Match Report
Avellino, 1st with 75 points, sat 22 points above Catania (5th, 53). Scoring rates set the scale: Catania 1.44 scored and 1 conceded per game, Avellino 1.79 and 0.76, with the league averaging 1.23.
Catania's unbeaten run stood at 8. Momentum sat with Avellino, winners of their last seven, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
7 meetings are on record — 2 won by Catania, 4 by Avellino, 1 drawn, at 2.71 goals per meeting.
Stadio Angelo Massimino, capacity 23,266, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-2.
Goal scorers
Catania: Gabriel Lunetta (8') · Avellino: Cosimo Patierno (12'), Cosimo Patierno (61')
Key stats
Possession: Catania 48% · Avellino 52% · Total shots: 12-5 · On target: 4-3 · Corners: 5-1