Messina fights Castrovillari in Serie D: Girone I battle

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Competition: Italy Serie D: Girone I
Date: Sun 22.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Franco Scoglio (37895 seats)

The Serie D: Girone I league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. These two teams are placed 17th and 12th respectively.

Messina and Castrovillari should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Messina form and stats

Messina's first Serie D: Girone I home game here at Stadio Comunale Franco Scoglio ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats from 12 matches. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Messina to get some points in this home game.

The fans are hoping that Messina will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Serie D: Girone I game against San Tommaso (placed 9th). Before that game, the home loss against Acireale with the scoreline 1-2.

Messina has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Castrovillari form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Serie D: Girone I ended in defeat. Last season Castrovillari had these away match statistics: Played 11; won 4, drew 5 and lost 2. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Castrovillari have lost on their last two travels.

The manager was unhappy after their last game, a Serie D: Girone I match played at their home ground Stadio Comunale Franco Scoglio. Castrovillari suffered a 0-1 loss to Acireale (placed 1st). Prior to that match, the Castrovillari manager faced defeat when travelling to Savoia and losing 2-3.

Castrovillari have the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Messina, 1 draw and 0 wins for Castrovillari. Over 2,5 goals: 0 times; under 2,5 goals: 2 games.

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Messina Castrovillari
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Away vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
3 1 0 Lost 0 1 2
1 1 0 Scored 0 2 6
6 2 0 Conceded 0 3 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 100% 0% Over 2.5 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 100% 33%
33% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 33%
67% 0% 0% Failed to Score 0% 0% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 3 3
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 7 7
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Messina Last season Castrovillari
Total Home   Statistics   Away Total
34 17   Played   17 34
11 8   Won   6 12
10 4   Drew   6 13
13 5   Lost   5 9
40 27   Scored   19 40
44 22   Conceded   20 39
82% 82%   Over 0.5   88% 88%
62% 71%   Over 1.5   71% 74%
53% 65%   Over 2.5   41% 41%
24% 24%   Over 3.5   18% 18%
12% 18%   Over 4.5   6% 9%
38% 41%   BTTS   59% 59%
35% 41%   Clean Sheets   29% 29%
44% 35%   Failed to Score   24% 24%
 
4.4 4.5   Corners For (avg)   5.6 5.9
4.9 4.9   Corners Against (avg)   4.4 3.6
3.1 3   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.8 2.8
4 3   Red Cards   0 1
Key stats last season:
  • Messina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Messina
All Serie C: Girone C Serie D: Girone I
All Home Away
28-04-19 Se Messina 1 - 2 Sancataldese
05-05-19 Se Rotonda 1 - 3 Messina
01-09-19 Se Troina 2 - 0 Messina
08-09-19 Se Messina 1 - 2 Acireale
15-09-19 Se San Tommaso 2 - 0 Messina
22-09-19 Se Messina 13:00 Castrovillari
29-09-19 Se Marina di Ragusa 13:00 Messina
06-10-19 Se Messina 13:00 Marsala
13-10-19 Se Cittanovese 13:00 Messina
20-10-19 Se Messina 13:00 Roccella
Castrovillari
All Serie D: Girone I Serie D: Playoffs Club Friendlies
All Home Away
12-05-19 SDP Turris Neapolis 3 - 2 Castrovillari
07-08-19 CF Benevento 6 - 0 Castrovillari
01-09-19 Se Castrovillari 4 - 0 SSC Giugliano
08-09-19 Se Savoia 3 - 2 Castrovillari
15-09-19 Se Castrovillari 0 - 1 Acireale
22-09-19 Se Messina 13:00 Castrovillari
29-09-19 Se Castrovillari 13:00 Palmese
06-10-19 Se Troina 13:00 Castrovillari
13-10-19 Se Marsala 13:00 Castrovillari
20-10-19 Se Castrovillari 13:00 San Tommaso

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Acireale 3 3 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 5 9
2 Palermo 3 3 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 9
3 Corigliano Calabro 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
4 Licata 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
5 Troina 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 6
6 Biancavilla 3 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
7 Savoia 3 1 2 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 5
8 Citta di Messina 3 1 1 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 4
9 San Tommaso 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 4
10 Marina di Ragusa 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 4
11 Nola 1925 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
12 Castrovillari 3 1 0 2 6 4 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 3
13 Marsala 3 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 3
14 SSC Giugliano 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 -3 3
15 Cittanovese 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 1
16 Roccella 3 0 1 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
17 Messina 3 0 0 3 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 -5 0
18 Palmese 3 0 0 3 3 10 1 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 6 -7 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 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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