The league table in Serie D: Girone I tells a story about these teams so far, with Acireale leading Castrovillari by 14 points. Match preview to follow:
- Acireale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Castrovillari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Acireale form and stats
Acireale are steadily winning Serie D: Girone I games and points here at Stadio Tupparello. 10 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 13 games.
Acireale are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 190 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by F. De Felice).
Heartbreak for Acireale in their last match as Licata's M. Civilleri scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Acireale have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Tupparello with 24 goals in 13 league matches. Acireale have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 6 goals.
Castrovillari form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Castrovillari so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-6 (win-draw-lose). Castrovillari has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-1 against Marina di Ragusa in their previous game.
Castrovillari find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. Castrovillari have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Castrovillari - Acireale 1-2. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - one - one (Acireale wins - draws - Castrovillari wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Acireale missing players
Castrovillari missing players
| Acireale | Castrovillari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 14 | 10 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 41 | 24 | 13 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 28 |
| 25 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 29 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 93% |
| 62% | 62% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 62% | 63% |
| 54% | 46% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 33% |
| 27% | 15% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 15% |
| 15% | 8% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 46% | 31% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 62% | 59% |
| 31% | 54% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 19% |
| 31% | 23% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 31% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.9 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| 2.8 | 1.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| 64% | 140% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 100% | 63% |
- Acireale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Castrovillari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | ACR Messina | 27 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 50 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 29 | 59 |
| 2 | FC Messina | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 24 | 55 |
| 3 | Gelbison | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 53 |
| 4 | Acireale | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 41 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 44 |
| 5 | San Luca | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 44 |
| 6 | Dattilo | 27 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 42 | 42 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 0 | 39 |
| 7 | Biancavilla | 27 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 16 | -1 | 38 |
| 8 | Rotonda | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 38 |
| 9 | Licata | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 35 |
| 10 | Santa Maria Cilento | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 34 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 33 |
| 11 | Paternò | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 31 |
| 12 | Troina | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -11 | 31 |
| 13 | Castrovillari | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | -1 | 30 |
| 14 | Cittanovese | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 18 | -7 | 30 |
| 15 | Citta Di Sant'Agata | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -14 | 28 |
| 16 | Rende | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 25 | -14 | 27 |
| 17 | Marina di Ragusa | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 50 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 27 | -19 | 23 |
| 18 | Roccella | 27 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 49 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 26 | -32 | 15 |