Serie B forecast and guide: Lecce moderate front runner to overwhelm Perugia

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Via del Mare (33876 seats)

The two teams are enjoying a sweet season so far and games like this could be deciding. Get the info on Lecce - Perugia!

Insights:
  • Lecce is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • Perugia have the most clean sheets (5) in Serie B

Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their previous match. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic match!

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Lecce form and stats

Seven points from three Serie B home games is a great start for Lecce, who are hoping to build on that form here at Stadio Comunale Via del Mare. Two home wins in a row for Lecce bring valid hopes of a third.

Lecce shared the glory with Ascoli in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfielder Morten Hjulmand was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.44 (out of ten) in that game.

Before that, Lecce had a home game versus Monza which ended with a victory 3-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lecce handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are one win, four draws and three defeats.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (7 in 3 games), Lecce's attacking play is working. Lecce have conceded 3 in these home matches.

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Perugia form and stats

Playing away, Perugia have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 0 defeats in the Serie B this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Gubbio game have they lost an away game, meaning Perugia has taken points from nine away matches in a row.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Perugia goalkeeper Leandro Chichizola is eager to challenge this, with his 253 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Impressive finishing from Manuel De Luca secured the home win 1-0 against Brescia in their previous game. Defender Gabriele Angella was the best team player with a rating of 7.42. Angella won 4 of 10 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Benevento.

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, two draws and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Perugia have scored 4 goals in 4 league games away. Perugia are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 0 goals away.

Head 2 Head

As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Lecce victory, one draw and two Perugia wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LecceM. Coda
M. Coda
4 goals
LecceF. Di Mariano
F. Di Mariano
4 goals
LecceG. Strefezza Rebelato
G. Strefezza Rebelato
3 goals

Lecce missing players

Perugia missing players

Lecce Perugia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 3 0 Played P 1 4 8
4 2 0 Won W 1 2 3
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
13 7 0 Scored S 3 4 9
8 3 0 Conceded C 0 0 5
88% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 50% 75%
88% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 25% 50%
62% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 25% 25%
12% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
12% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
50% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 38%
38% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 62%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 25%
 
5.5 6.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1 1.5 2.9
3.2 1.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 9 6.2 4.9
1.8 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4.2 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
14.1 15.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.2 12.5
5.2 4.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 3.5 3.5
31% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 29% 32%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • All of Lecce's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lecce have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Lecce have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Lecce have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Lecce is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • Perugia have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Perugia have not yet conceded a single goal in all their away games.
  • Perugia have not yet lost a game away.
  • Perugia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Perugia have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Serie B
  • Perugia have the most clean sheets (4) away in Serie B
  • Perugia have the most clean sheets (5) in Serie B
  • Perugia have the most dropped points from leading position (7) 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 8 6 1 1 16 6 4 4 0 0 7 1 4 2 1 1 9 5 10 19
2 Lecce 8 4 3 1 13 8 3 2 1 0 7 3 5 2 2 1 6 5 5 15
3 Cremonese 7 5 0 2 10 5 4 3 0 1 7 3 3 2 0 1 3 2 5 15
4 Brescia 8 4 2 2 19 13 3 1 1 1 9 7 5 3 1 1 10 6 6 14
5 Ascoli 8 4 2 2 13 11 4 1 1 2 4 6 4 3 1 0 9 5 2 14
6 Perugia 8 3 4 1 9 5 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 2 2 0 4 0 4 13
7 Reggina 8 3 4 1 8 7 4 2 2 0 5 3 4 1 2 1 3 4 1 13
8 Benevento 7 3 3 1 11 6 4 2 2 0 8 4 3 1 1 1 3 2 5 12
9 Cittadella 7 4 0 3 9 10 4 3 0 1 7 4 3 1 0 2 2 6 -1 12
10 Frosinone 8 2 5 1 9 6 4 0 3 1 4 5 4 2 2 0 5 1 3 11
11 Cosenza 8 3 2 3 8 10 4 3 1 0 6 2 4 0 1 3 2 8 -2 11
12 Ternana 8 3 1 4 11 14 4 2 0 2 5 7 4 1 1 2 6 7 -3 10
13 Parma 7 2 3 2 12 10 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 2 1 9 7 2 9
14 Como 8 2 3 3 10 11 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 1 2 1 7 7 -1 9
15 Monza 7 2 3 2 7 8 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 0 2 2 2 6 -1 9
16 SPAL 7 2 2 3 12 9 4 2 2 0 11 5 3 0 0 3 1 4 3 8
17 Crotone 8 1 4 3 11 16 5 1 3 1 7 9 3 0 1 2 4 7 -5 7
18 Alessandria 8 1 1 6 9 18 3 1 0 2 3 6 5 0 1 4 6 12 -9 4
19 Vicenza 8 1 0 7 8 15 4 0 0 4 1 7 4 1 0 3 7 8 -7 3
20 Pordenone 8 0 1 7 5 22 5 0 1 4 4 13 3 0 0 3 1 9 -17 1

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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.