Match Report
The table gap was wide: 20 points between Pontedera (11th, 46 pts) and Prato (19th, 26 pts). Pontedera's recent output lagged their position: 19th on form over five rounds while 11th in the table. Per game in the league, Pontedera were scoring 1.05 and conceding 1.38, Prato 0.89 and 1.72, against a competition average of 1.21 goals per team per game.
Pontedera carried a 9-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Prato had not won in 5 games. The last-five ledger: Pontedera 11/15, Prato 3/15.
Stadio Ettore Mannucci in Pontedera staged the fixture, a ground that holds 2,700. On the scoreboard, Pontedera led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-0.




