Match Report
Cesena, 1st with 96 points, sat 33 points above Perugia (4th, 63). Perugia ranked just 17th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Cesena 2.11 scored and 0.5 conceded per game, Perugia 1.16 and 0.92, with the league averaging 1.2.
Cesena had not lost in 7 games, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 13/15 points for Cesena against 5/15 for Perugia.
7 meetings are on record — 3 won by Cesena, 0 by Perugia, 4 drawn, at 2.71 goals per meeting. Only 14% of these meetings ended in a home win.
Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi in Cesena, capacity 20,194, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Cesena led 2-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-0 the final score.