Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Renate 3rd with 64 points, Novara 13th with 47, 17 apart. On recent form Novara sat only 18th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 13th overall. Per game in the league, Renate were scoring 1.39 and conceding 0.97, Novara 1.05 and 1.03, against a competition average of 1.17 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Novara in 9 games.
The sides have met 9 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Renate, 3 draws and 3 for Novara, at 2.11 goals per meeting. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 33% of the meetings.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.
Goal scorers
Renate: Michele Calì (15'), Joseph Ekuban (54'), Andrea Bonetti (69') · Novara: Eric Lanini (25')