Match Report
59 points for Venezia (5th), 56 for Chievo (7th): a 3-point gap. Venezia ranked just 10th in the league on five-round form despite their 5th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Venezia 1.39 scored and 1.03 conceded per game, Chievo 1.32 and 0.97, with the league averaging 1.2.
Level finishes had become the habit for Venezia: three in a row.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 2 Venezia wins, 1 for Chievo, 1 draw, at 2.25 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 25% of the meetings went to the host. Only 25% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Stadio Pierluigi Penzo in Venezia staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,500.