Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Brescia 5th with 66 points, Crotone 19th with 26, 40 apart. Crotone ranked 15th in the league on five-round form, well above their 19th table position. Against a league average of 1.24 goals per team per game, Crotone ran at 1.08 scored and 1.61 conceded, Brescia at 1.45 and 0.92.
Brescia arrived off three consecutive draws.
The head-to-head ledger counts 16 games: 5 Crotone wins, 6 for Brescia, 5 draws, at 2.88 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 63% of the meetings went to the host. 69% of the meetings finished with three goals or more.
The match was played at Stadio Ezio Scida in Crotone (capacity 16,108). Brescia led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.