Viterbese duels with Nuova Monterosi in Serie C: Girone C fray

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Sat 08.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Enrico Rocchi (5460 seats)

Important battle in the lower section of the Serie C: Girone C, with both Viterbese and Nuova Monterosi experiencing more distress than pleasure. This game is a real "six-pointer" with the hosts at 19th and the visiting team in 18th position.

Insights:
  • Viterbese have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nuova Monterosi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Viterbese's stadium, Stadio Enrico Rocchi, has a grass surface. Nuova Monterosi have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Nuova Monterosi when playing on grass; 12 wins, 9 draws and 16 losses from 37 matches. They have scored {43 goals} in these games and conceded 52.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Viterbese form and stats

The story so far in the Serie C: Girone C for Viterbese at their home stadium (Stadio Enrico Rocchi) is 4 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats.

Viterbese's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Nuova Monterosi (placed 18th).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Gelbison and winning 1-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Viterbese have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 8 and lost 3.

It should be noted that a glance at the 14 most recent league games shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

The Viterbese fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 17 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Viterbese have conceded 24 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home 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 17 points from 17 away games in the Serie C: Girone C. Nuova Monterosi only have 5 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 2 draws. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Nuova Monterosi are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

It's the second away game in a row for Monterosi, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Viterbese (placed 19th) last time out.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Picerno.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Nuova Monterosi in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Nuova Monterosi, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

Lacking goals? 9 of this club's last 12 league rounds have contained two or less goals.

Nuova Monterosi have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 18 goals have been scored. Monterosi have conceded 27 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These two sides faced each other before this campaign: Nuova Monterosi - Viterbese 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

Nuova MonterosiR. Costantino
R. Costantino
11 goals
ViterbeseA. Marotta
A. Marotta
10 goals
ViterbeseA. Polidori
A. Polidori
6 goals

Viterbese missing players

Nuova Monterosi missing players

Viterbese Nuova Monterosi
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 18 36
7 4 1 Won W 2 6 9
11 7 3 Drew D 0 2 13
18 7 1 Lost L 3 10 14
32 19 6 Scored S 5 19 37
49 25 7 Conceded C 6 27 45
89% 89% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
67% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 67% 61%
33% 39% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 50% 42%
19% 28% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 28% 22%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 11% 8%
47% 56% 80% BTTS BTTS 20% 33% 42%
28% 28% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 22% 28%
36% 28% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 44%
 
4.2 4.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 3.6 4
5.5 4.9 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.6 4.6
3.2 3.7 3.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.8 2.8
7 3 1 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
7.9 8.6 11.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 8.9 8.8
2.8 3.3 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.9 3.7
32% 32% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 27% 28%
 
11.7 11.8 10.4 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 10.6 9.2
4.2 4.3 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.5 3.8
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • Nuova Monterosi have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nuova Monterosi haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Viterbese 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 35 28 6 1 94 15 18 17 1 0 60 7 17 11 5 1 34 8 79 90
2 Crotone 36 21 11 4 52 30 18 12 5 1 22 7 18 9 6 3 30 23 22 74
3 Pescara 36 17 8 11 53 41 18 9 4 5 29 21 18 8 4 6 24 20 12 59
4 Foggia 36 17 7 12 55 42 18 10 3 5 28 18 18 7 4 7 27 24 13 58
5 Picerno 36 14 14 8 39 31 18 9 6 3 22 12 18 5 8 5 17 19 8 56
6 Audace Cerignola 36 15 11 10 44 38 18 11 4 3 31 15 18 4 7 7 13 23 6 56
7 Monopoli 36 15 6 15 43 45 18 10 0 8 26 21 18 5 6 7 17 24 -2 51
8 Latina 36 11 13 12 36 43 18 7 6 5 15 17 18 4 7 7 21 26 -7 46
9 Virtus Francavilla 35 13 6 16 44 47 17 12 3 2 33 14 18 1 3 14 11 33 -3 45
10 Potenza Calcio 36 9 18 9 44 52 18 7 7 4 31 24 18 2 11 5 13 28 -8 45
11 Juve Stabia 36 12 9 15 35 46 18 7 5 6 20 20 18 5 4 9 15 26 -11 45
12 Taranto 36 11 11 14 26 36 18 9 6 3 19 11 18 2 5 11 7 25 -10 44
13 Avellino 36 11 10 15 42 46 18 7 6 5 19 14 18 4 4 10 23 32 -4 43
14 SSC Giugliano 36 10 13 13 47 56 18 6 7 5 29 29 18 4 6 8 18 27 -9 43
15 Turris Neapolis 36 10 10 16 38 51 18 5 6 7 22 27 18 5 4 9 16 24 -13 40
16 Messina 36 10 7 19 31 47 18 6 4 8 19 19 18 4 3 11 12 28 -16 37
17 Gelbison 36 7 15 14 24 36 18 4 7 7 15 19 18 3 8 7 9 17 -12 36
18 Nuova Monterosi 35 8 13 14 36 45 18 3 11 4 18 18 17 5 2 10 18 27 -9 35
19 Viterbese 35 7 11 17 32 48 17 4 7 6 19 24 18 3 4 11 13 24 -16 30
20 Fidelis Andria 36 5 15 16 27 47 18 4 9 5 13 15 18 1 6 11 14 32 -20 30

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.