Match Report
The table read 16th (Avellino, 48 pts) against 8th (Perugia, 60 pts), 12 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Perugia: only 19th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 8th. Per game in the league, Avellino were scoring 1.17 and conceding 1.43, Perugia 1.6 and 1.38, against a competition average of 1.28 goals per team per game.
6 games without a win framed Avellino's arrival. Perugia had not lost in 9 games, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Over the last five, Avellino had taken 2 of 15 points to Perugia's 13.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 0 Avellino wins, 5 for Perugia, 2 draws, at 2.57 goals per meeting. Only 29% of these meetings ended in a home win.
The match was played at Stadio Partenio-Adriano Lombardi in Avellino (capacity 26,542). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Avellino led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-0.