Soccer betting preview: Foggia welcomes Virtus Entella in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Italy Serie C Play-offs
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria (25000 seats)

Finally! The Serie C Play-offs opening game for these squads, whom are finally playing for points again. Will Foggia or Virtus Entella get that highly important first three points?

7-13-22 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Virtus Entella when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 42 matches are 41-61 (scored/conceded).

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 Foggia and Virtus Entella.

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Foggia form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Foggia as they were promoted from Serie C: Girone C last season. Happy days that were secured through 13 wins, 15 draws and 8 losses from 36 games. The team scored 40 goals at home last season and conceded 26. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

This is expected to be a close game, with Foggia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Foggia as a small favourite), we find seven games. Foggia has won two of these, drawn four and lost one.

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Virtus Entella form and stats

A job perfectly done for Entella last season as they secured promotion from Serie C: Girone B. With a grand total of 19 wins, 8 draws and 11 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 5 were in away matches.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Virtus Entella playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were one Virtus Entella win, one draw and five defeats.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Foggia one win, one draw and Virtus Entella zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FoggiaJ. Ferrante
J. Ferrante
13 goals
FoggiaA. Curcio
A. Curcio
12 goals
Virtus EntellaS. Merkaj
S. Merkaj
11 goals

Foggia missing players

Virtus Entella missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Foggia Virtus Entella
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 0 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 2 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
67% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
67% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 50%
33% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
3.7 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 3
4.7 5.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 5.5
3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4.7 1 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 7.5
2.3 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0.5
57% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
 
3.7 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 4.5
1 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0.5
Foggia Last season Virtus Entella
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   19 38
13 10   Won W   5 19
15 5   Drew D   5 8
8 3   Lost L   9 11
62 40   Scored S   22 62
51 26   Conceded C   26 40
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 92%
89% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   68% 74%
50% 56%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 50%
39% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 32%
19% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 11%
72% 72%   BTTS BTTS   58% 50%
19% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 32%
11% 6%   Failed to Score F T   37% 26%
 
5 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4 5
4.7 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.1
2.4 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.2
3 1   Red cards R C   2 5
 
11.5 11.7   Shots (avg) S (   9.5 10.7
4.6 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.6
38% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 35%
 
9 8.6   Shots against (avg) S A   8.8 8.9
3.9 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.6

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bari 1908 36 22 9 5 52 26 18 12 3 3 31 15 18 10 6 2 21 11 26 75
2 Catanzaro 36 19 10 7 57 26 18 11 4 3 32 12 18 8 6 4 25 14 31 67
3 Palermo 36 18 12 6 64 33 18 13 5 0 42 9 18 5 7 6 22 24 31 66
4 Avellino 36 17 13 6 45 26 18 9 8 1 28 14 18 8 5 5 17 12 19 64
5 Monopoli 36 17 8 11 38 31 18 11 4 3 23 10 18 6 4 8 15 21 7 59
6 Virtus Francavilla 36 16 8 12 48 38 18 12 4 2 38 18 18 4 4 10 10 20 10 56
7 Foggia 36 13 15 8 62 51 18 10 5 3 40 26 18 3 10 5 22 25 11 52
8 Turris Neapolis 36 16 4 16 52 49 18 10 0 8 30 20 18 6 4 8 22 29 3 52
9 Nuova Monterosi 36 13 12 11 40 38 18 8 5 5 22 16 18 5 7 6 18 22 2 51
10 Picerno 36 14 8 14 41 45 18 9 3 6 24 16 18 5 5 8 17 29 -4 50
11 Juve Stabia 36 13 12 11 44 36 18 10 6 2 31 11 18 3 6 9 13 25 8 49
12 Latina 36 12 9 15 37 42 18 8 6 4 22 15 18 4 3 11 15 27 -5 45
13 Campobasso 36 11 11 14 51 62 18 5 7 6 25 25 18 6 4 8 26 37 -11 44
14 Taranto 36 8 15 13 31 40 18 6 10 2 16 8 18 2 5 11 15 32 -9 39
15 Messina 36 10 9 17 40 57 18 7 4 7 20 20 18 3 5 10 20 37 -17 39
16 Potenza Calcio 36 8 13 15 37 51 18 5 9 4 22 19 18 3 4 11 15 32 -14 37
17 Fidelis Andria 36 6 12 18 26 45 18 3 7 8 13 21 18 3 5 10 13 24 -19 30
18 Paganese 36 6 8 22 36 69 18 6 3 9 24 31 18 0 5 13 12 38 -33 26
19 Vibonese 36 3 12 21 24 60 18 3 7 8 13 23 18 0 5 13 11 37 -36 21
20 Catania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Modena 38 27 7 4 69 25 19 14 3 2 38 13 19 13 4 2 31 12 44 88
2 Reggiana 38 25 11 2 72 26 19 15 4 0 42 10 19 10 7 2 30 16 46 86
3 Cesena 38 18 13 7 53 31 19 11 7 1 34 11 19 7 6 6 19 20 22 67
4 Virtus Entella 38 19 8 11 62 40 19 14 3 2 40 14 19 5 5 9 22 26 22 65
5 Pescara 38 17 14 7 56 41 19 9 8 2 30 20 19 8 6 5 26 21 15 65
6 Ancona 1905 38 16 9 13 61 50 19 10 3 6 30 26 19 6 6 7 31 24 11 57
7 Gubbio 38 12 16 10 53 44 19 9 8 2 34 17 19 3 8 8 19 27 9 52
8 Lucchese 38 12 14 12 39 39 19 8 8 3 27 19 19 4 6 9 12 20 0 50
9 Olbia 38 11 13 14 44 47 19 7 5 7 22 21 19 4 8 7 22 26 -3 46
10 Montevarchi Calcio 38 12 9 17 41 55 19 9 6 4 31 20 19 3 3 13 10 35 -14 45
11 Carrarese 38 10 15 13 39 55 19 9 7 3 30 18 19 1 8 10 9 37 -16 45
12 Vis Pesaro 38 11 12 15 35 56 19 8 4 7 17 25 19 3 8 8 18 31 -21 45
13 Robur Siena 38 10 14 14 40 41 19 7 7 5 24 18 19 3 7 9 16 23 -1 44
14 Pontedera 38 11 10 17 38 56 19 7 5 7 25 26 19 4 5 10 13 30 -18 43
15 Teramo 38 10 12 16 36 57 19 5 6 8 16 27 19 5 6 8 20 30 -21 42
16 Viterbese Castrense 38 8 15 15 44 51 19 2 8 9 18 29 19 6 7 6 26 22 -7 39
17 Pistoiese 38 8 12 18 40 59 19 6 5 8 20 22 19 2 7 10 20 37 -19 36
18 Imolese 38 8 13 17 42 56 19 5 7 7 22 21 19 3 6 10 20 35 -14 35
19 Fermana 38 7 14 17 31 49 19 5 9 5 20 21 19 2 5 12 11 28 -18 35
20 Grosseto 38 5 15 18 30 47 19 3 10 6 14 13 19 2 5 12 16 34 -17 30

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