Monopoli manager Colombo looking for three points in Virtus Francavilla showdown

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Competition: Italy Serie C Play-offs
Competition: Wed 04.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Vito Simone Veneziani (8000 seats)

It's the premier match of the new campaign for Monopoli and Virtus Francavilla. The canvas is empty, the potential unlimited.

It's no vacation for neither Monopoli nor Virtus Francavilla as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Monopoli form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Monopoli as they were promoted from Serie C: Girone C last season. Happy days that were secured through 17 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses from 36 games. The team scored 23 goals at home last season and conceded 10. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Monopoli have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won six times, drawn two and lost six.

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Virtus Francavilla form and stats

A job perfectly done for Virtus Francavilla last season as they secured promotion from Serie C: Girone C. With a grand total of 16 wins, 8 draws and 12 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 4 were in away matches.

We have checked recent matches where Virtus Francavilla have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were two victories, two draws and eight defeats.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Monopoli wins - draws - Virtus Francavilla wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Virtus FrancavillaP. Maiorino
P. Maiorino
10 goals
MonopoliE. Starita
E. Starita
8 goals
MonopoliF. Grandolfo
F. Grandolfo
8 goals

Monopoli missing players

Virtus Francavilla missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Monopoli Virtus Francavilla
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 1 0 Scored S 0 0 2
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 3
2 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 9
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 7
2 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
50% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 100%
 
6 6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 14
1 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Monopoli Last season Virtus Francavilla
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   18 36
17 11   Won W   4 16
8 4   Drew D   4 8
11 3   Lost L   10 12
38 23   Scored S   10 48
31 10   Conceded C   20 38
83% 78%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 89%
58% 61%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   33% 50%
42% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 50%
8% 6%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 25%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 11%
39% 33%   BTTS BTTS   28% 42%
42% 56%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 36%
36% 33%   Failed to Score F T   56% 33%
 
3.4 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.2 3.4
4.2 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 4.1
2.2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.6 3.2
2 1   Red cards R C   6 6
 
6.5 6.7   Shots (avg) S (   7 7.3
2.8 3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.1 3
38% 43%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 45%
 
7.5 5.9   Shots against (avg) S A   9 9.4
2.8 1.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.8 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 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

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