Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Modena 4th with 70 points, Carpi 15th with 41, 29 apart. Per game in the league, Carpi were scoring 1.18 and conceding 1.63, Modena 1.34 and 0.74, against a competition average of 1.22 goals per team per game.
8 games without a win framed Carpi's arrival. Carpi had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Modena, 10.
4 meetings are on record — 3 won by Carpi, 0 by Modena, 1 drawn, at 3.25 goals per meeting. Only 25% of these meetings ended in a home win. Goals tend to flow: 75% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
Stadio Sandro Cabassi in Carpi staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,500. Carpi led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-0 full-time score.