Delightful dogfight as daring Benevento duel with determined Perugia

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 03.October
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Benito Stirpe (16125 seats)

5th place in the Serie B table for Benevento right now, a strong campaign. The match-going fans hope for more excitement as 10th-placed Perugia visit Stadio Benito Stirpe.

Insights:
  • Benevento have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Perugia have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Serie B

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Benevento form and stats

Benevento have collected seven points from their first three Serie B games here at Stadio Benito Stirpe, a promising start.

An away draw last time out for Benevento, facing Como in a game that ended 1-1. Gaetano Letizia, defender, was given a rating of 7.4/10 in that game, top of the team. Letizia hit one key pass and won 11 of 13 duels.

Ahead of that match, Benevento won a home game hosting Cittadella (4-1).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Benevento have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost two.

Benevento are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). On the other hand, Benevento have conceded 4 goals.

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Perugia form and stats

The seven points Perugia have gathered from their first three away trips in the Serie B is impressive and could lead to great things if the form continues. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Gubbio game have they lost an away game, meaning Perugia has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

Perugia played 1-1 against Alessandria in their previous match. Manuel De Luca, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.02. Luca scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Cremonese.

Perugia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Perugia have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 4 goals have been scored. The Perugia defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (0 goals in 3 games).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Benevento victories, three draws and two Perugia wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BeneventoG. Lapadula
G. Lapadula
4 goals
BeneventoR. Insigne
R. Insigne
2 goals
PerugiaA. Rosi
A. Rosi
2 goals

Benevento missing players

Perugia missing players

Benevento Perugia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 1 3 6
3 2 1 Won W 1 2 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
11 8 4 Scored S 3 4 8
6 4 1 Conceded C 0 0 5
83% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 83%
67% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 33% 67%
33% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 33%
33% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 17%
33% 67% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
50% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
33% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 50%
33% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 17%
 
3.3 3 1 Corners for (avg) C F 1 1.3 2.5
6 8.3 8 Corners against (avg) C A 9 6.3 5.2
2.3 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 5.3 4.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
12.5 12 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.3 12.7
3.7 3.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4 4.2
50% 80% 80% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 33% 32%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Benevento have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Benevento have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Perugia have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Perugia have not yet lost a game away.
  • Perugia have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Serie B
  • Perugia have won significantly less corners away then 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 Pisa 6 5 1 0 13 4 3 3 0 0 5 1 3 2 1 0 8 3 9 16
2 Brescia 6 4 2 0 17 8 2 1 1 0 7 3 4 3 1 0 10 5 9 14
3 Cremonese 6 4 0 2 8 5 3 2 0 1 5 3 3 2 0 1 3 2 3 12
4 Ascoli 6 4 0 2 10 8 3 1 0 2 3 5 3 3 0 0 7 3 2 12
5 Benevento 6 3 2 1 11 6 3 2 1 0 8 4 3 1 1 1 3 2 5 11
6 Lecce 6 3 2 1 9 7 2 1 1 0 4 3 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 11
7 Frosinone 6 2 4 0 8 4 3 0 3 0 4 4 3 2 1 0 4 0 4 10
8 Reggina 6 2 4 0 7 5 4 2 2 0 5 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 10
9 Cosenza 6 3 1 2 7 8 3 3 0 0 5 1 3 0 1 2 2 7 -1 10
10 Perugia 6 2 3 1 8 5 3 0 2 1 4 5 3 2 1 0 4 0 3 9
11 Monza 6 2 3 1 7 5 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 9
12 Cittadella 6 3 0 3 8 10 4 3 0 1 7 4 2 0 0 2 1 6 -2 9
13 Parma 6 2 2 2 10 8 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 5 2 8
14 SPAL 6 2 1 3 10 7 3 2 1 0 9 3 3 0 0 3 1 4 3 7
15 Ternana 6 2 1 3 8 11 4 2 0 2 5 7 2 0 1 1 3 4 -3 7
16 Como 6 0 3 3 4 9 3 0 1 2 1 4 3 0 2 1 3 5 -5 3
17 Crotone 6 0 3 3 7 13 3 0 2 1 3 6 3 0 1 2 4 7 -6 3
18 Alessandria 6 0 1 5 8 16 2 0 0 2 2 6 4 0 1 3 6 10 -8 1
19 Pordenone 6 0 1 5 2 15 3 0 1 2 1 6 3 0 0 3 1 9 -13 1
20 Vicenza 6 0 0 6 4 12 3 0 0 3 1 6 3 0 0 3 3 6 -8 0

Read more about Serie B

Serie B is the second highest division in Italian football. It usually has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other. The two top teams of the league table are automatically promoted, with a third following depending on standings and/or a playoff. Matches are usually played on Saturdays.