Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Folgore Caratese 4th with 68 points, Arconatese 20th with 31, 37 apart. Arconatese had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 13th in the league over the last five rounds against 20th overall. Per game in the league, Arconatese were scoring 0.87 and conceding 1.68, Folgore Caratese 1.74 and 1.11, against a competition average of 1.23 goals per team per game.
Folgore Caratese's unbeaten run stood at 9, having scored in 9 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Arconatese 7/15, Folgore Caratese 13/15.
6 meetings are on record — 2 won by Arconatese, 2 by Folgore Caratese, 2 drawn, at 1.67 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 17% of the meetings went to the host. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 17% of the meetings went over two goals.
Campo Sportivo Delle Vittorie in Arconate, capacity 2,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.