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Perugia and Cittadella meet at Stadio Renato Curi, in a match for the 36 th round of Serie B. In the last direct match for this edition of the league, on 23-12-2018, the two teams tied (2-2) . The history of direct confrontations played in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 3 matches won 2 and lost 1. But the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium, on 03-02-2018 , for Serie B, Cittadella won by (1-3). A. Cerri (43 ‘) scored the goals of the match, for Perugia, and C. Kouamé (20’), A. Schenetti (56 ‘) and L. Strizzolo (83’), for Cittadella. The condition home / away deserves particular attention, because despite this being a match between 9th and 8th of the league table, it is actually a match between the 14th ranked in home games and the 7th as a visitor.
Perugia:
The home team is currently in the 9 th position of the league, with 46 points won, after 13 wins, 7 draws and 13 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Lecce, by (1-2). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Spezia, by (1-1). This is a team little affected by the house factor, since it conquered similar results at home and abroad. For the championship, Perugia won 10 points out of 30 possible, after 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses in the last 10 home matches. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 33 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 16 times and never got the comeback.
The Perugia is making a campaign only medium in Serie B, going through a very bad phase, because he does not win 5 days ago, in which he lost 3 and tied 2, and is looking for an urgent recovery to try to return to the playoffs of promotion to the first division. The team has as a great problem the fragility of its defensive sector, which suffered 47 goals in 33 matches and is the fifth weakest in the championship, so much that it did not suffer goals in only 1 of the last 11 matches of the championship, being that in 5 of them he suffered 2 or more goals, but he also scored in 9 of these games. At home, as in the game on Wednesday, Perugia has encountered enormous difficulties, lost 6 of the last 8 games and it should be noted that he suffered at least 2 goals in 5 of these games, again evidencing his defensive problems, as he does not achieve to be solid in that sector, even before its fans. For the clash with Cittadella, coach Alessandro Nesta has no problems in the starting lineup and goes to the field with maximum strength.
Cittadella:
After 11 wins, 13 draws and 9 losses, the away team is currently in the 8 th position of the league, with 46 points won. In the last match, they have tied at home against Ascoli by (2-2), after in the previous match they have lost at home, in a match against Cremonese, by (1-3). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since it has won 17 points in away matches and 29 at their stadium, with 9 goals scored and 16 conceded at home, against 35 goals scored and 20 conceded at home. For the league, Cittadella won 8 points out of 30 possible points, after 1 win, 5 draws and 4 losses in the last 10 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (10 out of 16 matches). The team has conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but its attack has scored regularly, as it has always scored at least one goal in the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches for this competition there is a tendency for few goals, since in 14 of the last 16 they played there were less than 3 goals. In 33 matches in this competition, they only won 2 comebacks in the 17 matches they suffered in the first goal.
Cittadella is making a reasonable campaign in Serie B, but is going through a moment of instability, with only 1 win in the last 7 days and is looking for a recovery, since at the moment it is in the last place of access to the promotion playoffs and has several teams below if with a similar score. So, if he does not win this game he has great possibilities of leaving the promotion zone. The team has a medium attack, which scored 44 goals in 33 games and is only the ninth best in the championship, while the defense suffered 36 goals and is the third best, but it should be noted that he fell defensively and suffered goals in 7 of the last 8 matches of the championship, being that in the last 3 matches he suffered 2 or more goals.
Perugia vs Cittadella head to head matches
23.12.18 SB Cittadella Perugia 2 : 2
03.02.18 SB Perugia Cittadella 1 : 3
11.09.17 SB Cittadella Perugia 1 : 1
11.03.17 SB Cittadella Perugia 1 : 1
15.10.16 SB Perugia Cittadella 2 : 0