Match Report
The table gap was wide: 43 points between Catania (2nd, 70 pts) and Foggia (18th, 27 pts). Catania had been under-performing their position — 14th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Per game in the league, Foggia were scoring 0.74 and conceding 1.58, Catania 1.42 and 0.66, against a competition average of 1.24 goals per team per game.
Catania carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this. Foggia had banked 7 of the last 15 points on offer; Catania, 13.
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 2 Foggia wins, 2 for Catania, 4 draws, at 3.75 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 25% of the meetings went to the host. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 63% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 75%.
Stadio Comunale Pino Zaccheria staged the fixture, a ground that holds 25,085. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-1.
Goal scorers
Foggia: Marco Bevilacqua (57') · Catania: Alessio Buttaro (64' og)
Key stats
Possession: Foggia 44% · Catania 56% · Total shots: 8-15 · On target: 2-5 · Corners: 1-10