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

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Renato Curi (28000 seats)

This has all the signs of yet another appealing skirmish at Stadio Renato Curi in the Serie B. Perugia is in 12th position and welcome Cosenza in 13th spot. Read all about the fixture here!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Perugia form and stats

Perugia's first Serie B home game here at Stadio Renato Curi ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 14 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat from 19 matches.

Perugia travelled for their previous game, a trip to Frosinone that ended 0-0. Goalkeeper Leandro Chichizola got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.83 out of ten. Chichizola stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that game, the home loss against Ascoli with the scoreline 2-3.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Perugia handle that role? We have found 18 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eleven wins, two draws and five defeats.

Perugia are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Cremonese awaits in four days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Perugia at home in the league. 2 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Cosenza form and stats

No Serie B points yet away for Cosenza, from their first 2 matches. Cosenza seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Cosenza go into this game after a win, the home game against Vicenza that ended 2-1. Gabriele Gori, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.2. Gori scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist and hit one key pass.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Brescia wasn't a success with a 1-5 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Cosenza have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 16 games were two victories, six draws and eight defeats.

After this away game Cosenza return home for a Serie B game against Como. That game is only three sleeps after this.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Cosenza has managed 1 goal and let in 6 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Data for the prior four meetings involving these two teams are: zero wins for Perugia, two draws and two wins for Cosenza. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

PerugiaM. Carretta
M. Carretta
5 goals

Perugia missing players

Cosenza missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Perugia Cosenza
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 2 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 2 2
3 2 0 Scored S 0 1 3
3 3 0 Conceded C 0 6 7
67% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 67%
33% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 67%
33% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 33%
33% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 33%
33% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 67%
67% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
1.7 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.5 3.7
4.7 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 4
4.7 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.3 16 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9 9
3 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.5 3.7
33% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 27%
Perugia Last season Cosenza
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
23 14   Won W   3 6
10 4   Drew D   8 17
5 1   Lost L   8 15
67 42   Scored S   14 29
30 14   Conceded C   27 47
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 84%
76% 89%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   79% 71%
47% 63%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 34%
24% 32%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 11%
11% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
45% 47%   BTTS BTTS   37% 42%
53% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 26%
11% 5%   Failed to Score F T   53% 47%
 
5 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.9
4.7 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.9
2 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.6
2 0   Red cards R C   6 9
 
10.3 11.7   Shots (avg) S (   9.3 10.6
4.4 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.1
40% 47%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 25%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Brescia 3 3 0 0 10 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 8 9
2 Pisa 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 6 9
3 Ascoli 3 3 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 9
4 Parma 3 2 1 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 6 2 5 7
5 Cremonese 3 2 0 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 6
6 Cittadella 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 6
7 Frosinone 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 5
8 Reggina 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
9 Monza 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 5
10 SPAL 3 1 1 1 6 2 2 1 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 4
11 Benevento 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
12 Perugia 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
13 Cosenza 3 1 0 2 3 7 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 6 -4 3
14 Como 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 2
15 Crotone 3 0 2 1 5 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 2
16 Lecce 3 0 2 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3 2
17 Vicenza 3 0 0 3 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -4 0
18 Alessandria 3 0 0 3 4 9 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 3 6 -5 0
19 Ternana 3 0 0 3 3 9 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 2 3 -6 0
20 Pordenone 3 0 0 3 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 -10 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 +/- P
1 Calcio Padova 38 24 7 7 68 26 19 13 4 2 36 8 19 11 3 5 32 18 42 79
2 Perugia 38 23 10 5 67 30 19 14 4 1 42 14 19 9 6 4 25 16 37 79
3 Sudtirol 38 21 12 5 66 29 19 12 5 2 33 12 19 9 7 3 33 17 37 75
4 Modena 38 21 7 10 51 28 19 13 3 3 37 12 19 8 4 7 14 16 23 70
5 FeralpiSalo 38 17 9 12 54 46 19 11 2 6 31 18 19 6 7 6 23 28 8 60
6 Triestina 38 15 14 9 48 40 19 11 5 3 28 17 19 4 9 6 20 23 8 59
7 Cesena 38 15 12 11 51 42 19 6 6 7 24 25 19 9 6 4 27 17 9 57
8 Matelica Calcio 38 16 8 14 59 62 19 11 6 2 39 21 19 5 2 12 20 41 -3 56
9 Sambenedettese 38 14 12 12 43 43 19 7 6 6 22 22 19 7 6 6 21 21 0 50
10 Virtus Verona 38 11 16 11 43 44 19 4 11 4 22 20 19 7 5 7 21 24 -1 49
11 Mantova 38 12 13 13 47 49 19 6 5 8 22 28 19 6 8 5 25 21 -2 49
12 Gubbio 38 12 12 14 40 45 19 6 7 6 22 25 19 6 5 8 18 20 -5 48
13 Fermana 38 9 15 14 31 44 19 8 6 5 20 17 19 1 9 9 11 27 -13 42
14 Vis Pesaro 38 11 8 19 41 57 19 7 4 8 20 26 19 4 4 11 21 31 -16 41
15 Carpi 38 10 11 17 45 62 19 7 8 4 28 18 19 3 3 13 17 44 -17 41
16 Legnago Salus 38 8 14 16 35 47 19 6 5 8 21 20 19 2 9 8 14 27 -12 38
17 Imolese 38 9 8 21 34 55 19 4 6 9 15 24 19 5 2 12 19 31 -21 35
18 Fano 38 5 18 15 32 47 19 2 9 8 18 22 19 3 9 7 14 25 -15 33
19 Ravenna 38 6 12 20 32 62 19 5 7 7 17 24 19 1 5 13 15 38 -30 30
20 Arezzo 38 5 14 19 37 66 19 3 7 9 20 34 19 2 7 10 17 32 -29 29
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Empoli 38 19 16 3 68 35 19 11 8 0 38 15 19 8 8 3 30 20 33 73
2 Salernitana 38 19 12 7 46 34 19 11 6 2 26 13 19 8 6 5 20 21 12 69
3 Monza 38 17 13 8 51 33 19 9 6 4 27 16 19 8 7 4 24 17 18 64
4 Lecce 38 16 14 8 68 47 19 6 9 4 36 28 19 10 5 4 32 19 21 62
5 Venezia 38 15 14 9 53 39 19 10 3 6 28 19 19 5 11 3 25 20 14 59
6 Cittadella 38 15 12 11 48 35 19 9 7 3 25 14 19 6 5 8 23 21 13 57
7 Chievo 38 14 14 10 50 37 19 10 5 4 29 14 19 4 9 6 21 23 13 56
8 Brescia 38 15 11 12 61 53 19 9 5 5 36 27 19 6 6 7 25 26 8 56
9 SPAL 38 14 14 10 44 42 19 8 6 5 25 19 19 6 8 5 19 23 2 56
10 Reggina 38 12 14 12 42 45 19 8 4 7 20 22 19 4 10 5 22 23 -3 50
11 Frosinone 38 12 14 12 38 42 19 4 9 6 16 21 19 8 5 6 22 21 -4 50
12 Cremonese 38 12 12 14 46 44 19 7 6 6 27 22 19 5 6 8 19 22 2 48
13 Pisa 38 11 15 12 54 59 19 7 10 2 26 19 19 4 5 10 28 40 -5 48
14 Vicenza 38 11 15 12 48 53 19 5 9 5 22 24 19 6 6 7 26 29 -5 48
15 Pordenone 38 10 15 13 40 39 19 5 10 4 27 19 19 5 5 9 13 20 1 45
16 Ascoli 38 11 11 16 37 48 19 8 5 6 18 19 19 3 6 10 19 29 -11 44
17 Cosenza 38 6 17 15 29 47 19 3 9 7 15 20 19 3 8 8 14 27 -18 35
18 Reggiana 38 9 7 22 31 57 19 6 5 8 19 23 19 3 2 14 12 34 -26 34
19 Pescara 38 7 11 20 29 60 19 4 5 10 18 29 19 3 6 10 11 31 -31 32
20 Virtus Entella 38 4 11 23 30 64 19 3 4 12 17 35 19 1 7 11 13 29 -34 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 Brescia 3 3 0 0 10 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 8 9
2 Pisa 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 6 9
3 Ascoli 3 3 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 9
4 Parma 3 2 1 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 6 2 5 7
5 Cremonese 3 2 0 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 6
6 Cittadella 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 6
7 Frosinone 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 5
8 Reggina 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 5
9 Monza 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 5
10 SPAL 3 1 1 1 6 2 2 1 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 4
11 Benevento 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
12 Perugia 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
13 Cosenza 3 1 0 2 3 7 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 1 6 -4 3
14 Como 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 2
15 Crotone 3 0 2 1 5 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 2
16 Lecce 3 0 2 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3 2
17 Vicenza 3 0 0 3 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -4 0
18 Alessandria 3 0 0 3 4 9 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 3 6 -5 0
19 Ternana 3 0 0 3 3 9 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 2 3 -6 0
20 Pordenone 3 0 0 3 0 10 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 5 -10 0

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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.