Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Hellas Verona (9th, 49 pts) held a 24-point advantage over Brescia (19th, 25 pts). Brescia ranked 14th in the league on five-round form, well above their 19th table position. Per game in the league, Brescia were scoring 0.92 and conceding 2.08, Hellas Verona 1.24 and 1.34, against a competition average of 1.52 goals per team per game.
Brescia had gone 14 games without a win.
9 meetings are on record — 3 won by Brescia, 4 by Hellas Verona, 2 drawn, at 3.33 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 67% of the meetings. 67% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 67%.
Stadio Mario Rigamonti in Brescia, capacity 16,743, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-0.