Match Report
The table gap was wide: 38 points between Benevento (1st, 86 pts) and Virtus Entella (13th, 48 pts). On recent form Benevento sat only 5th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Per game in the league, Virtus Entella were scoring 1.21 and conceding 1.32, Benevento 1.76 and 0.71, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Benevento in 15 games, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Virtus Entella win, 0 for Benevento, 3 draws, at 2.75 goals per meeting. Only 25% of these meetings ended in a home win. Both teams scored in 75% of the meetings.
The match was played at Stadio Comunale Chiavari in Chiavari (capacity 5,500). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Benevento led 3-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-4.