Viterbese vs SSC Giugliano match preview: Even contest expected at Stadio Enrico Rocchi

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone C
Competition: Fri 23.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Enrico Rocchi (5460 seats)

Struggling Viterbese cross their fingers to pull off a small shock when they welcome top side SSC Giugliano in the upcoming league round. It’s 19th vs 5th and the home fans will have not-so-high confidence.

Insights:
  • Viterbese have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • SSC Giugliano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Viterbese form and stats

Viterbese's results here at Stadio Enrico Rocchi in the Serie C: Girone C have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Viterbese have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Viterbese faced defeat in their previous match, away at Virtus Francavilla (1-2).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Turris that ended 1-1.

The Viterbese fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.

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SSC Giugliano form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for SSC Giugliano so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

Giugliano failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Crotone (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 2-3.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Potenza Calcio that ended 1-1.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting SSC Giugliano as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. 12 goals have been conceded by SSC Giugliano in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams meet this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: SSC Giugliano - Viterbese 2-0. Last two meetings between these teams: Viterbese won one, SSC Giugliano triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 3 red cards from the last two duels.

Top Goalscorers

ViterbeseA. Marotta
A. Marotta
5 goals
SSC GiuglianoF. Salvemini
F. Salvemini
5 goals
ViterbeseA. Polidori
A. Polidori
4 goals

Viterbese missing players

SSC Giugliano missing players

Viterbese SSC Giugliano
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 4 9 19
2 1 0 Won W 0 2 7
7 4 0 Drew D 2 3 6
10 4 2 Lost L 2 4 6
18 11 1 Scored S 3 7 26
31 17 4 Conceded C 6 12 24
84% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
74% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 56% 74%
47% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 42%
26% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 22% 32%
16% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 16%
58% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 53%
26% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 21%
32% 22% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 26%
 
4.7 5.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.1 3.6
5.8 5.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 4.7 4.8
3.2 3.6 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.3 2.7
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.3 8.9 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 6.7 9.5
2.8 3.4 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 2.9 4.1
33% 35% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 27% 34%
 
12.2 13.7 10 Shots against (avg) S A 8.2 8.4 9.4
4.9 5.6 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.9 4.1
Key stats in Serie C: Girone C this season:
  • SSC Giugliano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 19 16 3 0 55 8 10 10 0 0 35 4 9 6 3 0 20 4 47 51
2 Crotone 19 14 3 2 33 15 9 8 1 0 14 2 10 6 2 2 19 13 18 45
3 Pescara 19 12 2 5 31 20 10 5 1 4 11 10 9 7 1 1 20 10 11 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 19 7 6 6 26 24 10 5 3 2 19 12 9 2 3 4 7 12 2 27
6 Picerno 19 7 6 6 19 19 9 5 2 2 13 8 10 2 4 4 6 11 0 27
7 Latina 19 7 6 6 21 23 9 4 3 2 7 6 10 3 3 4 14 17 -2 27
8 Foggia 19 7 5 7 21 26 9 4 2 3 10 12 10 3 3 4 11 14 -5 26
9 Taranto 19 8 2 9 19 28 9 6 1 2 12 8 10 2 1 7 7 20 -9 26
10 Monopoli 19 7 4 8 24 22 10 5 0 5 13 11 9 2 4 3 11 11 2 25
11 Avellino 19 6 6 7 21 19 9 4 4 1 12 5 10 2 2 6 9 14 2 24
12 Audace Cerignola 18 6 6 6 19 19 9 4 3 2 11 6 9 2 3 4 8 13 0 24
13 Gelbison 19 5 8 6 14 18 10 3 4 3 9 10 9 2 4 3 5 8 -4 23
14 Virtus Francavilla 19 6 4 9 22 29 9 6 2 1 15 8 10 0 2 8 7 21 -7 22
15 Nuova Monterosi 19 5 6 8 24 25 10 3 4 3 15 14 9 2 2 5 9 11 -1 21
16 Potenza Calcio 19 3 12 4 23 29 9 2 6 1 13 11 10 1 6 3 10 18 -6 21
17 Turris 19 5 5 9 25 34 10 1 4 5 12 21 9 4 1 4 13 13 -9 20
18 Fidelis Andria 19 3 6 10 15 27 10 3 3 4 9 12 9 0 3 6 6 15 -12 15
19 Viterbese 19 2 7 10 18 31 9 1 4 4 11 17 10 1 3 6 7 14 -13 13
20 ACR Messina 19 3 2 14 14 33 10 3 2 5 13 14 9 0 0 9 1 19 -19 11

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.