CARPI VS TERNANA PREVIEW & PREDICTION
In the battle for the promotion uplift receives in the Italian Serie B on Thursday, the Carpi FC bottom of the table Ternana Calcio. In the last season thanks to a force act at the end of the season just prevented the descent, it could catch Ternana this time. If the club descends, then the reasons are mainly in the performances on the opponent’s place. Because in the foreign Ternana is the weakest team in Serie B. This circumstance Carpi wants to use for themselves and bring home three points for the goal return to Serie A.
Carpi:
The Carpi FC is in ninth place after 31 games in Serie B. The previous record amounts to eleven wins and draws and nine defeats. The ninth rank brings in the final bill the Golden Pineapple. In addition to the two first-placed, who rise directly into the Serie A, the teams fight in the places three to eight still another place in Italy’s highest division. But Carpi still has every chance to be among the top eight. The gap to Cittadella in fourth place is just six points, with Cittadella having even played one more game. The places seven and eight are even only three points away. After a positive run of four unbeaten games in a row, with Carpi in the first two draws and won the two subsequent and had to swallow a goal in all four games, it hailed last weekend a 0-4 pack at US Palermo, currently ranked third and fighting for direct promotion.
Away from home, Carpi is not doing well with a record of just four wins and six draws and six defeats in sixteen away games anyway. The home record with seven three-pointers, five draws and only three bankruptcies reads a lot better. Carpi has been unbeaten in nine Serie B home games with four wins and five draws. Especially interesting is the number of goals scored. With just 26 goals Carpi has by far the weakest offensive. But: These 26 goals were enough to 44 points. Each hit was worth the equivalent of 1.69 points, which is also the best value of Serie B at the same time.
Ternana:
Three wins, each with a goal difference on the last three matchdays meant in the preseason still the league for Ternana Calcio. But this season will not be enough. Because Ternana is last after 32 games played. The gap to the relegation relegation places is seven points, the saving bank eight points. Of the 32 games so far, Ternana has only won four. In addition, there were fifteen draws (league-wide the second most) and thirteen defeats. 21 of the previous 27 counters took Ternana in the home stadium. Away, Ternana have not won yet in sixteen games, and only six points apart from ten defeats. This balance also means in the away table the last place knocked off.
Ternana has most of the 22 clubs in Serie B with 58 goals. On the other hand, Ternana has scored 44 goals and is eighth in the league. Away, Ternana scored just half of the goals with 22, but caught 38 of the 58 goals on the opponent’s side. Ternana has lost seven out of the last eight games in a foreign country. Also interesting: Ternana has not met away in only three out of sixteen matches. Only the many goals prevented so far a threesome or at least more points in stadiums.
PREDICTION: Carpi to win @ 1.95
