Serie D: Girone I match prediction and preview for Palermo vs Acireale clash

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Competition: Italy Serie D: Girone I
Date: Sun 08.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)

The managers are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Serie D: Girone I league table.

Palermo and Acireale 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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Palermo form and stats

6-0-1 is the performance here so far in the Serie D: Girone I, giving Palermo a total of 18 from their 7 games here. Outstanding results!

The Palermo goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 284 minutes without conceding a goal.

Happy days for Palermo in their previous game, a Serie D: Girone I match away at SSC Giugliano (placed 8th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Palermo won a home game hosting ACR Messina (1-0).

Palermo are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here in their league games, having scored an impressive 19 goals in 7 matches. From these home matches, Palermo have conceded only 6 goals.

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Acireale form and stats

2 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Acireale playing as the away team in the Serie D: Girone I this season. One point away has become something of a habit for Acireale who have played out draws in their last three away games.

Acireale won their last game, 2-0 versus Corigliano Calabro played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Nola 1925 that ended 1-1.

Acireale are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). 9 goals have been conceded by Acireale in these games.

Head 2 Head

Palermo missing players

Acireale missing players

Palermo Acireale
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 1 7 14
12 6 1 Won W 0 2 7
1 0 0 Drew D 1 3 4
1 1 1 Lost L 0 2 3
27 19 2 Scored S 2 8 22
7 6 2 Conceded C 2 9 15
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 71%
43% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 43% 43%
29% 57% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 29% 29%
21% 43% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
36% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 57% 57%
57% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 21%
14% 14% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 21%
 
4.7 3 2 Corners For (avg) C F 2 1.3 3
2.7 2.5 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 10 4.7 4.5
2.7 2.5 4 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 5 3 2.8
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 2 2 3
 
30 19 6 Total Shots T S 3 16 44
14 10 2 Shots on Target S O 3 7 18
29% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 29% 28%
Key stats in Serie D: Girone I this season:
  • Acireale have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Acireale have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Acireale haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Palermo has the fewest conceded goals (7)
  • Palermo has the most clean sheets (8)
  • Palermo has the most scored goals (19) at home
  • Palermo has the most scored goals (27)
  • Palermo has the most scored goals in the second half (12)
  • Palermo has the the best goal difference (+20)
  • Palermo have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Palermo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Palermo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Acireale have scored away.
  • Palermo have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Palermo haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Palermo 14 12 1 1 27 7 7 6 0 1 19 6 7 6 1 0 8 1 20 37
2 Savoia 14 8 5 1 19 9 7 5 2 0 10 4 7 3 3 1 9 5 10 29
3 Acireale 14 7 4 3 22 15 7 5 1 1 14 6 7 2 3 2 8 9 7 25
4 Troina 14 8 1 5 19 17 7 5 0 2 11 8 7 3 1 3 8 9 2 25
5 Licata 14 7 3 4 19 14 7 4 2 1 12 5 7 3 1 3 7 9 5 24
6 Citta di Messina 14 6 5 3 24 14 7 2 2 3 8 8 7 4 3 0 16 6 10 23
7 ACR Messina 14 7 2 5 16 12 7 5 1 1 10 4 7 2 1 4 6 8 4 23
8 SSC Giugliano 14 7 1 6 20 14 7 6 0 1 18 4 7 1 1 5 2 10 6 22
9 Biancavilla 14 6 4 4 16 13 7 3 3 1 9 6 7 3 1 3 7 7 3 22
10 Castrovillari 14 5 5 4 23 17 7 4 2 1 12 4 7 1 3 3 11 13 6 20
11 Cittanovese 14 6 1 7 18 19 7 4 1 2 10 5 7 2 0 5 8 14 -1 19
12 Marsala 14 4 3 7 14 19 7 2 2 3 9 11 7 2 1 4 5 8 -5 15
13 Nola 1925 14 3 5 6 13 17 7 2 2 3 4 7 7 1 3 3 9 10 -4 14
14 Marina di Ragusa 14 3 5 6 13 19 7 3 2 2 8 7 7 0 3 4 5 12 -6 14
15 San Tommaso 14 3 2 9 17 32 7 3 1 3 10 12 7 0 1 6 7 20 -15 11
16 Roccella 14 2 4 8 6 12 7 1 4 2 3 5 7 1 0 6 3 7 -6 10
17 Corigliano Calabro 14 2 3 9 11 32 7 1 2 4 5 12 7 1 1 5 6 20 -21 9
18 Palmese 14 1 4 9 11 26 7 1 2 4 8 14 7 0 2 5 3 12 -15 7

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.