Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Arezzo 1st with 80 points, Pineto 7th with 50, 30 apart. The last five rounds placed Pineto no better than 17th for form, against 7th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Pineto 1.17 scored and 1.25 conceded per game, Arezzo 1.78 and 0.67, with the league averaging 1.13.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Pineto 3, draws 1, Arezzo 1, at 4 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 20% of the meetings went to the host. 100% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 100%.
Arezzo led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 1-4 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Pineto: Saad El Haddad (82') · Arezzo: Artur Ioniță (31'), Alessandro Arena (64'), Emiliano Pattarello (90'), Camillo Tavernelli (90')
Key stats
Possession: Pineto 35% · Arezzo 65% · Total shots: 4-9 · On target: 2-5 · Corners: 0-10