Siena vs Perugia

Mid-table Siena take on draw specialist Perugia at Stadio Artemio Franchi on Saturday eveing for their 17th Serie-A league match. Siena looks set to be one of the surprise package this season, occupying 12th spot in the league standings, second best amongst three newly promoted clubs from Serie-B last season. Most of Siena's success was because of their impressive home form which now stands at 4-2-2, netting 14 goals and only conceeding 4 at the back. Their last home match was a huge success, a 4-0 thrashing of Modena. Siena on-loan striker Nicola Ventola will be hoping to start after netting two late goals against Juventus in their previous match as Enrico Chiesa is still not match fit. Former Perugia winger Konstantinos Loumpoutis may be included in the starting line-up to face his former employer after making a move to Siena earlier this month. Andrea Ardito is still sidelined with a cruciate knee ligament injury. Apart from that, Siena's boss Giuseppe Papadopulo should be using the same formation that played agaist Juventus last week. Eusebio Di Francesco is set to make his debut for Perugia at Siena on Saturday evening after joining the club from Ancona recently. The presence of Di Francesco would be the most suitable replacement for Nigerian Christian Obodo who appeared to be off-form during their midweek Coppa Italia defeat to the hand of Juventus.

Veteran Fabrizio Ravanelli could also debutise for Perugia after joining the club from Derby County this month. The Grifoni's boss Serse Cosmi is fully aware of the pressure from the chairman that another bad result for the club could see Cosmi lose his job. Perugia and Ancona are the only club yet to register any win this season. With Siena having such impressive form recently, expect The Tuscans to grab full points in front of their home crowds this evening.