Benevento have fought quite a few losing battles for points this league season. Will they get something to cheer about when Genoa come to visit Stadio Ciro Vigorito?
- Benevento have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Serie B
- Genoa is in the best form (4-1-1) in Serie B
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Benevento form and stats
Benevento's struggle is real here at Stadio Ciro Vigorito with only 9 points collected from 10 Serie B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-5.
Benevento shared the glory with Cosenza in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Defender Glik got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.42/10. Glik hit one key pass and won 6 of 6 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Perugia with the scoreline 0-2.Low on goals? In this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have produced zero, one or two goals.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Benevento here at Stadio Ciro Vigorito in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 10 games). Benevento have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Genoa form and stats
Playing away, Genoa have won 6 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie B this season.
Coda scored in Genoa's previous match, the home game against Venezia that ended 1-0. Coda came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Venezia last time out, making the manager Gilardino feel like a tactical genius. Defender Criscito was the best team player with a rating of 7.11. Criscito won 4 of 6 duels.
A defeat, in the Coppa Italia away at Roma, earlier.
Low-scoring game? 8 of this club's last 10 league matches have had two or less goals.
Genoa are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
Genoa - Benevento 0-0 was the end result in these participants' previous h2h fixture, played this season. Stats for the preceeding six meetings featuring these two sides are: two wins for Benevento, two draws and two wins for Genoa. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Coda 7 goals |   F. Forte 3 goals |  A. La Gumina 3 goals |
Benevento missing players
Genoa missing players
| Benevento | Genoa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | 22 |
| 21 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 90% | 90% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 85% |
| 65% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | 50% |
| 25% | 20% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 30% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 5% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 50% | 40% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 40% |
| 25% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 30% | 45% |
| 35% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 30% | 30% |
| 5.7 | 6.5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
| 5 | 4.3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.4 | 12.1 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12.8 | 13.1 |
| 3.3 | 3.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 27% | 23% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 22% | 21% |
| 11.7 | 12.3 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | 3.2 |
- Benevento have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Serie B
- Benevento have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Serie B
- Genoa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Genoa is in the best form (4-1-1) in Serie B
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Frosinone | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 42 |
| 2 | Reggina | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | Genoa | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 36 |
| 4 | Bari 1908 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 33 |
| 5 | Pisa | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 29 |
| 6 | Südtirol | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 29 |
| 7 | Ternana | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -3 | 29 |
| 8 | Cagliari | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | Parma | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Ascoli | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Modena | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Palermo | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 25 |
| 13 | Brescia | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 14 | SPAL | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 23 |
| 15 | Benevento | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -3 | 23 |
| 16 | Como | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 22 |
| 17 | Cittadella | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 22 |
| 18 | Venezia | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -6 | 20 |
| 19 | Perugia | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 20 |
| 20 | Cosenza | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -15 | 18 |
