It's advantage Cittadella so far with their 4th position in the Serie B table, welcoming Perugia who are placed 12th.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cittadella form and stats
Cittadella have collected 19 points from their Serie B home games so far after 5-4-6.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Cittadella, as their goalkeeper Alberto Paleari has completely shut out the opponents for 192 minutes in the Serie B.
It's back home for Cittadella, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Frosinone away with the result 2-0. Manuel Iori and Davide Luppi found the net in that victory. Before that match, a win away at Livorno.
Cittadella goalkeeper Alberto Paleari did an outstanding job against Frosinone with nine saves, so vital to securing the victory.
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 Cittadella have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 17 games) they have won seven times, drawn six and lost four.
The manager R. Venturato will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Pisa in only four days.
The Cittadella fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 15 matches. Cittadella have conceded 21 in these home matches.
Perugia form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Perugia playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.
The Perugia goalkeeper Andrea Fulignati is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 282 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Perugia's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Crotone that finished 0-0. Preceding that game was the away victory against Ascoli with the score of 1-0.
Perugia are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and four defeats. From a total of eight matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Perugia are hosting Pordenone in the Serie B only four days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Perugia as they have only managed to score 13 times from 14 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Perugia have conceded 21 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Perugia - Cittadella 0-2. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: two - four - three (Cittadella wins - draws - Perugia wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Iemmello 17 goals |  D. Diaw 11 goals |  M. Iori 8 goals |
Cittadella missing players
Perugia missing players
| Cittadella | Perugia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 30 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 39 | 18 | 10 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 30 |
| 32 | 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 9 | 21 | 36 |
| 90% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 77% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | 60% |
| 43% | 53% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 50% | 43% |
| 13% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 21% | 20% |
| 7% | 7% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 7% | 3% |
| 47% | 53% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 43% | 40% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 27% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 43% | 40% |
| 6 | 6.5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| 5 | 4.3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 378 | 193 | 97 | Total Shots | T S | 54 | 176 | 368 |
| 122 | 56 | 27 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 44 | 106 |
| 32% | 32% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 30% | 28% |
- Cittadella have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Perugia has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4)
- Perugia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Perugia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benevento | 30 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 55 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 40 | 73 |
| 2 | Crotone | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 51 |
| 3 | Spezia | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 50 |
| 4 | Cittadella | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 49 |
| 5 | Frosinone | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 48 |
| 6 | Pordenone | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 46 |
| 7 | Salernitana | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 43 |
| 8 | Chievo | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 36 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 42 |
| 9 | Virtus Entella | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 27 | -1 | 41 |
| 10 | Empoli | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -2 | 41 |
| 11 | Pisa | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 40 |
| 12 | Perugia | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -6 | 40 |
| 13 | Pescara | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 42 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 28 | -5 | 38 |
| 14 | Venezia | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -6 | 36 |
| 15 | Juve Stabia | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 49 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -11 | 36 |
| 16 | Cremonese | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 33 |
| 17 | Ascoli | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 47 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 32 | -9 | 32 |
| 18 | Cosenza | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 20 | -3 | 30 |
| 19 | Trapani | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 33 | -18 | 28 |
| 20 | Livorno | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 19 | -23 | 21 |