Match Report
The table gap was wide: 65 points between Benevento (1st, 86 pts) and Livorno (20th, 21 pts). Benevento's recent output lagged their position: 5th on form over five rounds while 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Benevento were scoring 1.76 and conceding 0.71, Livorno 0.79 and 1.76, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
Livorno entered with four losses in a row.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 2 Benevento wins, 2 for Livorno, 0 draws, at 2 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 75% of the meetings won by the home side. These meetings skew tight — only 25% saw more than two goals.
Stadio Ciro Vigorito in Benevento, capacity 12,847, hosted the game. Benevento led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 3-1 full-time score.