Serie C: Girone C: We're previewing an engrossing and important fight between Virtus Francavilla and Viterbese at Stadio Giovanni Paolo II. Both teams need the win!
- Virtus Francavilla have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Viterbese have scored away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Virtus Francavilla form and stats
Virtus Francavilla are steadily winning Serie C: Girone C games and points here at Stadio Giovanni Paolo II. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games. When Virtus Francavilla hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Potenza Calcio, Turris, Virtus Francavilla, ACR Messina, Nuova Monterosi and Fidelis Andria), they have won 2 of 2 matches! The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadio Giovanni Paolo II.
Francavilla lost their last game at Picerno (placed 7th) after a 1-2 scoreline.
Prior to that, an away loss at Catanzaro.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Virtus Francavilla handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats.
Virtus Francavilla have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Giovanni Paolo II with 13 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Virtus Francavilla have conceded only 7 goals.
Viterbese form and stats
There's been little loot from Viterbese's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the Serie C: Girone C. Viterbese only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Viterbese's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Viterbese's last game was the home draw against Turris (1-1). As mentioned above, Viterbese drew the match against Turris. Manager Pesoli brought on Polidori to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
The fixture before was the Coppa Italia Serie C-duel against Vicenza, a home defeat (0-2). We have checked recent matches where Viterbese have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
The attacking power of Viterbese when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 9 league matches away. 12 goals have been conceded by Viterbese in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Viterbese have pulled off a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (2-3-0) when playing Virtus Francavilla.Top Goalscorers
  C. Patierno 8 goals |  A. Marotta 5 goals | A. Polidori 4 goals |
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| Virtus Francavilla | Viterbese | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 20 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 28 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 29 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 78% | 83% |
| 72% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 72% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 44% |
| 28% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 28% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 44% | 56% |
| 22% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 28% |
| 33% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 44% | 33% |
| 5.6 | 5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.4 | 6 |
| 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9.6 | 9.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 7.7 | 8.3 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.1 | 2.8 |
| 35% | 41% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | 34% |
| 11.5 | 11.1 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 11.3 | 12.5 |
| 4.3 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
- Virtus Francavilla have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Viterbese 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 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 42 | 48 |
| 2 | Crotone | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 42 |
| 3 | Pescara | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Juve Stabia | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 29 |
| 5 | SSC Giugliano | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 27 |
| 6 | Audace Cerignola | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| 7 | Picerno | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 24 |
| 8 | Latina | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 24 |
| 9 | Avellino | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 23 |
| 10 | Gelbison | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Foggia | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 23 |
| 12 | Taranto | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -10 | 23 |
| 13 | Monopoli | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 22 |
| 14 | Potenza Calcio | 18 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 15 | Nuova Monterosi | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 20 |
| 16 | Turris | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -8 | 20 |
| 17 | Virtus Francavilla | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -8 | 19 |
| 18 | Fidelis Andria | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -9 | 15 |
| 19 | Viterbese | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 13 |
| 20 | ACR Messina | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 19 | -18 | 11 |
