Serie C: Girone B duel: Close contest expected between Sambenedettese and Perugia

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone B
Competition: Sun 08.November
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Riviera delle Palme (22000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Sambenedettese have their presumed home advantage while Perugia are ahead 4 points in the Serie C: Girone B table.

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.

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Sambenedettese form and stats

Overall Serie C: Girone B stats at home this season for Sambenedettese are 2-1-1 (wins-draw-losses).

M. López was the last player to score a league goal for Sambenedettese and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Sambenedettese haven't scored in 246 minutes.

Sambenedettese drew their last game, 0-0 away at Sudtirol (placed 4th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Modena (0-2).

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 Sambenedettese have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost two.

There will be little rest for Sambenedettese after this match as they are travelling to Arezzo for a Serie C: Girone B game in only three days.

Sambenedettese has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. 4 goals have been conceded.

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Perugia form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie C: Girone B matches, Perugia have produced an overall stat of 3-0-1 so far. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Perugia hope to make it five in this match. Momentum is building for Perugia in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

It's the second away game in a row for Perugia, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Modena (placed 7th) in the Serie C: Girone B last time out. It was a Coppa Italia defeat before that one as the away game against Brescia wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Perugia in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Perugia, four draws and eight defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Calcio Padova in just three days.

Perugia are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). 5 goals have been conceded by Perugia in these games.

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Sambenedettese missing players

Perugia missing players

Sambenedettese Perugia
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 0 Played P 3 4 8
3 2 0 Won W 2 3 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
8 5 0 Scored S 4 5 12
7 4 0 Conceded C 5 5 10
88% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 75%
12% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 25% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 12%
38% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 25% 50%
38% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 75% 50%
38% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.2 2.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
62 41 0 Total Shots T S 19 34 68
19 13 0 Shots on Target S O 11 17 34
37% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 29% 35%
Key stats in Serie C: Girone B this season:
  • All of Sambenedettese's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Perugia have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Perugia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sambenedettese have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sambenedettese haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 Calcio Padova 8 5 2 1 15 4 4 2 1 1 6 3 4 3 1 0 9 1 11 17
2 Carpi 8 5 1 2 12 7 4 3 1 0 8 1 4 2 0 2 4 6 5 16
3 Perugia 8 5 1 2 12 10 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 3 0 1 5 5 2 16
4 Sudtirol 8 4 3 1 11 5 4 2 2 0 7 1 4 2 1 1 4 4 6 15
5 FeralpiSalò 8 4 2 2 13 9 4 3 0 1 7 3 4 1 2 1 6 6 4 14
6 Triestina 8 4 2 2 9 8 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 2 1 1 5 5 1 14
7 Modena 8 4 1 3 11 5 4 2 1 1 6 2 4 2 0 2 5 3 6 13
8 Mantova 8 4 1 3 15 11 4 2 1 1 11 5 4 2 0 2 4 6 4 13
9 Imolese 8 3 3 2 8 7 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 2 1 1 4 3 1 12
10 Sambenedettese 8 3 3 2 8 7 4 2 1 1 5 4 4 1 2 1 3 3 1 12
11 Legnago Salus 8 2 5 1 8 6 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 0 4 0 3 3 2 11
12 Virtus Verona 8 2 5 1 7 5 4 1 3 0 2 1 4 1 2 1 5 4 2 11
13 Matelica Calcio 8 3 2 3 12 13 4 2 2 0 8 5 4 1 0 3 4 8 -1 11
14 Cesena 8 3 1 4 10 13 4 1 0 3 5 8 4 2 1 1 5 5 -3 10
15 Ravenna 8 3 0 5 7 12 4 3 0 1 6 3 4 0 0 4 1 9 -5 9
16 Vis Pesaro 8 2 2 4 8 11 4 2 1 1 5 4 4 0 1 3 3 7 -3 8
17 Fermana 8 2 1 5 4 10 4 1 0 3 2 4 4 1 1 2 2 6 -6 7
18 Gubbio 8 0 3 5 5 11 4 0 2 2 2 5 4 0 1 3 3 6 -6 3
19 Fano 8 0 3 5 5 13 4 0 1 3 3 7 4 0 2 2 2 6 -8 3
20 Arezzo 8 0 3 5 7 20 4 0 1 3 2 11 4 0 2 2 5 9 -13 3

Read more about Serie C: Girone B

Serie C is the third highest level in the Italian football league. It is divided into three geographical divisions; North East, North West and South. These are often referred to as Girone (or group) A, B, C. Each group holds 20 teams who play 38 fixtures each to create a final league table.