Serie B preview: Can Parma edge out victory against Perugia?

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 21.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ennio Tardini (27906 seats)

The lights are on for Serie B and Parma - Perugia. In this preview and news article you'll get stats, previous results, analysis, tendencies and stories!

Insights:
  • Parma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Perugia have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie B

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Parma form and stats

The overall Serie B results playing at home this season for Parma are 5-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). Three consecutive losses here at Stadio Ennio Tardini is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.

Parma faced defeat in their previous match, away at Bari 1908 (0-4). Parma were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Midfield player Jurić got a match rating of 7.2 in that game, the max score being 10. Jurić hit one key pass and had 59 successful passes (of 71 total).

Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against Inter (after extra-time) in the Coppa Italia. 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 Parma have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 5 and lost 6.

Parma are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Parma's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 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 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-6 (win-draw-lose).

Perugia delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Palermo (placed 12th) in their previous match. Drawing 3-3 against Palermo after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Castori needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Casasola got a match rating of 7.7 in that game, top player of the team. Casasola scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Benevento with the score of 2-0.

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 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Perugia have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Perugia have won or drawn the last 5 matches (2-3-0) versus Parma.

The squads have played each other before in this season, with the result Perugia - Parma 0-0 registered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

ParmaR. Inglese
R. Inglese
4 goals
ParmaD. Man
D. Man
4 goals
ParmaF. Vázquez
F. Vázquez
3 goals

Parma missing players

Perugia missing players

Parma Perugia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 5 Played P 4 10 20
7 5 3 Won W 0 2 5
6 1 0 Drew D 1 2 5
7 4 2 Lost L 3 6 10
25 14 5 Scored S 2 9 19
24 11 3 Conceded C 6 13 27
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 85%
60% 60% 20% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 60% 60%
45% 50% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 30% 40%
35% 30% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 25%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 15%
45% 50% 20% BTTS BTTS 50% 40% 45%
30% 30% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 30%
35% 20% 40% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 40%
 
6.8 7.3 9.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.6 5.2
3.6 3.6 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.4 4.9
2.8 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.4 2.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
14.8 14.8 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 13.6 13.1
4.7 5 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.7 4
27% 28% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 24% 23%
 
9.7 9.1 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 15 16.9 14.4
3.2 3.4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5.8 5.2
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Parma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Parma have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Parma haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Perugia have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie B

  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 20 13 3 4 30 12 10 8 2 0 17 3 10 5 1 4 13 9 18 42
2 Reggina 20 11 3 6 30 17 10 5 2 3 19 10 10 6 1 3 11 7 13 36
3 Bari 1908 20 8 9 3 34 19 10 3 5 2 20 12 10 5 4 1 14 7 15 33
4 Genoa 19 9 6 4 21 14 9 3 5 1 9 6 10 6 1 3 12 8 7 33
5 Pisa 20 7 8 5 31 22 10 5 2 3 18 10 10 2 6 2 13 12 9 29
6 Cagliari 20 7 7 6 25 23 11 6 3 2 16 12 9 1 4 4 9 11 2 28
7 Parma 20 7 6 7 25 24 10 5 1 4 14 11 10 2 5 3 11 13 1 27
8 Sudtirol 19 6 8 5 21 24 10 2 6 2 11 12 9 4 2 3 10 12 -3 26
9 Ternana 19 7 5 7 20 24 9 4 3 2 8 6 10 3 2 5 12 18 -4 26
10 Ascoli 19 6 7 6 24 23 10 2 4 4 10 13 9 4 3 2 14 10 1 25
11 Modena 20 7 4 9 29 30 9 3 3 3 15 12 11 4 1 6 14 18 -1 25
12 Palermo 20 6 7 7 22 25 10 4 3 3 11 9 10 2 4 4 11 16 -3 25
13 Brescia 19 6 7 6 20 26 10 4 4 2 11 9 9 2 3 4 9 17 -6 25
14 SPAL 20 5 8 7 22 23 10 3 2 5 14 13 10 2 6 2 8 10 -1 23
15 Benevento 19 5 7 7 17 20 10 2 3 5 7 12 9 3 4 2 10 8 -3 22
16 Como 20 5 7 8 22 29 10 4 3 3 11 10 10 1 4 5 11 19 -7 22
17 Cittadella 20 5 7 8 15 25 9 2 4 3 7 12 11 3 3 5 8 13 -10 22
18 Venezia 19 5 5 9 23 28 10 2 2 6 11 17 9 3 3 3 12 11 -5 20
19 Perugia 20 5 5 10 19 27 10 3 3 4 10 14 10 2 2 6 9 13 -8 20
20 Cosenza 19 4 5 10 17 32 9 3 2 4 12 13 10 1 3 6 5 19 -15 17

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.