Match Report
10 points and 10 places separated them: Venezia 8th with 49, Perugia 18th with 39. The last five rounds placed Perugia 13th in the league for form — higher than their 18th in the standings. Per game in the league, Venezia were scoring 1.34 and conceding 1.32, Perugia 1.05 and 1.37, against a competition average of 1.17 goals per team per game.
Perugia had gone 7 games without a win. Over the last five, Venezia had taken 10 of 15 points to Perugia's 2.
GioScore's database holds 8 meetings between the two: 4 for Venezia, 3 for Perugia and 1 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 63% of the meetings went to the host.
Stadio Pierluigi Penzo staged the fixture, a ground that holds 11,150. On the scoreboard, Venezia led 2-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 3-2.
Goal scorers
Venezia: M. Ellertsson (60'), Andrea Carboni (42'), Nicholas Pierini (26') · Perugia: Gregorio Luperini (64'), Tiago Casasola (78')
Key stats
Possession: Venezia 58% · Perugia 42% · Total shots: 9-14 · On target: 5-4 · Corners: 6-6