Can Perugia beat Crotone in Stadio Renato Curi clash?

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 22.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Renato Curi (28000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Perugia have their presumed home advantage while Crotone are ahead 13 points in the Serie B table.

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 have played 15 Serie B games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).

A nice win for Perugia last time playing, versus Salernitana. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Pasquale Mazzocchi scoring for the victors. Ahead of that match, Perugia lost 1-2 at home to Benevento.

Perugia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 15 games. Perugia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Crotone form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (21) away in Serie B, are W6-D1-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Crotone hope to make it five in this match. Crotone love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Crotone play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Venezia (placed 16th). Before that, Crotone secured a home win against Pisa with the score 1-0.

Crotone has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 14 games. In the opposite end, Crotone have conceded 21 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Crotone - Perugia 2-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: three - two - two (Perugia wins - draws - Crotone wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Perugia
P. Iemmello
17 goals
CrotoneS. Tochukwu Nwankwo
S. Tochukwu Nwankwo
13 goals
CrotoneA. Benali
A. Benali
7 goals

Perugia missing players

Crotone missing players

Perugia Crotone
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 15 4 Played P 6 14 28
10 7 1 Won W 1 6 15
6 3 0 Drew D 1 1 4
12 5 3 Lost L 4 7 9
29 17 4 Scored S 9 21 47
36 15 8 Conceded C 13 21 33
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
64% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 79%
46% 40% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 71% 64%
21% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 32%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 18%
43% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 64%
21% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 29%
39% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 14%
 
5 5.8 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 5.6 7
5.8 5.6 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.9 4.1
2.1 2.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.4 2.2
7 3 0 Red cards R C 3 3 4
 
347 185 47 Total Shots T S 90 203 481
99 58 14 Shots on Target S O 27 68 155
29% 29% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 30%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Crotone has the most scored goals (21) away
  • Crotone have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Crotone have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Crotone haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Perugia has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Benevento 28 21 6 1 54 15 15 12 3 0 34 6 13 9 3 1 20 9 39 69
2 Crotone 28 15 4 9 47 33 14 9 3 2 26 12 14 6 1 7 21 21 14 49
3 Frosinone 28 13 8 7 33 23 14 9 3 2 22 9 14 4 5 5 11 14 10 47
4 Pordenone 28 13 6 9 37 34 14 9 3 2 20 9 14 4 3 7 17 25 3 45
5 Spezia 28 12 8 8 40 32 14 8 3 3 23 14 14 4 5 5 17 18 8 44
6 Cittadella 28 12 7 9 35 32 15 5 4 6 18 21 13 7 3 3 17 11 3 43
7 Salernitana 28 12 6 10 36 32 13 8 4 1 22 11 15 4 2 9 14 21 4 42
8 Chievo 28 10 11 7 34 27 14 7 3 4 20 13 14 3 8 3 14 14 7 41
9 Empoli 28 10 10 8 33 34 15 6 7 2 21 14 13 4 3 6 12 20 -1 40
10 Virtus Entella 28 10 8 10 35 36 14 7 4 3 16 11 14 3 4 7 19 25 -1 38
11 Pisa 28 9 9 10 35 35 15 6 5 4 20 17 13 3 4 6 15 18 0 36
12 Perugia 28 10 6 12 29 36 15 7 3 5 17 15 13 3 3 7 12 21 -7 36
13 Juve Stabia 28 10 6 12 35 43 15 8 2 5 23 21 13 2 4 7 12 22 -8 36
14 Pescara 28 10 5 13 38 44 14 5 5 4 23 18 14 5 0 9 15 26 -6 35
15 Ascoli 27 9 5 13 36 41 12 7 3 2 19 11 15 2 2 11 17 30 -5 32
16 Venezia 28 7 11 10 26 33 14 2 5 7 11 19 14 5 6 3 15 14 -7 32
17 Cremonese 27 7 9 11 28 32 13 5 4 4 18 14 14 2 5 7 10 18 -4 30
18 Trapani 28 5 10 13 31 52 13 3 5 5 17 19 15 2 5 8 14 33 -21 25
19 Cosenza 28 5 9 14 29 35 13 2 4 7 10 15 15 3 5 7 19 20 -6 24
20 Livorno 28 4 6 18 23 45 13 3 2 8 17 28 15 1 4 10 6 17 -22 18

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.