Sorrento vs Francavilla match preview: Even contest expected at Stadio Italia

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Competition: Italy Serie D: Girone H
Competition: Wed 16.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Italia (3600 seats)

Serie D: Girone H: A pair of teams who have done nicely up to now. Get ready for Sorrento - Francavilla with this thorough guide!

Insights:
  • Sorrento have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Francavilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Sorrento nor 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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Sorrento form and stats

The total Serie D: Girone H results playing at home this season for Sorrento are 6-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Sorrento has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadio Italia, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

A strong away win for Sorrento against Brindisi the last match.

Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against US Bitonto.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sorrento have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost zero.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sorrento as they are travelling to their away game against Nocerina in the Serie D: Girone H. That match is four days after this one.

The Sorrento fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 11 matches. From these home matches, Sorrento have conceded only 10 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Francavilla form and stats

6-0-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Francavilla in their Serie D: Girone H matches away.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus San Giorgio with 0-1 on the scoreboard.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Rotonda with the score of 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Francavilla in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Francavilla, one draw and three defeats.

After this away game Francavilla return home for a Serie D: Girone H game against Città di Fasano. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Francavilla find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Francavilla have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Francavilla - Sorrento 5-0 was the story when this pair of squads formerly played each other, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: one - four - two (Sorrento wins - draws - Francavilla wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Sorrento missing players

Francavilla missing players

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Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 3 11 22
9 6 2 Won W 0 6 13
7 3 0 Drew D 0 0 2
7 2 1 Lost L 3 5 7
25 16 6 Scored S 1 15 34
29 10 5 Conceded C 6 15 23
87% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 73%
35% 45% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 55% 50%
22% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 18%
9% 9% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 14%
35% 45% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 55% 55%
35% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 27%
43% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 18% 18%
 
3.9 2.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.2 5.2
3.6 3.5 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5 5
2.4 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.2 3.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.4 9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.8 9.8
3.4 5.5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.8 4.8
33% 45% 80% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 26% 26%
 
9 7.5 11 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 9.5 9.5
3.1 3 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.8 4.8
Key stats in Serie D: Girone H this season:
  • Francavilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Francavilla haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sorrento have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sorrento have won significantly less 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 Audace Cerignola 23 15 6 2 52 18 12 9 2 1 31 8 11 6 4 1 21 10 34 51
2 US Bitonto 23 15 4 4 40 22 12 8 4 0 23 8 11 7 0 4 17 14 18 49
3 Città di Fasano 23 13 4 6 45 29 11 6 3 2 24 13 12 7 1 4 21 16 16 43
4 Gravina 23 13 3 7 33 29 11 7 1 3 12 6 12 6 2 4 21 23 4 42
5 Francavilla 22 13 2 7 34 23 11 7 2 2 19 8 11 6 0 5 15 15 11 41
6 Sorrento 23 9 7 7 25 29 11 6 3 2 16 10 12 3 4 5 9 19 -4 34
7 Casertana 23 9 6 8 36 34 12 6 3 3 23 16 11 3 3 5 13 18 2 33
8 Molfetta Calcio 23 7 11 5 33 25 11 3 6 2 18 11 12 4 5 3 15 14 8 32
9 Nocerina 22 9 5 8 29 32 12 7 1 4 23 20 10 2 4 4 6 12 -3 32
10 Lavello 22 8 5 9 32 34 12 5 4 3 20 15 10 3 1 6 12 19 -2 29
11 Mariglianese 22 7 5 10 26 27 12 4 4 4 17 12 10 3 1 6 9 15 -1 26
12 San Giorgio 23 6 8 9 18 23 11 2 4 5 7 11 12 4 4 4 11 12 -5 26
13 Team Altamura 21 6 7 8 23 22 9 3 1 5 12 11 12 3 6 3 11 11 1 25
14 Rotonda 22 8 6 8 22 22 10 5 1 4 11 6 12 3 5 4 11 16 0 22
15 Nardò 20 6 4 10 23 31 11 5 1 5 19 17 9 1 3 5 4 14 -8 22
16 Nola 1925 21 6 4 11 23 35 10 5 1 4 11 10 11 1 3 7 12 25 -12 22
17 Bisceglie 22 3 12 7 18 27 11 1 6 4 12 16 11 2 6 3 6 11 -9 21
18 Casarano 21 5 6 10 19 29 10 3 3 4 9 12 11 2 3 6 10 17 -10 21
19 Virtus Matino 23 4 3 16 16 34 12 2 3 7 7 15 11 2 0 9 9 19 -18 15
20 Brindisi 22 3 6 13 15 37 11 2 4 5 7 16 11 1 2 8 8 21 -22 15

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.