About Match
Taranto, 20th on 0 points, face a 25-point deficit to ACR Messina (18th, 25). ACR Messina's recent output outruns their position: 2nd on form over five rounds, 18th in the table. Taranto would climb to 3 points with a win and up to 19th (other results held equal).
Taranto have lost six in a row. ACR Messina have been beaten in four straight games.
4 meetings are on record — 1 won by Taranto, 2 by ACR Messina, 1 drawn, at 2 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 75% of the meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.
A. Liotta officiates: 22 games logged, averaging 1.1 yellow cards each. Stadio Giovanni Paolo II, capacity 2,000, hosts the game.