Match Report
Cremonese, 2nd with 78 points, sat 24 points above Viterbese (8th, 54). On recent form Viterbese sat only 17th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 8th overall. Against a league average of 1.21 goals per team per game, Cremonese ran at 1.79 scored and 1.05 conceded, Viterbese at 1.13 and 1.11.
Cremonese entered with four wins in a row. Momentum sat with Viterbese, winners of their last three, having scored in 11 consecutive games.
The venue was Stadio Giovanni Zini in Cremona, with room for 20,034 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.