Serie D: Girone H match preview: US Bitonto versus Francavilla

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Competition: Italy Serie D: Girone H
Date: Sun 05.January
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 1st and 17th place in the table will show on the pitch.

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!

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US Bitonto form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here as US Bitonto, who have the most scored goals (30) in Serie D: Girone H, have scored 17 goals to get 22 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Serie D: Girone H are 7-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). US Bitonto haven’t lost a game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Agropoli, 105 days ago. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here.

US Bitonto's previous game was a Serie D: Girone H match also played at home, ending 4-1 versus Team Altamura (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. 1-1 away at Gelbison before that.

A decent goal production from US Bitonto in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league matches. Defensively US Bitonto have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Francavilla form and stats

There's been little loot from Francavilla's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Serie D: Girone H. Francavilla only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.

Two away games in a row for Francavilla, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Nardò in the Serie D: Girone H. A loss against Foggia was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Francavilla have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Francavilla have conceded 14 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Francavilla - US Bitonto 1-3 earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 2 US Bitonto victories, 1 draw and 0 Francavilla wins. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 2 matches with two goals or less.

US Bitonto missing players

Francavilla missing players

US Bitonto Francavilla
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 2 9 17
11 7 2 Won W 0 2 4
4 1 0 Drew D 1 2 3
2 1 1 Lost L 1 5 10
30 17 6 Scored S 1 9 18
6 2 1 Conceded C 4 14 27
88% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
65% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 71%
35% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 59%
18% 22% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 29%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
24% 11% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 47%
65% 78% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 18%
24% 22% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 22% 35%
 
7 7.7 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 0 4
2 2 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 0 5
3.5 3.7 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0 5
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
49 44 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 13
19 17 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 4
37% 41% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
Key stats in Serie D: Girone H this season:
  • Francavilla has the most conceded goals in the first half (15)
  • Francavilla have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Francavilla have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Francavilla haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • US Bitonto has the fewest conceded goals (6)
  • US Bitonto has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
  • US Bitonto has the most clean sheets (7) at home
  • US Bitonto has the most points (22) at home
  • US Bitonto has the most scored goals (30)
  • US Bitonto has the most scored goals in the first half (14)
  • US Bitonto has the the best goal difference (+15) at home
  • US Bitonto has the the best goal difference (+24)
  • 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.

  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 17 11 4 2 30 6 9 7 1 1 17 2 8 4 3 1 13 4 24 37
2 Foggia 17 11 4 2 23 10 9 6 2 1 15 7 8 5 2 1 8 3 13 37
3 Sorrento 17 9 6 2 19 9 9 5 4 0 12 5 8 4 2 2 7 4 10 33
4 Città di Fasano 17 9 3 5 27 18 8 7 0 1 13 3 9 2 3 4 14 15 9 30
5 Casarano 17 8 5 4 24 14 9 6 2 1 17 7 8 2 3 3 7 7 10 29
6 Taranto 17 9 1 7 26 16 9 4 1 4 15 9 8 5 0 3 11 7 10 28
7 Audace Cerignola 17 8 4 5 23 17 9 6 2 1 15 9 8 2 2 4 8 8 6 28
8 Brindisi 17 7 4 6 19 25 9 4 2 3 8 10 8 3 2 3 11 15 -6 25
9 Gravina 17 6 5 6 25 21 8 5 1 2 16 11 9 1 4 4 9 10 4 23
10 Team Altamura 17 6 2 9 20 23 8 5 2 1 14 7 9 1 0 8 6 16 -3 20
11 Gelbison 17 4 7 6 10 13 8 1 6 1 4 2 9 3 1 5 6 11 -3 19
12 Gladiator 17 5 4 8 17 23 8 3 1 4 7 11 9 2 3 4 10 12 -6 19
13 Nocerina 17 5 4 8 22 31 8 2 2 4 11 17 9 3 2 4 11 14 -9 19
14 Nardò 17 5 3 9 16 24 9 3 2 4 9 10 8 2 1 5 7 14 -8 18
15 Grumentum 17 5 2 10 15 25 9 4 1 4 11 13 8 1 1 6 4 12 -10 17
16 Fidelis Andria 17 4 4 9 19 25 8 2 2 4 6 8 9 2 2 5 13 17 -6 16
17 Francavilla 17 4 3 10 18 27 8 2 1 5 9 13 9 2 2 5 9 14 -9 15
18 Agropoli 17 3 3 11 10 36 8 2 2 4 8 12 9 1 1 7 2 24 -26 12

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.