Match Report
Cuneo went into the game 11th in the table on 47 points; Forlì sat 9th on 49 — a 2-point gap. Cuneo had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 11th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Cuneo 1.26 scored and 0.94 conceded per game, Forlì 1.56 and 1.32, with the league averaging 1.3.
A win had eluded Cuneo for 8 matches. Forlì had won three straight, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Cuneo 2/15, Forlì 10/15.
The venue was Stadio Fratelli Paschiero in Cuneo, with room for 4,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.