Acireale vs Igea Virtus: Soccer betting preview

Competition: Italy Serie D: Girone I
Date: Sun 31.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Tupparello (12000 seats)

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 3rd and 18th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Acireale form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Acireale are 6-4-3 (wins-draw-losses).

The fans are hoping that Acireale will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Serie D: Girone I game against Locri 1909 (placed 13th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Marsala (0-1).

Acireale are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 18 goals in 13 matches. Acireale's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times.

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Igea Virtus form and stats

Igea Virtus has only collected 5 points from their away games after 1-2-9 (12 played).

Igea Virtus delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Roccella (placed 15th) in their previous match; a Serie D: Girone I game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Turris Neapolis wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Igea Virtus as they have only managed to score 7 times from 12 away games. In the opposite end, Igea Virtus have conceded 21 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Igea Virtus - Acireale 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Acireale 2 wins, 0 draws and Igea Virtus 1 victory.

Top Goalscorers

Acireale missing players

Igea Virtus missing players

Acireale Igea Virtus
Total Home Statistic Away Total
28 14 Played 14 28
100% 100% Over 0.5 71% 86%
86% 79% Over 1.5 57% 61%
54% 50% Over 2.5 29% 36%
32% 29% Over 3.5 14% 11%
11% 0% Over 4.5 0% 4%
68% 64% Both teams to score 21% 32%
18% 21% Clean Sheet 43% 25%
14% 14% Failed To Score 64% 57%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Bari 1908 24 18 4 2 54 13 12 10 2 0 29 4 12 8 2 2 25 9 41 58
2 Turris Neapolis 24 15 4 5 50 21 13 12 1 0 37 6 11 3 3 5 13 15 29 47
3 Acireale 24 11 6 7 39 31 13 6 4 3 18 14 11 5 2 4 21 17 8 39
4 Marsala 24 9 10 5 32 22 12 7 4 1 17 6 12 2 6 4 15 16 10 37
5 Cittanovese 24 11 4 9 38 38 12 6 4 2 19 16 12 5 0 7 19 22 0 37
6 Gela 24 10 6 8 38 35 12 3 5 4 16 15 12 7 1 4 22 20 3 36
7 Portici 24 9 9 6 31 30 12 4 6 2 17 12 12 5 3 4 14 18 1 36
8 Castrovillari 24 8 10 6 27 27 13 4 5 4 13 15 11 4 5 2 14 12 0 34
9 Palmese 24 7 11 6 22 20 12 3 6 3 11 10 12 4 5 3 11 10 2 32
10 Troina 24 7 11 6 26 26 11 7 3 1 14 6 13 0 8 5 12 20 0 32
11 Nocerina 24 7 11 6 21 24 11 3 6 2 9 8 13 4 5 4 12 16 -3 32
12 Citta di Messina 24 7 6 11 21 31 12 6 2 4 16 15 12 1 4 7 5 16 -10 27
13 Locri 1909 24 7 5 12 28 40 13 4 3 6 18 21 11 3 2 6 10 19 -12 26
14 Messina 24 6 7 11 27 36 12 5 3 4 20 18 12 1 4 7 7 18 -9 25
15 Roccella 24 5 10 9 25 35 11 5 3 3 17 12 13 0 7 6 8 23 -10 25
16 Sancataldese 24 6 6 12 30 39 12 6 2 4 20 15 12 0 4 8 10 24 -9 24
17 Rotonda 24 4 5 15 16 34 11 2 2 7 12 20 13 2 3 8 4 14 -18 17
18 Igea Virtus 24 3 7 14 14 37 12 2 5 5 7 16 12 1 2 9 7 21 -23 16

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