Match Report
The table gap was wide: 27 points between Matera (3rd, 70 pts) and Nuova Cosenza (12th, 43 pts). On recent form Nuova Cosenza sat only 16th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 12th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Nuova Cosenza 1 scored and 1.05 conceded per game, Matera 1.47 and 1, with the league averaging 1.16.
Matera arrived on a run of seven straight wins, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Nuova Cosenza had banked 5 of the last 15 points on offer; Matera, 15.
The match was played at Stadio San Vito in Cosenza (capacity 24,209). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Nuova Cosenza led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-0.


