Perugia favourites for feisty fight facing Cosenza

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Renato Curi (28000 seats)

Perugia are receiving Cosenza for yet another important game following their 0-2 result versus 2nd-placed Genoa.

Insights:
  • Perugia have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie B
  • Cosenza have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Serie B

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Perugia form and stats

All-inclusive Serie B results at home this season for Perugia are 5-5-6 (wins-draws-losses). When Perugia hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cittadella, Brescia, SPAL, Venezia, Benevento and Perugia), they have won 2 of 4 matches! Perugia has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Castori and the players.

Serio was the last player to score a league goal for Perugia and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Perugia haven't scored in 246 minutes.

In their previous game, the manager Castori led his Perugia to a defeat away at Genoa. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Renato Curi. Furlan had a busy but productive day in the Genoa match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Modena (0-1).

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 Perugia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won 11 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.

Perugia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Perugia have conceded 19 goals.

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Cosenza form and stats

There's been little loot from Cosenza's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 16 away games in the Serie B. Cosenza only have 2 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 4 draws.

There were no winners in Cosenza's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Cittadella (placed 15th). Midfielder D'Urso was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.32. D'Urso scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 22 successful passes (of 23 total).

A 0-0 draw at Palermo's stadium before that.

Cosenza are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

Low on goals? 15 of this club's most recent 20 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Cosenza's away games in the league this season with only {8 goals} from 16 matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two sides meet this season, as the records show this recent match: Cosenza - Perugia 0-0. Previous seven meetings with these contenders: Perugia won one, Cosenza triumphed in two and we saw four draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PerugiaT. Casasola
T. Casasola
7 goals
PerugiaG. Di Serio
G. Di Serio
5 goals
PerugiaG. Luperini
G. Luperini
4 goals

Perugia missing players

Cosenza missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Perugia Cosenza
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
9 5 2 Won W 1 2 9
7 5 1 Drew D 1 4 10
17 6 1 Lost L 2 10 14
34 19 6 Scored S 2 8 27
41 19 3 Conceded C 8 32 48
88% 81% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 88%
67% 62% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 67%
39% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 38% 39%
21% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 21%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 9%
39% 44% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 38% 48%
33% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 19% 27%
39% 31% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 36%
 
5.7 6.6 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.3 4.6
4.9 4.5 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.8 5.5
2.9 3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.7 2.8
6 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
13.1 13.6 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 10.1 10.7
3.9 4.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.9 3.5
26% 25% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 17% 23%
 
13.9 12.3 10 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 16.5 15.7
4.9 4.4 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 5.1 4.9
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cosenza have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cosenza have the fewest points (10) away in Serie B
  • Cosenza have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Serie B
  • Cosenza have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Serie B
  • Cosenza have the most conceded goals (32) away in Serie B
  • Cosenza have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Serie B
  • Cosenza have the the worst goal difference (-24) away in Serie B
  • Perugia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Perugia have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cosenza have scored 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 33 20 7 6 51 20 16 12 2 2 29 8 17 8 5 4 22 12 31 67
2 Genoa 33 18 10 5 44 21 17 10 6 1 23 6 16 8 4 4 21 15 23 63
3 Bari 1908 33 15 12 6 50 30 17 6 8 3 28 18 16 9 4 3 22 12 20 57
4 Südtirol 33 13 13 7 35 31 17 6 8 3 20 17 16 7 5 4 15 14 4 52
5 Reggina 33 15 4 14 44 38 16 8 2 6 24 19 17 7 2 8 20 19 6 49
6 Cagliari 33 11 15 7 39 30 17 9 6 2 24 15 16 2 9 5 15 15 9 48
7 Parma 33 13 9 11 39 35 16 8 2 6 20 14 17 5 7 5 19 21 4 48
8 Pisa 32 11 13 8 42 30 16 7 5 4 24 14 16 4 8 4 18 16 12 46
9 Modena 33 12 7 14 43 44 16 6 6 4 23 16 17 6 1 10 20 28 -1 43
10 Palermo 33 10 13 10 41 42 16 7 6 3 20 13 17 3 7 7 21 29 -1 43
11 Ascoli 33 11 9 13 35 41 17 5 5 7 17 20 16 6 4 6 18 21 -6 42
12 Como 33 9 14 10 41 43 16 7 5 4 23 17 17 2 9 6 18 26 -2 41
13 Ternana 32 10 10 12 30 38 15 7 5 3 16 12 17 3 5 9 14 26 -8 40
14 Venezia 33 10 9 14 37 44 17 5 5 7 21 25 16 5 4 7 16 19 -7 39
15 Cittadella 33 8 13 12 29 41 16 4 7 5 16 20 17 4 6 7 13 21 -12 37
16 Cosenza 33 9 10 14 27 48 17 7 6 4 19 16 16 2 4 10 8 32 -21 37
17 Perugia 33 9 7 17 34 41 16 5 5 6 19 19 17 4 2 11 15 22 -7 34
18 SPAL 33 7 12 14 37 46 17 4 6 7 24 25 16 3 6 7 13 21 -9 33
19 Brescia 33 7 11 15 29 50 17 5 5 7 14 20 16 2 6 8 15 30 -21 32
20 Benevento 33 6 12 15 25 39 17 3 5 9 12 22 16 3 7 6 13 17 -14 30

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 33 20 7 6 51 20 16 12 2 2 29 8 17 8 5 4 22 12 31 67
2 Genoa 33 18 10 5 44 21 17 10 6 1 23 6 16 8 4 4 21 15 23 63
3 Bari 1908 33 15 12 6 50 30 17 6 8 3 28 18 16 9 4 3 22 12 20 57
4 Südtirol 33 13 13 7 35 31 17 6 8 3 20 17 16 7 5 4 15 14 4 52
5 Reggina 33 15 4 14 44 38 16 8 2 6 24 19 17 7 2 8 20 19 6 49
6 Cagliari 33 11 15 7 39 30 17 9 6 2 24 15 16 2 9 5 15 15 9 48
7 Parma 33 13 9 11 39 35 16 8 2 6 20 14 17 5 7 5 19 21 4 48
8 Pisa 32 11 13 8 42 30 16 7 5 4 24 14 16 4 8 4 18 16 12 46
9 Modena 33 12 7 14 43 44 16 6 6 4 23 16 17 6 1 10 20 28 -1 43
10 Palermo 33 10 13 10 41 42 16 7 6 3 20 13 17 3 7 7 21 29 -1 43
11 Ascoli 33 11 9 13 35 41 17 5 5 7 17 20 16 6 4 6 18 21 -6 42
12 Como 33 9 14 10 41 43 16 7 5 4 23 17 17 2 9 6 18 26 -2 41
13 Ternana 32 10 10 12 30 38 15 7 5 3 16 12 17 3 5 9 14 26 -8 40
14 Venezia 33 10 9 14 37 44 17 5 5 7 21 25 16 5 4 7 16 19 -7 39
15 Cittadella 33 8 13 12 29 41 16 4 7 5 16 20 17 4 6 7 13 21 -12 37
16 Cosenza 33 9 10 14 27 48 17 7 6 4 19 16 16 2 4 10 8 32 -21 37
17 Perugia 33 9 7 17 34 41 16 5 5 6 19 19 17 4 2 11 15 22 -7 34
18 SPAL 33 7 12 14 37 46 17 4 6 7 24 25 16 3 6 7 13 21 -9 33
19 Brescia 33 7 11 15 29 50 17 5 5 7 14 20 16 2 6 8 15 30 -21 32
20 Benevento 33 6 12 15 25 39 17 3 5 9 12 22 16 3 7 6 13 17 -14 30

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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.