Match Report
49 points separated the sides: Salernitana 10th on 52, Perugia 1st on 3. Recent form told a different story for Perugia: only 18th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 1st. Against a league average of 1.26 goals per team per game, Perugia ran at 1.5 scored and 1.5 conceded, Salernitana at 1.39 and 1.32.
Perugia had lost five in a row. The five-game form split read 0/15 points for Perugia against 9/15 for Salernitana.
GioScore's database holds 10 meetings between the two: 2 for Perugia, 2 for Salernitana and 6 drawn, at 2.9 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. In 100% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
Stadio Renato Curi in Perugia, capacity 28,000, hosted the game. Perugia led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.