Match Report
Alessandria, 20th on 20 points, faced a 60-point deficit to Mantova (1st, 80). Mantova ranked just 19th in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. Per game in the league, Alessandria were scoring 0.53 and conceding 1.26, Mantova 1.89 and 0.82, against a competition average of 1.11 goals per team per game.
Alessandria had not won in 11 games. Over the last five, Alessandria had taken 1 of 15 points to Mantova's 10.
Stadio Giuseppe Moccagatta in Alessandria, capacity 5,797, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Mantova led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-1 the final score.