Another action-packed game as Perugia welcome SPAL

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Thu 08.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Renato Curi (28000 seats)

Examine their own tactics or look more at the opposing team? Both Perugia and SPAL must try something different than earlier. Read more!

Insights:
  • Perugia have the fewest scored goals (10) in Serie B
  • SPAL have yet to win a game away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Perugia form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie B this season. Perugia have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here at Stadio Renato Curi.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Stefano Gori not having conceded a league goal in 225 minutes.

Perugia travelled for their previous game, a trip to Cosenza that ended 0-0. Bartolomei (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.65/10. Bartolomei hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match, Perugia won a home game hosting Genoa (1-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Perugia handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 10 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Gamblers who prefer staking for low-scoring games might like knowing that this team have played 5 league fixtures in a row with two or less goals (under 2.5).

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

Perugia aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Renato Curi in the league, with only {5 goals} from 7 games. 10 goals have been conceded.

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SPAL form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for SPAL so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-2 (win-draw-lose). Recent form does not give SPAL much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Perugia will be a tough nut to crack.

The manager Venturato was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Stadio Paolo Mazza. SPAL suffered a 2-3 loss to Modena (placed 10th). Late heartbreak for SPAL in the Modena match, as the deciding 2-3 goal came deep into overtime. Attacker Moncini got a player rating of 8.64 in the game. "Man of the match" Moncini scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, the SPAL manager Venturato faced defeat when travelling to Brescia and losing 0-2.

SPAL are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 7 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as SPAL are hosting Palermo in the Serie B only three days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting SPAL as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by SPAL in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Perugia three wins, three draws and SPAL one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SPALA. La Mantia
A. La Mantia
4 goals
SPALG. Moncini
G. Moncini
4 goals
PerugiaF. Melchiorri
F. Melchiorri
3 goals

Perugia missing players

SPAL missing players

Perugia SPAL
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 0 Played P 1 7 15
3 2 0 Won W 0 0 3
3 1 0 Drew D 1 5 6
9 4 0 Lost L 0 2 6
10 5 0 Scored S 3 6 19
20 10 0 Conceded C 3 10 21
87% 86% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 71% 87%
53% 57% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 80%
33% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 29% 40%
20% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 29% 33%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 14% 20%
40% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 43% 47%
27% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 33%
47% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 57% 33%
 
5.1 5.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.1 4.2
4.5 4.4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.4 4.9
2.9 3.1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.3 3.5
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
12.7 12.6 0 Shots (avg) S ( 18 12.9 12.6
3.5 3.9 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 3.9 4.5
19% 19% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 22% 28%
 
14.7 13.6 0 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.1 13.9
5.4 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.4 4.7
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Perugia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Perugia have the fewest scored goals (10) in Serie B
  • Perugia have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Serie B
  • Perugia have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Serie B
  • SPAL have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • SPAL have yet to win a 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 15 10 2 3 22 10 7 6 1 0 12 2 8 4 1 3 10 8 12 32
2 Reggina 15 9 2 4 28 13 7 5 1 1 19 6 8 4 1 3 9 7 15 29
3 Bari 1908 15 5 8 2 22 16 7 1 5 1 11 9 8 4 3 1 11 7 6 23
4 Parma 15 6 5 4 21 16 8 5 1 2 14 9 7 1 4 2 7 7 5 23
5 Genoa 15 6 5 4 16 13 7 1 5 1 6 6 8 5 0 3 10 7 3 23
6 Brescia 15 6 5 4 18 19 8 4 3 1 10 6 7 2 2 3 8 13 -1 23
7 Ternana 15 6 4 5 19 18 7 3 3 1 7 3 8 3 1 4 12 15 1 22
8 Südtirol 15 5 7 3 19 20 8 2 5 1 11 10 7 3 2 2 8 10 -1 22
9 Ascoli 15 5 6 4 21 19 8 2 3 3 10 12 7 3 3 1 11 7 2 21
10 Modena 15 6 2 7 22 21 7 3 1 3 12 9 8 3 1 4 10 12 1 20
11 Pisa 15 4 7 4 24 20 7 3 2 2 12 8 8 1 5 2 12 12 4 19
12 Cagliari 15 4 7 4 17 18 8 3 3 2 9 10 7 1 4 2 8 8 -1 19
13 Cittadella 15 4 7 4 13 16 7 2 4 1 7 7 8 2 3 3 6 9 -3 19
14 Palermo 15 5 3 7 15 19 8 3 2 3 9 8 7 2 1 4 6 11 -4 18
15 Cosenza 15 4 4 7 15 24 7 3 1 3 10 9 8 1 3 4 5 15 -9 16
16 SPAL 15 3 6 6 19 21 8 3 1 4 13 11 7 0 5 2 6 10 -2 15
17 Benevento 15 3 6 6 14 17 8 1 3 4 6 10 7 2 3 2 8 7 -3 15
18 Venezia 15 4 3 8 16 22 8 1 1 6 7 15 7 3 2 2 9 7 -6 15
19 Como 15 3 6 6 17 26 8 3 3 2 9 9 7 0 3 4 8 17 -9 15
20 Perugia 15 3 3 9 10 20 7 2 1 4 5 10 8 1 2 5 5 10 -10 12

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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.