Match Report
The table gap was wide: 45 points between Mantova (1st, 80 pts) and Pro Sesto (19th, 35 pts). Mantova's recent output lagged their position: 19th on form over five rounds while 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Pro Sesto were scoring 0.66 and conceding 1.05, Mantova 1.89 and 0.82, against a competition average of 1.11 goals per team per game.
Pro Sesto's winless run stood at 7. Defeat had not touched Mantova in 7 games, having scored in 7 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Pro Sesto held 2 points of 15 and Mantova 13.
Stadio Ernesto Breda in Sesto San Giovanni, capacity 4,500, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-2.