Serie B news and pre-match guide: Benevento moderate betting favourite to overpower Perugia

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Mon 26.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ciro Vigorito (12847 seats)

Benevento have 22 points performing as the home team. Perugia have claimed 16 points from their away games. Will this be a home win?

Insights:
  • Perugia have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie B

Benevento and Perugia should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Benevento form and stats

Benevento's struggle is real here at Stadio Ciro Vigorito with only 9 points collected from 9 Serie B games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-4.

The home team returns to Stadio Ciro Vigorito after drawing with Modena (placed 13th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The goalie Paleari was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.64 out of ten. Paleari saved a penalty.

Ahead of that match, Benevento won a home game hosting Cittadella (1-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Benevento handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Benevento aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Ciro Vigorito in the league, with only {7 goals} from 9 games. Benevento's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Perugia form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Perugia so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-6 (win-draw-lose).

Perugia are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Venezia (placed 16th). That win felt nice as this team had gone three league games without victory. Midfield player Lisi was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.2/10. Lisi scored two goals.

A 2-3 defeat away at Cagliari before that.

We have checked recent matches where Perugia have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 2 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 13 goals have been conceded by Perugia in these games.

Head 2 Head

Benevento have avoided a loss in the last 6 matches (5-1-0) versus Perugia.

The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

BeneventoF. Forte
F. Forte
3 goals
BeneventoA. La Gumina
A. La Gumina
3 goals
PerugiaF. Melchiorri
F. Melchiorri
3 goals

Benevento missing players

Perugia missing players

Benevento Perugia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 4 9 18
5 2 1 Won W 0 1 4
7 3 0 Drew D 1 2 4
6 4 2 Lost L 3 6 10
17 7 1 Scored S 2 7 14
18 10 3 Conceded C 6 13 24
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 83%
61% 56% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 56% 56%
28% 22% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 33% 39%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 22%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 11%
50% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 44%
28% 22% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 28%
33% 44% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 56% 44%
 
5.3 6.1 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.3 5.2
4.7 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.9 4.7
3.3 3 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
11 11.3 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 12.8 12.6
3.2 3.1 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.4 3.6
30% 25% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 23% 22%
 
11.4 11.3 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 15 16.7 14.6
4.7 4.3 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 6.1 5.4
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Perugia have the fewest points (5) away in Serie B
  • Perugia have the fewest points from losing position (0) 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 Frosinone 18 11 3 4 25 11 8 6 2 0 12 2 10 5 1 4 13 9 14 36
2 Reggina 18 10 3 5 29 16 9 5 2 2 19 9 9 5 1 3 10 7 13 33
3 Bari 1908 18 7 9 2 29 17 8 2 5 1 15 10 10 5 4 1 14 7 12 30
4 Genoa 18 8 6 4 19 13 9 3 5 1 9 6 9 5 1 3 10 7 6 30
5 Pisa 18 6 8 4 29 20 9 5 2 2 17 8 9 1 6 2 12 12 9 26
6 Parma 18 7 5 6 23 18 10 5 1 4 14 11 8 2 4 2 9 7 5 26
7 Sudtirol 18 6 8 4 21 22 9 2 6 1 11 10 9 4 2 3 10 12 -1 26
8 Ternana 18 7 5 6 20 21 9 4 3 2 8 6 9 3 2 4 12 15 -1 26
9 Ascoli 18 6 7 5 24 22 9 2 4 3 10 12 9 4 3 2 14 10 2 25
10 Brescia 18 6 6 6 19 25 9 4 3 2 10 8 9 2 3 4 9 17 -6 24
11 Palermo 18 6 5 7 18 21 10 4 3 3 11 9 8 2 2 4 7 12 -3 23
12 Benevento 18 5 7 6 17 18 9 2 3 4 7 10 9 3 4 2 10 8 -1 22
13 Modena 18 6 4 8 26 28 9 3 3 3 15 12 9 3 1 5 11 16 -2 22
14 Cagliari 18 5 7 6 21 23 9 4 3 2 12 12 9 1 4 4 9 11 -2 22
15 SPAL 18 4 8 6 21 22 9 3 2 4 14 12 9 1 6 2 7 10 -1 20
16 Venezia 18 5 4 9 21 26 9 2 1 6 9 15 9 3 3 3 12 11 -5 19
17 Como 18 4 7 7 20 27 9 3 3 3 9 10 9 1 4 4 11 17 -7 19
18 Cittadella 18 4 7 7 13 22 9 2 4 3 7 12 9 2 3 4 6 10 -9 19
19 Cosenza 18 4 5 9 17 30 9 3 2 4 12 13 9 1 3 5 5 17 -13 17
20 Perugia 18 4 4 10 14 24 9 3 2 4 7 11 9 1 2 6 7 13 -10 16

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.