This duo has had problems getting enough points so far, but a win in this key game would definitely help. Let's hear it for Viterbese - Taranto!
- Viterbese have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Taranto have the fewest scored goals (20) in Serie C: Girone C
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 Viterbese and Taranto.
Viterbese form and stats
Viterbese have played 15 Serie C: Girone C games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-6 (wins-draws-losses).
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 207 minutes without scoring a league goal. Polidori was the last player to find the net.
Viterbese faced defeat in their previous match, away at Potenza Calcio (0-2).
Heartbreak before that as Viterbese lost 0-2 at Foggia's place.This is expected to be a close game, with Viterbese perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Viterbese as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Viterbese has won 6 of these, drawn 7 and lost 2.
It should be added that a peek at the 10 latest league games reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Viterbese as they are travelling to their away game against Crotone in the Serie C: Girone C. That match is four days after this one.
Viterbese has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Taranto form and stats
Taranto have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Serie C: Girone C, after 2-4-10 (16 played).
Taranto have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 453 minutes ago. Boccadamo was the goal scorer.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Picerno with 0-1 on the scoreboard.
Before that, Taranto travelled to SSC Giugliano and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Taranto in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Taranto, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
Fancy a bet on few goals? 11 league games in a row with this side have had two goals or less.
After this away game Taranto return home for a Serie C: Girone C game against Virtus Francavilla. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Taranto are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {7 goals} from 16 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Taranto have conceded 24 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches. When Taranto is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Turris, Gelbison, ACR Messina, Nuova Monterosi, Taranto and Fidelis Andria.
Head 2 Head
Taranto - Viterbese 2-1 was the scoreline in these teams' previous head-to-head game, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Marotta 9 goals | A. Polidori 6 goals |  C. Tommasini 4 goals |
Viterbese missing players
Taranto missing players
| Viterbese | Taranto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 31 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 10 | 13 |
| 28 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 44 | 23 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 24 | 33 |
| 90% | 93% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 75% | 74% |
| 71% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 56% | 48% |
| 35% | 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 44% | 35% |
| 19% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 10% |
| 10% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 3% |
| 48% | 60% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 23% |
| 26% | 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 31% | 45% |
| 35% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 69% | 58% |
| 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 5.4 | 4.9 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 3.2 | 3.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.1 | 9.3 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 5.8 | 6.7 |
| 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 1.9 | 2.6 |
| 31% | 33% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 23% | 25% |
| 11.8 | 12.4 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 9 | 8.7 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
- Taranto have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Taranto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Taranto have the fewest scored goals (20) in Serie C: Girone C
- Taranto have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Serie C: Girone C
- Taranto have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Serie C: Girone C
- Viterbese have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Viterbese have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Taranto have scored away.
- Viterbese have won significantly more corners at 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 | 31 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 83 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 70 | 80 |
| 2 | Crotone | 31 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 46 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 21 | 66 |
| 3 | Pescara | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 52 |
| 4 | Foggia | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 47 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 49 |
| 5 | Audace Cerignola | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 48 |
| 6 | Picerno | 31 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 47 |
| 7 | Monopoli | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 37 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 45 |
| 8 | Juve Stabia | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 41 |
| 9 | Potenza Calcio | 31 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 37 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 27 | -9 | 40 |
| 10 | Avellino | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 26 | -2 | 39 |
| 11 | Virtus Francavilla | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 41 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 28 | -3 | 39 |
| 12 | Latina | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -9 | 38 |
| 13 | SSC Giugliano | 31 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | -3 | 37 |
| 14 | Taranto | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 24 | -13 | 36 |
| 15 | Gelbison | 31 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 35 |
| 16 | Nuova Monterosi | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 40 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 32 |
| 17 | Turris | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -14 | 31 |
| 18 | ACR Messina | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 25 | -14 | 30 |
| 19 | Viterbese | 31 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 21 | -16 | 25 |
| 20 | Fidelis Andria | 31 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 42 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 27 | -21 | 24 |
