Serie B match forecast and news & stats for the Perugia vs Reggina battle

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Wed 05.April
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Renato Curi (28000 seats)

Serie B: Perugia are 8 points after Reggina, but are set to go full throttle. Let's start!

Insights:
  • Perugia have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie B
  • Reggina have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Serie B

It's quite the trip for Reggina when visiting Perugia as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

There have been limited time to rest for the home side, as they were involved in a Serie B match only four days ago. This match was also played here at Stadio Renato Curi. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Reggina have had more rest.

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Perugia form and stats

Perugia have collected 20 points from their Serie B home games so far after 5-5-4. Perugia have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The spoils were shared in Perugia's previous game, also at home. Visiting Frosinone (placed 1st) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Casasola, having scored in three games in a row. Midfield player Lisi got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Lisi hit four key passes and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).

Before that match, a win away at Cittadella.

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 11 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 5 and lost 4.

The Perugia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 14 matches. On the other hand, Perugia have conceded 15 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Reggina form and stats

6-1-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Reggina in their Serie B matches away. A depressing five defeats in a row for Reggina in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Ascoli.

The attacking players of Reggina have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 316 minutes.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Reggina, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Genoa (placed 2nd). Cionek, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.62. Cionek won 6 of 14 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against Cagliari.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Reggina in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Reggina, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

The visiting Reggina have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 15 games. 17 goals have been conceded by Reggina in these games.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have battled earlier this season: Reggina - Perugia 2-3. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - zero - one (Perugia wins - draws - Reggina wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RegginaG. Fabbian
G. Fabbian
8 goals
PerugiaT. Casasola
T. Casasola
7 goals
RegginaJ. Ménez
J. Ménez
5 goals

Perugia missing players

Reggina missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Perugia Reggina
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 14 5 Played P 5 15 30
9 5 2 Won W 3 6 13
7 5 3 Drew D 0 1 3
14 4 0 Lost L 2 8 14
33 18 7 Scored S 10 16 39
35 15 3 Conceded C 7 17 36
87% 79% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
67% 64% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 70%
40% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 40% 57%
20% 29% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 13% 20%
10% 7% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 7%
40% 43% 20% BTTS BTTS 80% 47% 40%
37% 50% 80% Clean Sheets C S 20% 27% 30%
37% 29% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 33%
 
5.5 6.4 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.7 4.9
4.8 4.3 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 4.8 5
2.9 2.9 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.7
6 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
13.3 14 15.4 Shots (avg) S ( 12.4 11.7 12.9
4.2 5.2 6.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.8 4.6
26% 25% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 28% 28%
 
13.7 11.9 11.6 Shots against (avg) S A 12.4 11.4 10.4
4.7 4.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 3.5 3.4
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Perugia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Perugia have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie B
  • Reggina have the fewest matches under the total-line (13) in Serie B
  • Reggina have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Serie B
  • Reggina haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 31 19 6 6 49 20 15 11 2 2 27 8 16 8 4 4 22 12 29 63
2 Genoa 31 17 9 5 40 19 16 9 6 1 21 6 15 8 3 4 19 13 21 59
3 Bari 1908 31 14 11 6 47 28 16 6 7 3 26 16 15 8 4 3 21 12 19 53
4 Sudtirol 31 13 13 5 35 29 16 6 8 2 20 16 15 7 5 3 15 13 6 52
5 Cagliari 31 11 13 7 39 30 16 9 5 2 24 15 15 2 8 5 15 15 9 46
6 Pisa 31 11 12 8 42 30 15 7 4 4 24 14 16 4 8 4 18 16 12 45
7 Parma 31 12 8 11 37 34 16 8 2 6 20 14 15 4 6 5 17 20 3 44
8 Reggina 30 13 3 14 39 36 15 7 2 6 23 19 15 6 1 8 16 17 3 42
9 Palermo 31 10 12 9 39 39 15 7 5 3 20 13 16 3 7 6 19 26 0 42
10 Ternana 31 10 10 11 30 37 15 7 5 3 16 12 16 3 5 8 14 25 -7 40
11 Como 31 9 12 10 37 39 15 7 4 4 21 15 16 2 8 6 16 24 -2 39
12 Ascoli 31 10 9 12 34 39 16 4 5 7 16 20 15 6 4 5 18 19 -5 39
13 Modena 30 11 5 14 41 43 14 6 4 4 22 15 16 5 1 10 19 28 -2 38
14 Venezia 31 9 9 13 34 41 16 4 5 7 18 23 15 5 4 6 16 18 -7 36
15 Cittadella 30 8 11 11 28 39 15 4 7 4 16 19 15 4 4 7 12 20 -11 35
16 Cosenza 31 9 8 14 26 47 16 7 5 4 18 15 15 2 3 10 8 32 -21 35
17 Perugia 30 9 7 14 33 35 14 5 5 4 18 15 16 4 2 10 15 20 -2 34
18 SPAL 31 6 11 14 32 43 16 4 5 7 22 23 15 2 6 7 10 20 -11 29
19 Benevento 31 6 11 14 23 35 15 3 4 8 10 18 16 3 7 6 13 17 -12 29
20 Brescia 31 6 10 15 26 48 16 4 5 7 13 20 15 2 5 8 13 28 -22 28

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 31 19 6 6 49 20 15 11 2 2 27 8 16 8 4 4 22 12 29 63
2 Genoa 31 17 9 5 40 19 16 9 6 1 21 6 15 8 3 4 19 13 21 59
3 Bari 1908 31 14 11 6 47 28 16 6 7 3 26 16 15 8 4 3 21 12 19 53
4 Sudtirol 31 13 13 5 35 29 16 6 8 2 20 16 15 7 5 3 15 13 6 52
5 Cagliari 31 11 13 7 39 30 16 9 5 2 24 15 15 2 8 5 15 15 9 46
6 Pisa 31 11 12 8 42 30 15 7 4 4 24 14 16 4 8 4 18 16 12 45
7 Parma 31 12 8 11 37 34 16 8 2 6 20 14 15 4 6 5 17 20 3 44
8 Reggina 30 13 3 14 39 36 15 7 2 6 23 19 15 6 1 8 16 17 3 42
9 Palermo 31 10 12 9 39 39 15 7 5 3 20 13 16 3 7 6 19 26 0 42
10 Ternana 31 10 10 11 30 37 15 7 5 3 16 12 16 3 5 8 14 25 -7 40
11 Como 31 9 12 10 37 39 15 7 4 4 21 15 16 2 8 6 16 24 -2 39
12 Ascoli 31 10 9 12 34 39 16 4 5 7 16 20 15 6 4 5 18 19 -5 39
13 Modena 30 11 5 14 41 43 14 6 4 4 22 15 16 5 1 10 19 28 -2 38
14 Venezia 31 9 9 13 34 41 16 4 5 7 18 23 15 5 4 6 16 18 -7 36
15 Cittadella 30 8 11 11 28 39 15 4 7 4 16 19 15 4 4 7 12 20 -11 35
16 Cosenza 31 9 8 14 26 47 16 7 5 4 18 15 15 2 3 10 8 32 -21 35
17 Perugia 30 9 7 14 33 35 14 5 5 4 18 15 16 4 2 10 15 20 -2 34
18 SPAL 31 6 11 14 32 43 16 4 5 7 22 23 15 2 6 7 10 20 -11 29
19 Benevento 31 6 11 14 23 35 15 3 4 8 10 18 16 3 7 6 13 17 -12 29
20 Brescia 31 6 10 15 26 48 16 4 5 7 13 20 15 2 5 8 13 28 -22 28

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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.