Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Genoa 2nd with 73 points, Reggina 7th with 50, 23 apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Genoa 1.39 scored and 0.74 conceded per game, Reggina 1.29 and 1.18, with the league averaging 1.17.
Genoa had won three straight. Reggina arrived off three straight defeats. From the last five rounds, Genoa held 13 points of 15 and Reggina 3.
Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in Genova, capacity 4,500, hosted the game. Genoa led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.