 15 27 -12 46
13 Virtus Francavilla 38 13 6 19 47 54 19 12 3 4 35 19 19 1 3 15 12 35 -7 45
14 Avellino 38 11 10 17 42 49 19 7 6 6 19 16 19 4 4 11 23 33 -7 43
15 Turris 38 11 10 17 40 56 19 6 6 7 24 28 19 5 4 10 16 28 -16 43
16 Nuova Monterosi 38 10 14 14 39 45 19 3 12 4 18 18 19 7 2 10 21 27 -6 42
17 Messina 38 11 8 19 32 47 19 7 4 8 20 19 19 4 4 11 12 28 -15 41
18 Gelbison 38 7 15 16 25 40 19 4 7 8 15 21 19 3 8 8 10 19 -15 36
19 Viterbese Castrense 38 8 11 19 35 52 19 5 7 7 21 26 19 3 4 12 14 26 -17 33
20 Fidelis Andria 38 6 15 17 29 49 19 5 9 5 14 15 19 1 6 12 15 34 -20 33

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Latina 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 SSC Giugliano 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Crotone 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
4 Audace Cerignola 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Messina 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
6 Benevento 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Juve Stabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Monopoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Casertana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Brindisi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Picerno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nuova Monterosi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Potenza Calcio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Foggia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Taranto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Turris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Virtus Francavilla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Catania 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Sorrento 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
20 Avellino 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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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.