No home advantage expected for Serie B battle between Perugia and Como

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Wed 01.March
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Renato Curi (28000 seats)

Como have rested after their 5-1-match against Cosenza and are eager to go again when travelling to Perugia. Here's all the details!

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

Como could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie B game only four sleeps ago.

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Perugia form and stats

Perugia have collected 18 points from their Serie B home games so far after 5-3-4. When Perugia hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Brescia, SPAL, Venezia, Benevento, Cosenza and Perugia), they have won 2 of 3 matches! Perugia has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadio Renato Curi, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

No payout for Perugia in their previous match, an away game at Pisa that ended in defeat 1-2. Midfield player Casasola got a match rating of 7.2 in that game, the max score being 10. Casasola scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.

Ahead of that match, Perugia won a home game hosting Ternana (3-0).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Perugia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 4 and lost 4.

The manager Castori will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Sudtirol in only four days.

Perugia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Perugia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Como form and stats

Como have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 2-6-5 (13 played). Visiting Como has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Como are travelling after their nice 5-1 home win in the match against Cosenza (placed 20th). Those three points felt good as this team had gone three league games without victory. As mentioned above, Como was the only team on the pitch versus Cosenza in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Gabrielloni, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.84. Gabrielloni scored two goals, hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to SPAL.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Como in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Como, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

A tale of few goals? 12 of this team's last 16 league matches have had two or less goals.

A quick return to home after this game, as Como are hosting Modena in the Serie B only four days away.

Como are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 13 games (in the league). Como's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Perugia and Como have faced each other already this season: Como - Perugia 1-0. Previous six meetings featuring these sides: Perugia won two, Como triumphed in four and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

ComoP. Cutrone
P. Cutrone
6 goals
ComoA. Cerri
A. Cerri
5 goals
ComoL. Mancuso
L. Mancuso
5 goals

Perugia missing players

Como missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Perugia Como
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 3 Played P 3 13 26
8 5 2 Won W 1 2 7
5 3 1 Drew D 1 6 10
13 4 0 Lost L 1 5 9
29 17 6 Scored S 3 14 32
32 14 1 Conceded C 4 21 36
88% 83% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
65% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 77% 73%
42% 58% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 35%
23% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 27%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 15% 15%
38% 42% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 54% 50%
35% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 23% 23%
38% 25% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 31% 31%
 
5.5 6.2 9 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.4 4.4
4.8 4.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.5 6.1
2.6 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 3.1 2.7
5 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
13.5 13.8 14 Shots (avg) S ( 18 12.7 13.8
4.2 5.3 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.7 4.4
26% 27% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 29% 28%
 
13.3 11.2 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.7 14.8 14.8
4.8 4.2 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.9 4.3
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Como have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Perugia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 26 17 4 5 43 18 13 10 2 1 24 7 13 7 2 4 19 11 25 55
2 Genoa 26 13 8 5 31 19 13 6 6 1 15 6 13 7 2 4 16 13 12 46
3 Bari 1908 26 11 10 5 43 27 13 4 6 3 23 16 13 7 4 2 20 11 16 43
4 Reggina 26 13 3 10 38 28 13 7 2 4 23 14 13 6 1 6 15 14 10 42
5 Sudtirol 26 10 11 5 28 27 14 4 8 2 16 15 12 6 3 3 12 12 1 41
6 Pisa 26 9 11 6 38 27 13 6 3 4 21 13 13 3 8 2 17 14 11 38
7 Parma 26 10 7 9 34 30 13 7 1 5 18 12 13 3 6 4 16 18 4 37
8 Cagliari 26 9 10 7 29 27 13 8 3 2 19 13 13 1 7 5 10 14 2 37
9 Palermo 26 9 9 8 29 31 13 6 4 3 15 11 13 3 5 5 14 20 -2 36
10 Modena 26 10 5 11 38 36 12 5 4 3 21 14 14 5 1 8 17 22 2 35
11 Ternana 26 9 7 10 26 33 13 6 4 3 13 10 13 3 3 7 13 23 -7 34
12 Cittadella 26 8 9 9 24 32 12 4 5 3 13 14 14 4 4 6 11 18 -8 33
13 Ascoli 25 8 8 9 28 30 12 3 4 5 12 15 13 5 4 4 16 15 -2 32
14 Como 26 7 10 9 32 36 13 5 4 4 18 15 13 2 6 5 14 21 -4 31
15 Perugia 26 8 5 13 29 32 12 5 3 4 17 14 14 3 2 9 12 18 -3 29
16 Venezia 26 7 8 11 29 34 14 3 4 7 14 20 12 4 4 4 15 14 -5 29
17 Benevento 25 6 8 11 21 27 13 3 3 7 10 16 12 3 5 4 11 11 -6 26
18 SPAL 26 5 10 11 29 36 13 3 4 6 19 19 13 2 6 5 10 17 -7 25
19 Brescia 26 6 7 13 21 39 14 4 4 6 12 16 12 2 3 7 9 23 -18 25
20 Cosenza 26 5 8 13 21 42 13 4 5 4 14 14 13 1 3 9 7 28 -21 23

Table
  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 26 17 4 5 43 18 13 10 2 1 24 7 13 7 2 4 19 11 25 55
2 Genoa 26 13 8 5 31 19 13 6 6 1 15 6 13 7 2 4 16 13 12 46
3 Bari 1908 26 11 10 5 43 27 13 4 6 3 23 16 13 7 4 2 20 11 16 43
4 Reggina 26 13 3 10 38 28 13 7 2 4 23 14 13 6 1 6 15 14 10 42
5 Sudtirol 26 10 11 5 28 27 14 4 8 2 16 15 12 6 3 3 12 12 1 41
6 Pisa 26 9 11 6 38 27 13 6 3 4 21 13 13 3 8 2 17 14 11 38
7 Parma 26 10 7 9 34 30 13 7 1 5 18 12 13 3 6 4 16 18 4 37
8 Cagliari 26 9 10 7 29 27 13 8 3 2 19 13 13 1 7 5 10 14 2 37
9 Palermo 26 9 9 8 29 31 13 6 4 3 15 11 13 3 5 5 14 20 -2 36
10 Modena 26 10 5 11 38 36 12 5 4 3 21 14 14 5 1 8 17 22 2 35
11 Ternana 26 9 7 10 26 33 13 6 4 3 13 10 13 3 3 7 13 23 -7 34
12 Cittadella 26 8 9 9 24 32 12 4 5 3 13 14 14 4 4 6 11 18 -8 33
13 Ascoli 25 8 8 9 28 30 12 3 4 5 12 15 13 5 4 4 16 15 -2 32
14 Como 26 7 10 9 32 36 13 5 4 4 18 15 13 2 6 5 14 21 -4 31
15 Perugia 26 8 5 13 29 32 12 5 3 4 17 14 14 3 2 9 12 18 -3 29
16 Venezia 26 7 8 11 29 34 14 3 4 7 14 20 12 4 4 4 15 14 -5 29
17 Benevento 25 6 8 11 21 27 13 3 3 7 10 16 12 3 5 4 11 11 -6 26
18 SPAL 26 5 10 11 29 36 13 3 4 6 19 19 13 2 6 5 10 17 -7 25
19 Brescia 26 6 7 13 21 39 14 4 4 6 12 16 12 2 3 7 9 23 -18 25
20 Cosenza 26 5 8 13 21 42 13 4 5 4 14 14 13 1 3 9 7 28 -21 23

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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.