Serie D: Girone I match preview: ACR Messina versus Licata

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Competition: Italy Serie D: Girone I
Competition: Wed 03.February
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Franco Scoglio (37895 seats)

ACR Messina perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Licata can look both up and down from their 7th position.

Insights:
  • ACR Messina has the most scored goals (24) in Serie D: Girone I
  • ACR Messina have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Licata have scored away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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ACR Messina form and stats

Home games in the Serie D: Girone I have been a walk in the park for ACR Messina so far, with 19 points won from 7 matches; 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Ever since the Gelbison game Messina has been unbeatable here at Stadio Comunale Franco Scoglio producing four straight wins.

As mentioned above, Messina "killed" Troina in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for ACR Messina as they are travelling to their away game against Marina di Ragusa in the Serie D: Girone I. That match is four days after this one.

ACR Messina can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 15 times. As for guarding their own goal, Messina have only let in 3 goals at home.

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Licata form and stats

There's been little loot from Licata's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Serie D: Girone I. Licata only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.

A. Cannavo was the last player to score for the away team. Licata haven't scored a league goal in the last 196 minutes.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Licata manager as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Città Di Sant’Agata.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Licata as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Licata have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Last two meetings between the teams: Messina won one, Licata won zero and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

ACR Messina missing players

Licata missing players

ACR Messina Licata
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 2 6 13
8 6 3 Won W 0 1 5
4 1 0 Drew D 1 1 3
2 0 0 Lost L 1 4 5
24 15 3 Scored S 1 4 13
12 3 0 Conceded C 3 7 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
64% 57% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 62%
43% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 15%
29% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
14% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
50% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 17% 23%
43% 71% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 38%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 67% 46%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.8 9.5 4.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 3 8.2
3.4 4.2 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0.7 3.1
37% 35% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 150% 48%
Key stats in Serie D: Girone I this season:
  • ACR Messina has the most points (19) at home in Serie D: Girone I
  • ACR Messina has the most scored goals (15) at home in Serie D: Girone I
  • ACR Messina has the most scored goals (24) in Serie D: Girone I
  • ACR Messina has the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Serie D: Girone I
  • ACR Messina has the the best goal difference (+12) at home in Serie D: Girone I
  • ACR Messina has the the best goal difference (+12) in Serie D: Girone I
  • ACR Messina have not yet lost a game at home.
  • ACR Messina have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • ACR Messina have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Licata have scored away.
  • ACR Messina have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • ACR Messina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • ACR Messina is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Licata have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Licata haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 ACR Messina 14 8 4 2 24 12 7 6 1 0 15 3 7 2 3 2 9 9 12 28
2 Acireale 12 7 2 3 19 10 5 4 1 0 8 1 7 3 1 3 11 9 9 23
3 FC Messina 11 6 3 2 11 6 5 4 0 1 7 3 6 2 3 1 4 3 5 21
4 San Luca 13 6 3 4 17 16 6 4 2 0 10 6 7 2 1 4 7 10 1 21
5 Gelbison 13 4 7 2 22 17 7 2 5 0 10 8 6 2 2 2 12 9 5 19
6 Santa Maria Cilento 13 4 6 3 18 11 6 3 3 0 12 4 7 1 3 3 6 7 7 18
7 Licata 13 5 3 5 13 11 7 4 2 1 9 4 6 1 1 4 4 7 2 18
8 Paternò 13 5 3 5 13 12 7 4 1 2 10 6 6 1 2 3 3 6 1 18
9 Dattilo 11 5 1 5 18 14 5 3 0 2 6 4 6 2 1 3 12 10 4 16
10 Biancavilla 11 5 2 4 12 11 5 4 0 1 9 5 6 1 2 3 3 6 1 16
11 Cittanovese 11 5 1 5 18 19 5 2 1 2 7 11 6 3 0 3 11 8 -1 16
12 Castrovillari 11 4 3 4 11 10 7 2 3 2 8 7 4 2 0 2 3 3 1 15
13 Rotonda 11 4 3 4 10 12 5 3 1 1 7 4 6 1 2 3 3 8 -2 15
14 Troina 13 3 4 6 8 15 7 3 3 1 7 2 6 0 1 5 1 13 -7 13
15 Città Di Sant’Agata 14 3 4 7 13 22 7 3 1 3 7 11 7 0 3 4 6 11 -9 13
16 Rende 14 3 2 9 13 29 7 2 1 4 6 14 7 1 1 5 7 15 -16 11
17 Marina di Ragusa 11 2 4 5 10 15 6 1 2 3 5 9 5 1 2 2 5 6 -5 10
18 Roccella 11 3 1 7 6 14 6 1 1 4 3 8 5 2 0 3 3 6 -8 10

Read more about Serie D: Girone I

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.