Match Report
Piacenza went into the game 20th in the table on 38 points; Mantova sat 16th on 45 — a 7-point gap. Piacenza had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 5th in the league over the last five rounds against 20th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Piacenza 1.11 scored and 1.55 conceded per game, Mantova 1.26 and 1.63, with the league averaging 1.16.
A win had eluded Piacenza for 8 matches. The last-five ledger: Piacenza 2/15, Mantova 8/15.
4 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Piacenza 1, draws 1, Mantova 2, at 2 goals per meeting. Only 25% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The match was played at Stadio Leonardo Garilli in Piacenza (capacity 21,668). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Piacenza led 2-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 4-2.