Match Report
The table gap was wide: 32 points between Fiorentina (5th, 58 pts) and ACR Messina (20th, 26 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: ACR Messina 0.97 scored and 1.82 conceded per game, Fiorentina 1.63 and 0.82, with the league averaging 1.27.
ACR Messina were winless in 11. Fiorentina entered with four wins in a row, having scored in 10 consecutive games. Over the last five, ACR Messina had taken 1 of 15 points to Fiorentina's 12.
The venue was Stadio Comunale Franco Scoglio, with room for 11,900 spectators. On the scoreboard, Fiorentina led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-2.
Goal scorers
ACR Messina: Christian Rigano (81'), Christian Rigano (88') · Fiorentina: Giampaolo Pazzini (25'), Alessandro Gamberini (58')