Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Venezia 1st with 80 points, Forlì 18th with 37, 43 apart. The last five rounds placed Venezia no better than 13th for form, against 1st in the standings. Per game in the league, Forlì were scoring 0.84 and conceding 1.45, Venezia 1.47 and 0.76, against a competition average of 1.1 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Forlì. Forlì had banked 2 of the last 15 points on offer; Venezia, 10.
A. Balice took charge of the match — our records show 20 games refereed with an average of 0.3 yellow cards per game. The venue was Stadio Tullo Morgagni in Forli, with room for 3,500 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.