Match Report
8 points and 11 places separated them: Napoli U19 13th with 1, Catanzaro U19 2nd with 9. Napoli U19 ranked just 25th in the league on five-round form despite their 13th table position. Per game in the league, Napoli U19 were scoring 1.67 and conceding 2.67, Catanzaro U19 3.67 and 0.67, against a competition average of 1.88 goals per team per game.
Napoli U19 arrived off three straight defeats. Defeat had not touched Catanzaro U19 in 5 games, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 4/15 points for Napoli U19, 11/15 for Catanzaro U19.
Centro Sportivo Sant'Antimo staged the fixture, a ground that holds 60,240. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Catanzaro U19 led 2-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-3.
Goal scorers
Napoli U19: Milton Pereyra (58'), 1 goal with no recorded scorer · Catanzaro U19: Kevin Gjoka (26'), Gabriele Pio Greco (47'), 1 goal with no recorded scorer
Key stats
Possession: Napoli U19 67% · Catanzaro U19 33% · Total shots: 9-8 · On target: 5-5 · Corners: 5-4