Foggia and Crotone meet in Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria, in a match for the 21st round of Serie B. Crotone won at home by (4-1) the last time they met in this edition of the league, in 02- 09-2018. The condition home / away deserves particular attention, because despite this being a match between 16th and 18th of the league table, it is actually a match between the 11th ranked in home games and the 19th as a visitor.
Foggia:
After 6 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, the home team is currently in the 16th position, with 16 points won. In the last match, they have won in an away match against Carpi by (0-2), after in the previous match they have tied (2-2) at home, against Hellas Verona. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 16 points in away matches, with 8 goals scored and 16 conceded, against 20 points won at their stadium, with 20 goals scored and 15 conceded. In the last 9 home league matches Foggia has a record of 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss, so they have won 16 points out of 27 possible.
For this competition, they have not lost any of the last 7 home matches. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 8 of the last 9 matches for this competition have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 19 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 10 times and only managed 3 comebacks.
Foggia is making a terrible campaign in Serie B, but managed to finish a series of 3 rounds without winning with a good win on the last day. Now he is looking for another positive result to try to get out of the last positions. The team has a reasonable attack, which scored 28 goals and is the sixth best of the competition, but his defense, on the other hand, presents great fragility, since he suffered 31 goals and is the second weakest, so much that he suffered goals in 6 of the last 7 games, evidencing the great imbalance between the 2 sectors, being a team that attacks a lot, creates several scoring opportunities, but leaves many spaces behind and takes a long time to rebuild defensively. Playing in their stadium, as in this Friday’s match, Foggia usually plays very open matches, so much so that their 9 matches played had goals from both teams and in 8 there were 3 or more goals, since they act more offensively at home , but it ends up leaving even more spaces in its already fragile defense. For the clash with Crotone, coach Padalino has no problems in the starting lineup and goes to the field with maximum strength.
Crotone:
After 3 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses, the away team is currently in the 18 th position, with 14 points won. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Ascoli, by (3-2). In the last match, they tied in a home match against Cittadella, by (0-0). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they have won 11 points, against only 3 in their away games. In the last 9 away matches Crotone has a record of 1 win and 8 losses, so they have won 3 points out of 27 possible.
For this competition, they have a sequence of 7 losses in the last away matches and they have not won any of the last 15 games. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 1-0 (5 out of 10 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 4 of the last 9 matches for this competition have ended with Under 1,5 goals. In 19 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 13 times and never got the comeback. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 19 away matches for all competitions: they have scored 5 of their 14 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).
PREDICTION: Foggia to win @ 2.10
