It's the second chance for points this season as Taranto and US Bitonto battle it out at Stadio Comunale Erasmo Iacovone.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Taranto form and stats
Stress levels are on the rise for Taranto's attacking players as they have now played 470 minutes without scoring in a league game. K. Matute was their last goal scorer. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 321 minutes.
Last season, Taranto's league statistics were 12 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the Serie D: Girone H. Over these 26 matches they scored 32 goals and conceded 21. Playing at home last season Taranto managed 5-2-6 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 11 conceded.
US Bitonto form and stats
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Brindisi.
Let's have a look at how US Bitonto performed last season in the Serie D: Girone H: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 10 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 1 with 19/6 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - two - one (Taranto wins - draws - US Bitonto wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Taranto missing players
US Bitonto missing players
| Taranto | US Bitonto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 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% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Taranto | Last season | US Bitonto | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 26 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 32 | 16 | Scored | S | 19 | 45 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 6 | 10 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 54% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 65% | ||
| 35% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 35% | ||
| 19% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 19% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 12% | 8% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 23% | ||
| 50% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 65% | ||
| 50% | 62% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 23% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 140 | 108 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 117 | ||
| 49 | 37 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 45 | ||
| 16% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Casarano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Brindisi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Francavilla | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Puteolana Internapoli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sorrento | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Fidelis Andria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Audace Cerignola | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Team Altamura | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Picerno | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Taranto | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Gravina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Portici | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Città di Fasano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Nardò | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | US Bitonto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Aversa Normanna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | US Bitonto | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 35 | 55 |
| 2 | Foggia | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 54 |
| 3 | Sorrento | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 50 |
| 4 | Audace Cerignola | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 49 |
| 5 | Casarano | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 42 |
| 6 | Taranto | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 40 |
| 7 | Gravina | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 34 |
| 8 | Città di Fasano | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 34 |
| 9 | Gelbison | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | -2 | 34 |
| 10 | Gladiator | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | -2 | 33 |
| 11 | Team Altamura | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 32 |
| 12 | Brindisi | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 22 | -12 | 31 |
| 13 | Fidelis Andria | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 30 | -10 | 29 |
| 14 | Nardò | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -10 | 27 |
| 15 | Grumentum | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -12 | 27 |
| 16 | Nocerina | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -15 | 27 |
| 17 | Francavilla | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -11 | 25 |
| 18 | Agropoli | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 53 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 33 | -39 | 14 |