Serie B match research: Venezia versus Perugia

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 13.May
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Pierluigi Penzo (10500 seats)

Most would pick Venezia in this fixture versus Perugia, but the away side will battle to the finish. Here's the complete Tipsway match preview!

Insights:
  • Venezia have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Serie B
  • Perugia have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie B

Perugia are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Venezia form and stats

6 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats. That’s what Venezia have to build on here at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo in the Serie B. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Venezia, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Venezia travelled for their previous game, a trip to Cosenza that ended 1-1. The home team have an in-form goalscorer in Pohjanpalo, having found the net in four matches in a row. Attacking player Pohjanpalo bettered all others in that game and got a match rating of 7.44 out of 10. Pohjanpalo scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Modena in a game that was won 5-0.

The Venezia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 26 in 18 matches. On the other hand, Venezia have conceded 25 goals.

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Perugia form and stats

There's been little loot from Perugia's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 18 away games in the Serie B. Perugia only have 4 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 3 draws.

Home advantage was not enough for Perugia in their previous game as they lost hosting Cagliari, 0-5. Perugia lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one. Lisi got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, top player of the team. Lisi hit five key passes.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to SPAL.

The visitors have scored 16 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. 23 goals have been conceded by Perugia in these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the score when the contenders met previously this campaign; Perugia - Venezia 2-1. Last eight meetings with these squads: Venezia won four, Perugia were winners in three and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

VeneziaJ. Pohjanpalo
J. Pohjanpalo
18 goals
PerugiaT. Casasola
T. Casasola
8 goals
PerugiaG. Di Serio
G. Di Serio
5 goals

Venezia missing players

Perugia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Venezia Perugia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 6 18 36
12 6 3 Won W 1 4 9
10 5 2 Drew D 1 3 9
14 7 1 Lost L 4 11 18
47 26 8 Scored S 5 16 35
46 25 6 Conceded C 9 23 47
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 86%
78% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 72% 67%
47% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 28% 39%
22% 28% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 11% 22%
14% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 11% 11%
61% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 39% 39%
14% 17% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 33%
28% 22% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 42%
 
4.5 5.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 4.9 5.7
5.3 5.9 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.3 4.9
2.2 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.8 2.9
5 4 1 Red cards R C 3 4 6
 
12.7 12.5 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 12.7 13.2
4.4 4.3 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.2 3.8
30% 34% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 28% 25%
 
14.1 14.2 15 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 15.1 13.5
4.3 4.1 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5.2 4.8
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Perugia have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Serie B
  • Venezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Venezia have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Serie B

  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 36 22 8 6 57 22 18 13 3 2 32 9 18 9 5 4 25 13 35 74
2 Genoa 36 20 11 5 47 22 18 11 6 1 25 7 18 9 5 4 22 15 25 71
3 Bari 1908 36 16 14 6 54 33 18 6 9 3 29 19 18 10 5 3 25 14 21 62
4 Südtirol 36 14 15 7 36 31 18 6 9 3 20 17 18 8 6 4 16 14 5 57
5 Cagliari 36 13 15 8 47 33 18 10 6 2 26 16 18 3 9 6 21 17 14 54
6 Parma 35 14 10 11 43 38 17 9 2 6 22 15 18 5 8 5 21 23 5 51
7 Palermo 36 11 15 10 45 45 18 8 7 3 23 15 18 3 8 7 22 30 0 48
8 Pisa 36 11 13 12 46 39 18 7 5 6 26 19 18 4 8 6 20 20 7 46
9 Venezia 36 12 10 14 47 46 18 6 5 7 26 25 18 6 5 7 21 21 1 46
10 Ascoli 36 12 10 14 39 45 18 6 5 7 19 21 18 6 5 7 20 24 -6 46
11 Reggina 36 16 4 16 48 44 18 9 2 7 27 22 18 7 2 9 21 22 4 45
12 Modena 36 12 9 15 44 50 18 6 8 4 24 17 18 6 1 11 20 33 -6 45
13 Como 36 9 16 11 44 47 18 7 7 4 25 19 18 2 9 7 19 28 -3 43
14 Ternana 36 11 10 15 34 46 18 8 5 5 19 18 18 3 5 10 15 28 -12 43
15 Cittadella 36 9 14 13 33 44 18 5 7 6 19 22 18 4 7 7 14 22 -11 41
16 Cosenza 36 9 12 15 29 51 18 7 7 4 20 17 18 2 5 11 9 34 -22 39
17 Brescia 35 9 11 15 33 52 18 6 5 7 16 21 17 3 6 8 17 31 -19 38
18 Perugia 36 9 9 18 35 47 18 5 6 7 19 24 18 4 3 11 16 23 -12 36
19 SPAL 36 7 14 15 39 49 18 4 7 7 25 26 18 3 7 8 14 23 -10 35
20 Benevento 36 6 14 16 29 45 18 3 6 9 14 24 18 3 8 7 15 21 -16 32

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 36 22 8 6 57 22 18 13 3 2 32 9 18 9 5 4 25 13 35 74
2 Genoa 36 20 11 5 47 22 18 11 6 1 25 7 18 9 5 4 22 15 25 71
3 Bari 1908 36 16 14 6 54 33 18 6 9 3 29 19 18 10 5 3 25 14 21 62
4 Südtirol 36 14 15 7 36 31 18 6 9 3 20 17 18 8 6 4 16 14 5 57
5 Cagliari 36 13 15 8 47 33 18 10 6 2 26 16 18 3 9 6 21 17 14 54
6 Parma 35 14 10 11 43 38 17 9 2 6 22 15 18 5 8 5 21 23 5 51
7 Palermo 36 11 15 10 45 45 18 8 7 3 23 15 18 3 8 7 22 30 0 48
8 Pisa 36 11 13 12 46 39 18 7 5 6 26 19 18 4 8 6 20 20 7 46
9 Venezia 36 12 10 14 47 46 18 6 5 7 26 25 18 6 5 7 21 21 1 46
10 Ascoli 36 12 10 14 39 45 18 6 5 7 19 21 18 6 5 7 20 24 -6 46
11 Reggina 36 16 4 16 48 44 18 9 2 7 27 22 18 7 2 9 21 22 4 45
12 Modena 36 12 9 15 44 50 18 6 8 4 24 17 18 6 1 11 20 33 -6 45
13 Como 36 9 16 11 44 47 18 7 7 4 25 19 18 2 9 7 19 28 -3 43
14 Ternana 36 11 10 15 34 46 18 8 5 5 19 18 18 3 5 10 15 28 -12 43
15 Cittadella 36 9 14 13 33 44 18 5 7 6 19 22 18 4 7 7 14 22 -11 41
16 Cosenza 36 9 12 15 29 51 18 7 7 4 20 17 18 2 5 11 9 34 -22 39
17 Brescia 35 9 11 15 33 52 18 6 5 7 16 21 17 3 6 8 17 31 -19 38
18 Perugia 36 9 9 18 35 47 18 5 6 7 19 24 18 4 3 11 16 23 -12 36
19 SPAL 36 7 14 15 39 49 18 4 7 7 25 26 18 3 7 8 14 23 -10 35
20 Benevento 36 6 14 16 29 45 18 3 6 9 14 24 18 3 8 7 15 21 -16 32

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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.