Team Altamura vs AZ Picerno - Serie C - Girone C

Team Altamura prepare to host AZ Picerno at the home ground on September 19, 2026, with both sides eager to assert their credentials and claim a result that could define their Serie C - Girone C season. Manchester United play in Gothenburg on Saturday as they take on Paris-Saint Germain in their fourth pre-season fixture.

Team Altamura head into the contest positioned 18th in the Serie C - Girone C standings, while AZ Picerno arrive sitting 6th. Team Altamura are in the midst of a difficult spell, LL in their last five summing up a win rate of 20%. When a team wins 60% of their matches and posts LL in their last five, as AZ Picerno have, even the longest trips hold no fear. Where Team Altamura have leaned on defensive discipline, AZ Picerno have often taken the initiative going forward, and that stylistic difference should shape the contest. He was sacked by Fiorentina after Che Adams' late goal for Torino left them bottom of the Serie A table with three defeats out of three.

How the two sides approach the contest strategically will be key. Team Altamura will want to control proceedings in front of their own supporters, while AZ Picerno will back themselves to cause problems on the break. They are sticking to the principles of possession and pressing that have taken them from the fourth tier.

Game-changers are scattered across both line-ups, and the contest may well be decided by which side's match-winners deliver on the day. The wide areas will be a key battleground, with full-backs and wingers on either side capable of swinging the contest one way or the other. Arsenal have signed midfielder Bruno Guimaraes from Newcastle in a £75m transfer.

Predictions are tricky when the sides are this evenly matched, and small margins — a moment of quality, a slice of luck — could decide it either way. The numbers tilt towards AZ Picerno, and a 0-2 away win looks the more probable outcome. The ramifications of this result could ripple through the Serie C - Girone C standings for weeks to come, regardless of who comes out on top. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Liverpool's midfield wasn't great last year but I expect Florian Wirtz to have a better season, 100 per cent.