Match preview Serie D: Girone H: Gravina - US Bitonto

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Competition: Italy Serie D: Girone H
Competition: Sun 09.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)

Gravina will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 22 points behind US Bitonto.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting US Bitonto have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 1-0-1 (win-draw-loss) from two matches.

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Gravina form and stats

The story so far in the Serie D: Girone H for Gravina at their home stadium is 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Gravina drew their last game, 1-1 away at Team Altamura (placed 10th). Ahead of that match, Gravina won a home game hosting Foggia (2-0).

Gravina can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 20 times. On the other hand, Gravina have conceded 14 goals.

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US Bitonto form and stats

Playing away, US Bitonto, who have the most scored goals (43) in Serie D: Girone H, have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 1 defeat in the Serie D: Girone H this season. Things are running smoothly for US Bitonto who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 18 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Agropoli. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Citta di Fasano game have they lost an away game, meaning US Bitonto has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

284 minutes! That's how long the US Bitonto goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

US Bitonto go into this game after a win, the home game against Nocerina that ended 4-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Agropoli at their stadium, the result 3-0.

As mentioned above, US Bitonto was the only team on the pitch versus Nocerina in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

US Bitonto has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 10 games. US Bitonto are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result US Bitonto - Gravina 1-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - zero - two (Gravina wins - draws - US Bitonto wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Gravina missing players

US Bitonto missing players

Gravina US Bitonto
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 10 2 Played P 4 10 22
7 6 2 Won W 1 5 15
7 1 0 Drew D 2 4 5
8 3 0 Lost L 1 1 2
31 20 3 Scored S 6 18 43
27 14 0 Conceded C 4 6 8
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 91%
64% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 73%
45% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 41%
36% 60% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 23%
23% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
45% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 23%
36% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 25% 50% 68%
27% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 20% 18%
 
6 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.5 6.4
2.8 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 2.5 2.6
2.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.5 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
60 9 0 Total Shots T S 17 17 100
19 7 0 Shots on Target S O 5 5 41
37% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 40% 41%
Key stats in Serie D: Girone H this season:
  • Gravina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gravina have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Gravina have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Gravina haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • US Bitonto has the fewest conceded goals (8)
  • US Bitonto has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
  • US Bitonto has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5)
  • US Bitonto has the most clean sheets (14)
  • US Bitonto has the most scored goals (43)
  • US Bitonto has the most scored goals in the first half (20)
  • US Bitonto has the the best goal difference (+12) away
  • US Bitonto has the the best goal difference (+35)
  • US Bitonto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • US Bitonto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • US Bitonto have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • US Bitonto have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • US Bitonto is in the best form (5-1-0)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 US Bitonto 22 15 5 2 43 8 12 10 1 1 25 2 10 5 4 1 18 6 35 50
2 Foggia 22 13 6 3 29 15 12 8 3 1 21 10 10 5 3 2 8 5 14 45
3 Sorrento 22 12 7 3 25 14 12 7 4 1 16 9 10 5 3 2 9 5 11 43
4 Taranto 22 12 3 7 34 17 11 5 2 4 18 9 11 7 1 3 16 8 17 39
5 Audace Cerignola 22 11 5 6 36 24 11 8 2 1 25 13 11 3 3 5 11 11 12 38
6 Casarano 22 9 8 5 31 20 11 7 2 2 22 11 11 2 6 3 9 9 11 35
7 Citta di Fasano 22 9 5 8 33 28 10 7 0 3 16 8 12 2 5 5 17 20 5 32
8 Gravina 22 7 7 8 31 27 10 6 1 3 20 14 12 1 6 5 11 13 4 28
9 Brindisi 22 7 7 8 22 33 11 4 3 4 9 13 11 3 4 4 13 20 -11 28
10 Team Altamura 22 7 6 9 28 27 11 6 4 1 19 8 11 1 2 8 9 19 1 27
11 Gelbison 22 5 10 7 14 17 11 1 9 1 6 4 11 4 1 6 8 13 -3 25
12 Gladiator 22 6 7 9 22 27 11 3 3 5 10 15 11 3 4 4 12 12 -5 25
13 Nardo 22 6 7 9 22 29 12 3 5 4 11 12 10 3 2 5 11 17 -7 25
14 Grumentum 22 6 5 11 21 33 12 4 4 4 14 16 10 2 1 7 7 17 -12 23
15 Fidelis Andria 22 6 4 12 27 38 11 4 2 5 9 11 11 2 2 7 18 27 -11 22
16 Nocerina 22 5 7 10 25 40 10 2 4 4 12 18 12 3 3 6 13 22 -15 22
17 Francavilla 22 4 6 12 20 32 10 2 3 5 11 15 12 2 3 7 9 17 -12 18
18 Agropoli 22 3 5 14 12 46 10 2 3 5 8 15 12 1 2 9 4 31 -34 14

Read more about Serie D: Girone H

Serie D is the fourth level of football in Italy and the highest non-professional level. It is divided into nine regional divisions, often referred to as Girone (or group) A to I. The first-placed team from each division is promoted to Serie C each year. Each division usually holds 18 teams.