Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Torino 16th with 40 points, SPAL 20th with 20, 20 apart. Per game in the league, SPAL were scoring 0.71 and conceding 2.03, Torino 1.21 and 1.79, against a competition average of 1.52 goals per team per game.
SPAL had lost six in a row. From the last five rounds, SPAL held 0 points of 15 and Torino 7.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for SPAL, 2 draws and 2 for Torino, at 2.2 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win. The fixture leans high-scoring: 60% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 60%.
The venue was Stadio Paolo Mazza in Ferrara, with room for 17,900 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-1.