Serie B match prediction: Little separates Livorno and Perugia in quality

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Date: Sat 31.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Armando Picchi (19238 seats)

Game week two of the Serie B season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Livorno - Perugia preview:

Livorno 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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Livorno form and stats

The fans are hoping that Livorno will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Serie B game against Virtus Entella. Preceding that match was a Coppa Italia defeat to Carpi (0-1).

Last season, Livorno's league statistics were 9 wins, 12 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 14th position in the Serie C: Girone A. Over these 36 matches they scored 38 goals and conceded 51. Playing at home last season Livorno managed 7-5-6 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 18 conceded.

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Perugia form and stats

Perugia won their last game, 2-1 versus Chievo played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Brescia in the Coppa Italia.

Let's have a look at how Perugia performed last season in the Serie B: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 8 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 49 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 7 with 21/27 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Last seven meetings between the teams: Livorno won 1, Perugia won 3 and 3 draws. 4 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

P. Iemmello
2 goals

Livorno missing players

Perugia missing players

Livorno Perugia
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 2
1 0 0 Conceded 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
4 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 4
4 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 8
3 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Livorno Last season Perugia
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
1 0   Played   0 1
0 0   Won   0 1
0 0   Drew   0 0
1 0   Lost   0 0
0 0   Scored   0 2
1 0   Conceded   0 1
100% 0%   Over 0.5   0% 100%
0% 0%   Over 1.5   0% 100%
0% 0%   Over 2.5   0% 100%
0% 0%   Over 3.5   0% 0%
0% 0%   Over 4.5   0% 0%
0% 0%   BTTS   0% 100%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets   0% 0%
100% 0%   Failed To Score   0% 0%
 
4 0   Corners For (avg)   0 4
4 0   Corners Against (avg)   0 8
3 0   Yellow Cards (avg)   0 3
0 0   Red Cards   0 0

Livorno
01-05-19 SB Hellas Verona 2 - 3 Livorno
05-05-19 SB Livorno 1 - 0 Carpi
11-05-19 SB Padova 1 - 1 Livorno
11-08-19 CI Livorno 0 - 1 Carpi
24-08-19 SB Virtus Entella 1 - 0 Livorno
31-08-19 SB Livorno 19:00 Perugia
14-09-19 SB Ascoli 13:00 Livorno
21-09-19 SB Livorno 13:00 Pordenone
24-09-19 SB Cosenza 13:00 Livorno
28-09-19 SB Livorno 13:00 Salernitana
Perugia
18-05-19 SB Hellas Verona 1 - 1 Perugia
31-07-19 CF Perugia 1 - 3 Roma
11-08-19 CI Perugia 1 - 0 Triestina
18-08-19 CI Perugia 1 - 1 Brescia
25-08-19 SB Perugia 2 - 1 Chievo
31-08-19 SB Livorno 19:00 Perugia
14-09-19 SB Perugia 13:00 Juve Stabia
21-09-19 SB Spezia 13:00 Perugia
24-09-19 SB Perugia 13:00 Frosinone
28-09-19 SB Empoli 13:00 Perugia

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Pordenone 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Spezia 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Ascoli 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Salernitana 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Cremonese 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Empoli 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Perugia 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Virtus Entella 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Benevento 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Cosenza 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Crotone 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Pisa 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Chievo 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Juve Stabia 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Venezia 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Livorno 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Pescara 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
18 Trapani 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
19 Cittadella 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Frosinone 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Brescia 36 18 13 5 69 42 18 13 3 2 39 19 18 5 10 3 30 23 27 67
2 Lecce 36 19 9 8 66 45 18 13 4 1 38 15 18 6 5 7 28 30 21 66
3 Benevento 36 17 9 10 61 45 18 10 3 5 37 24 18 7 6 5 24 21 16 60
4 Pescara 36 14 13 9 50 46 18 11 5 2 28 17 18 3 8 7 22 29 4 55
5 Hellas Verona 36 13 13 10 49 46 18 8 7 3 30 22 18 5 6 7 19 24 3 52
6 Cittadella 36 12 15 9 49 38 18 9 5 4 38 20 18 3 10 5 11 18 11 51
7 Spezia 36 14 9 13 53 46 18 10 5 3 31 18 18 4 4 10 22 28 7 51
8 Perugia 36 14 8 14 49 49 18 9 2 7 28 22 18 5 6 7 21 27 0 50
9 Cremonese 36 12 13 11 37 33 18 9 6 3 19 6 18 3 7 8 18 27 4 49
10 Cosenza 36 11 13 12 34 42 18 7 8 3 20 15 18 4 5 9 14 27 -8 46
11 Palermo 36 16 15 5 57 38 18 8 9 1 31 16 18 8 6 4 26 22 19 43
12 Crotone 36 11 10 15 40 42 18 6 8 4 24 18 18 5 2 11 16 24 -2 43
13 Ascoli 36 10 13 13 40 56 18 7 7 4 25 24 18 3 6 9 15 32 -16 43
14 Livorno 36 9 12 15 38 51 18 7 5 6 18 18 18 2 7 9 20 33 -13 39
15 Venezia 36 8 14 14 35 46 18 6 8 4 22 22 18 2 6 10 13 24 -11 38
16 Salernitana 36 10 8 18 41 57 18 8 3 7 26 25 18 2 5 11 15 32 -16 38
17 Foggia 36 10 13 13 44 49 18 8 8 2 31 23 18 2 5 11 13 26 -5 37
18 Padova 36 5 16 15 36 49 18 3 10 5 14 15 18 2 6 10 22 34 -13 31
19 Carpi 36 7 8 21 39 67 18 3 6 9 19 30 18 4 2 12 20 37 -28 29