Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Cittadella 1st with 76 points, Pro Piacenza 14th with 39, 37 apart. The last five rounds placed Pro Piacenza 8th in the league for form — higher than their 14th in the standings. Per game in the league, Pro Piacenza were scoring 0.88 and conceding 1.03, Cittadella 1.68 and 1.03, against a competition average of 1.11 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Cittadella. The last-five ledger: Pro Piacenza 5/15, Cittadella 12/15.
The match was played at Stadio Leonardo Garilli in Piacenza (capacity 21,668). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.