Important shoot-out in the cellar of the Serie B, with both Perugia and Venezia going through more worry than pleasure. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the hosting team positioned 20th and the visiting team in 16th place.
- Perugia have the fewest scored goals (12) in Serie B
- Venezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) 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.
Perugia form and stats
Perugia's results here at Stadio Renato Curi in the Serie B have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager Castori led his Perugia to a defeat away at Cagliari. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Renato Curi. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going unbeaten through four league rounds. Gori had a busy but productive day in the Cagliari match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Strizzolo, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the declared top player for the side in that fixture, receiving a rating of 7.5 (out of 10). Strizzolo scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus SPAL.Perugia have scored {5 league goals} here from 8 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Perugia have conceded 10 goals. Perugia has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Venezia form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie B matches, Venezia have produced an overall stat of 3-3-2 so far.
Venezia had fun at their own home (Stadio Renato Curi) last time out, beating Cosenza 2-0. Črnigoj and Tessmann scored. Tessmann got a match rating of 8.31 in that game, top player of the team. Tessmann scored one goal and had 37 successful passes (of 45 total).
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Modena.The visiting Venezia have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 8 games. 9 goals have been conceded by Venezia in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's two Perugia victories, one draw and four Venezia wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last seven encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Pohjanpalo 5 goals |   F. Melchiorri 3 goals |  L. Strizzolo 3 goals |
Perugia missing players
Venezia missing players
| Perugia | Venezia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 20 |
| 23 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 24 |
| 82% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 53% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 88% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 47% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 62% | 65% |
| 29% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 12% | 12% |
| 47% | 38% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 24% |
| 5 | 5.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.4 |
| 2.7 | 2.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.5 | 12.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13.9 | 13.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 20% | 18% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 30% | 27% |
| 14.9 | 13 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.8 | 13.8 | 14.8 |
| 5.5 | 4.9 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4 | 4.5 |
- Perugia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Perugia have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie B
- Perugia have the fewest scored goals (12) in Serie B
- Perugia have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Serie B
- Venezia have scored at least twice as many goals away as Perugia have scored home.
- Venezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Serie B
- Venezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 36 |
| 2 | Reggina | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 32 |
| 3 | Bari 1908 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 29 |
| 4 | Genoa | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 5 | Ternana | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | Parma | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| 7 | Brescia | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -3 | 24 |
| 8 | Südtirol | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -3 | 23 |
| 9 | Pisa | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 23 |
| 10 | Cagliari | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Ascoli | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| 12 | Modena | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 21 |
| 13 | Benevento | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 21 |
| 14 | Palermo | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 15 | Cittadella | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 19 |
| 16 | Venezia | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 17 | Cosenza | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -11 | 17 |
| 18 | SPAL | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 19 | Como | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 16 |
| 20 | Perugia | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 13 |
