Match Report
Venezia (20th, 27 pts) visited Salernitana (17th, 31 pts) with 4 points between them. On the form table Salernitana stood 11th over the last five rounds, despite being 17th overall. Per game in the league, Salernitana were scoring 0.87 and conceding 2.05, Venezia 0.89 and 1.82, against a competition average of 1.43 goals per team per game.
Venezia had been beaten in nine straight games. Recent form was uneven: 10/15 points for Salernitana, 0/15 for Venezia.
The head-to-head ledger counts 11 games: 6 Salernitana wins, 3 for Venezia, 2 draws, at 2.18 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 64% of the meetings won by the home side.
M. Mariani took charge of the match — our records show 100 games refereed with an average of 2.4 yellow cards per game. Stadio Arechi in Salerno staged the fixture, a ground that holds 37,180. On the scoreboard, Salernitana led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-1.