Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Benevento 1st with 71 points, Melfi 15th with 30, 41 apart. Melfi ranked 10th in the league on five-round form, well above their 15th table position. Per game in the league, Benevento were scoring 1.5 and conceding 0.62, Melfi 0.94 and 1.18, against a competition average of 1.16 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Benevento, winners of their last three. Three consecutive draws preceded this one for Melfi. Recent form was uneven: 9/15 points for Benevento, 3/15 for Melfi.
Stadio Ciro Vigorito in Benevento, capacity 12,847, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Benevento led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 3-0.