Very important face-off in the bottom section of the Serie B, with both Cosenza and Perugia feeling more concern than glee. This fixture is a typical "six-pointer" with the hosts positioned 17th and the visitors in 20th place.
- Cosenza have the most conceded goals (24) in Serie B
- Perugia have the fewest scored goals (10) 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!
Cosenza form and stats
Overall Serie B results playing at home this season for Cosenza are 3-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). When Cosenza hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Palermo, SPAL, Venezia, Como, Benevento and Cosenza), they have won 2 of 2 matches!
An away draw last time out for Cosenza, facing Cittadella in a game that ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Dionigi made a successful contribution in the game against Cittadella, bringing on Brignola who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. The attacking player Zilli was named "man of the match" for Cosenza with the rating of 7.41/10. Zilli served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Cosenza had a home game versus Palermo which ended with a victory 3-2.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Brescia are coming to town in four days.
The Cosenza fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Cosenza defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Perugia form and stats
There's been little loot from Perugia's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the Serie B. Perugia only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
Perugia won their last game, 1-0 versus Genoa played at home. That victory felt nice as this team had gone three league matches without victory. Gori (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.21. Gori topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 1-1 draw at Modena's stadium before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting SPAL in just four days.
The attacking power of Perugia when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 7 league matches away. As opposed to that, Perugia have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Cosenza victories, three draws and one Perugia win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 3 red cards from the last six duels.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Melchiorri 3 goals |   M. Rigione 2 goals | A. Florenzi 2 goals |
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Perugia missing players
| Cosenza | Perugia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 15 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 24 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 79% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 57% |
| 57% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 14% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 64% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 43% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 43% |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 2.8 | 3 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8.3 | 7.8 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 12.4 | 12.5 |
| 2.8 | 3.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 38% | 53% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 20% |
| 15.9 | 16.3 | 16.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 16.1 | 14.9 |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6 | 5.5 |
- Cosenza have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Cosenza have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cosenza have the most conceded goals (24) in Serie B
- Cosenza have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Serie B
- Cosenza have the most points from losing position (9) in Serie B
- Cosenza haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Perugia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Perugia have the fewest scored goals (10) in Serie B
- Perugia have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Serie B
- 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 | Frosinone | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 31 |
| 2 | Reggina | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 26 |
| 3 | Genoa | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 23 |
| 4 | Brescia | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | Bari 1908 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Parma | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 |
| 7 | Ternana | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Südtirol | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | Ascoli | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | Pisa | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 18 |
| 11 | Cagliari | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 18 |
| 12 | Modena | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 | Cittadella | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | SPAL | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 15 | Benevento | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 16 | Palermo | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 17 | Cosenza | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -9 | 15 |
| 18 | Como | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 19 | Venezia | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -7 | 12 |
| 20 | Perugia | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
