Perugia and Spezia have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Serie B.
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.
This pitch has grass, which is not Spezia's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Spezia have performed like this: Played 43 matches resulting in 9 wins, 12 draws and 22 defeats with the goal stats 49-64 (scored/conceded).
Perugia form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie B, Perugia have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games.
The Perugia fans got no joy from their last match, a Serie B game also here at Stadio Renato Curi: A 0-3 defeat against Spezia (placed 9th). In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Juve Stabia.
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 nine matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost five.
Perugia has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Perugia have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Spezia form and stats
Playing away, Spezia have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie B this season. In general it has been a productive period now for Spezia as they haven't lost any of their last ten games. Spezia has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Spezia goalkeeper Simone Scuffet is eager to challenge this, with his 223 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Spezia play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Perugia (placed 7th). Before that, Spezia secured a home win against Pordenone with the score 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 19 similar matches played by Spezia in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Spezia, seven draws and seven defeats.
Spezia have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Spezia have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Perugia - Spezia 0-3 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Perugia, five draws and four wins for Spezia. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  P. Iemmello 17 goals |   A. Ragusa 7 goals |  M. Ricci 3 goals |
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| Perugia | Spezia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 27 | 15 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 31 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 11 | 22 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 82% | 86% |
| 74% | 67% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 73% |
| 52% | 42% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 55% | 45% |
| 26% | 25% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 9% | 14% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 9% | 9% |
| 48% | 42% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 45% |
| 22% | 33% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | 41% |
| 35% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 27% |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 5.9 | 5.9 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 294 | 154 | 66 | Total Shots | T S | 49 | 123 | 261 |
| 91 | 51 | 24 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 30 | 74 |
| 30% | 29% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 47% | 39% |
- Spezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 26 | 51 |
| 2 | Pordenone | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 35 |
| 3 | Crotone | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | Frosinone | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 34 |
| 5 | Salernitana | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | Cittadella | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 33 |
| 7 | Perugia | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -1 | 33 |
| 8 | Pescara | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 32 |
| 9 | Spezia | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 31 |
| 10 | Virtus Entella | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 31 |
| 11 | Ascoli | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 31 |
| 12 | Chievo | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 30 |
| 13 | Pisa | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 29 |
| 14 | Juve Stabia | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -7 | 29 |
| 15 | Venezia | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -3 | 27 |
| 16 | Empoli | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -4 | 27 |
| 17 | Cremonese | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 23 |
| 18 | Cosenza | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | -3 | 20 |
| 19 | Trapani | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 41 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 24 | -18 | 19 |
| 20 | Livorno | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | -18 | 13 |