Messina also plays against statistics which, in recent years, have certainly not been favorable. The Giallorossi started the season, Italian Cup aside, with an important and deserved away success against Augusta and, on Sunday, they are called to repeat themselves in their home debut in the championship against Nebros. An encore which, over the years, has often been missing and Messina in the last ten seasons has always struggled a lot at the start.
The Peloritani have not recorded two consecutive victories since the 2024/2025 Serie C season, but they reached the 33rd and 34th matchdays against Giugliano and Altamura. In the same tournament we started with a draw against Potenza and a knockout against Audace Cerignola. To find two victories in the first two days of the championship you have to go back to the 2012/2013 Serie D, when Messina overcame Acireale and Noto and, in the third match, also prevailed against Agropoli.
Since the foundation of the new club, in 2016/2017, the starts have always been complicated: starting with the defeat against Siracusa, followed by two seasons with double defeats, Portici and Nocerina in 2017/18 and Bari and Igea Virtus in 2018/19.
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