Serie C: Girone C match prediction: Little separates Virtus Francavilla and Picerno in quality

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sun 16.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giovanni Paolo II (2000 seats)

This is shaping out to be an absorbing game as Virtus Francavilla have their supposed home advantage, while Picerno lead them by 14 points in the Serie C: Girone C table.

Insights:
  • Virtus Francavilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Picerno are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table. 13 - 13 - 13 with 36-49. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Picerno when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Picerno play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Virtus Francavilla and Picerno.

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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. 12 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats is the summary from 19 games. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Francavilla to get some points in this home game.

Virtus Francavilla's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Picerno (placed 4th).

Before that game, the home loss against Catanzaro with the scoreline 2-4.

This is expected to be a close game, with Virtus 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 16 games. Virtus Francavilla has won 7 of these, drawn 4 and lost 5.

Francavilla have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Giovanni Paolo II with 35 goals in 19 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Picerno form and stats

6-8-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Picerno in their Serie C: Girone C matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Picerno as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.

Picerno have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 195 minutes since they last conceded in Serie C: Girone C.

Picerno play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Virtus Francavilla (placed 10th). That victory felt sweet as this side had gone three league games without winning.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting ACR Messina.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Picerno in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Picerno, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

Betting on few goals? 7 league games in a row with this side have had zero, one or two goals.

The visitors have scored 18 goals from 19 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

Virtus Francavilla - Picerno 0-1 was the scoreline in these sides' previous head-to-head fixture, played this season. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's three Virtus Francavilla victories, one draw and four Picerno wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FrancavillaC. Patierno
C. Patierno
19 goals
Virtus FrancavillaP. Maiorino
P. Maiorino
7 goals
Virtus FrancavillaM. Otávio Mendes
M. Otávio Mendes
7 goals

Virtus Francavilla missing players

Picerno missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Virtus Francavilla Picerno
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 19 5 Played P 6 19 37
13 12 2 Won W 1 6 15
6 3 1 Drew D 2 8 14
18 4 2 Lost L 3 5 8
46 35 8 Scored S 5 18 40
52 19 9 Conceded C 7 19 31
95% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 95% 89%
70% 74% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 53% 54%
54% 58% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 21% 30%
27% 32% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 21% 16%
16% 21% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 3%
51% 58% 80% BTTS BTTS 33% 42% 43%
24% 37% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 32% 38%
30% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 32% 30%
 
5.2 5.1 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.6 4.6
4.5 5.4 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.5 3.7
3.1 3.3 4.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.3 2.7
4 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
9.9 10.8 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 8.9 9.5
3.7 4.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.2 4.1
33% 40% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 23% 26%
 
10.9 11.5 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 10.5 9
4.2 4.2 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.8 3.3
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Virtus Francavilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 37 30 6 1 100 18 19 18 1 0 62 8 18 12 5 1 38 10 82 96
2 Crotone 37 22 11 4 54 30 18 12 5 1 22 7 19 10 6 3 32 23 24 77
3 Pescara 37 18 8 11 55 42 19 10 4 5 31 22 18 8 4 6 24 20 13 62
4 Picerno 37 15 14 8 40 31 18 9 6 3 22 12 19 6 8 5 18 19 9 59
5 Audace Cerignola 37 16 11 10 46 39 19 12 4 3 33 16 18 4 7 7 13 23 7 59
6 Foggia 37 17 7 13 56 44 18 10 3 5 28 18 19 7 4 8 28 26 12 58
7 Monopoli 37 15 6 16 44 47 18 10 0 8 26 21 19 5 6 8 18 26 -3 51
8 SSC Giugliano 37 11 13 13 50 58 19 7 7 5 32 31 18 4 6 8 18 27 -8 46
9 Latina 37 11 13 13 37 45 18 7 6 5 15 17 19 4 7 8 22 28 -8 46
10 Virtus Francavilla 37 13 6 18 46 52 19 12 3 4 35 19 18 1 3 14 11 33 -6 45
11 Potenza Calcio 37 9 18 10 46 55 18 7 7 4 31 24 19 2 11 6 15 31 -9 45
12 Taranto 37 11 12 14 26 36 18 9 6 3 19 11 19 2 6 11 7 25 -10 45
13 Juve Stabia 37 12 9 16 35 47 18 7 5 6 20 20 19 5 4 10 15 27 -12 45
14 Avellino 37 11 10 16 42 47 18 7 6 5 19 14 19 4 4 11 23 33 -5 43
15 Turris 37 11 10 16 40 52 19 6 6 7 24 28 18 5 4 9 16 24 -12 43
16 ACR Messina 37 11 7 19 32 47 19 7 4 8 20 19 18 4 3 11 12 28 -15 40
17 Nuova Monterosi 37 9 14 14 37 45 19 3 12 4 18 18 18 6 2 10 19 27 -8 39
18 Gelbison 37 7 15 15 24 38 19 4 7 8 15 21 18 3 8 7 9 17 -14 36
19 Fidelis Andria 37 6 15 16 28 47 19 5 9 5 14 15 18 1 6 11 14 32 -19 33
20 Viterbese 37 7 11 19 33 51 18 4 7 7 19 25 19 3 4 12 14 26 -18 30

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 Catanzaro 37 30 6 1 100 18 19 18 1 0 62 8 18 12 5 1 38 10 82 96
2 Crotone 37 22 11 4 54 30 18 12 5 1 22 7 19 10 6 3 32 23 24 77
3 Pescara 37 18 8 11 55 42 19 10 4 5 31 22 18 8 4 6 24 20 13 62
4 Picerno 37 15 14 8 40 31 18 9 6 3 22 12 19 6 8 5 18 19 9 59
5 Audace Cerignola 37 16 11 10 46 39 19 12 4 3 33 16 18 4 7 7 13 23 7 59
6 Foggia 37 17 7 13 56 44 18 10 3 5 28 18 19 7 4 8 28 26 12 58
7 Monopoli 37 15 6 16 44 47 18 10 0 8 26 21 19 5 6 8 18 26 -3 51
8 SSC Giugliano 37 11 13 13 50 58 19 7 7 5 32 31 18 4 6 8 18 27 -8 46
9 Latina 37 11 13 13 37 45 18 7 6 5 15 17 19 4 7 8 22 28 -8 46
10 Virtus Francavilla 37 13 6 18 46 52 19 12 3 4 35 19 18 1 3 14 11 33 -6 45
11 Potenza Calcio 37 9 18 10 46 55 18 7 7 4 31 24 19 2 11 6 15 31 -9 45
12 Taranto 37 11 12 14 26 36 18 9 6 3 19 11 19 2 6 11 7 25 -10 45
13 Juve Stabia 37 12 9 16 35 47 18 7 5 6 20 20 19 5 4 10 15 27 -12 45
14 Avellino 37 11 10 16 42 47 18 7 6 5 19 14 19 4 4 11 23 33 -5 43
15 Turris 37 11 10 16 40 52 19 6 6 7 24 28 18 5 4 9 16 24 -12 43
16 ACR Messina 37 11 7 19 32 47 19 7 4 8 20 19 18 4 3 11 12 28 -15 40
17 Nuova Monterosi 37 9 14 14 37 45 19 3 12 4 18 18 18 6 2 10 19 27 -8 39
18 Gelbison 37 7 15 15 24 38 19 4 7 8 15 21 18 3 8 7 9 17 -14 36
19 Fidelis Andria 37 6 15 16 28 47 19 5 9 5 14 15 18 1 6 11 14 32 -19 33
20 Viterbese 37 7 11 19 33 51 18 4 7 7 19 25 19 3 4 12 14 26 -18 30

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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.