Match Report
Cosenza, 9th on 47 points, faced a 23-point deficit to Venezia (3rd, 70). Cosenza ranked 1st in the league on five-round form, well above their 9th table position. Per game in the league, Cosenza were scoring 1.24 and conceding 1.11, Venezia 1.82 and 1.21, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
Cosenza's winless run stood at 7.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 1 Cosenza win, 2 for Venezia, 6 draws, at 1.78 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 22% of the meetings went to the host. These meetings skew tight — only 11% saw more than two goals.
With 44 matches recorded and 2.0 yellow cards per game, M. Volpi was the man in the middle. Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla in Cosenza staged the fixture, a ground that holds 24,209. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Cosenza led 3-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 4-2.